Here's a look at the local media's reaction in Detroit to the Lions' selection of Notre Dame defensive end / linebacker Julian Okwara...
LINK: DETROIT FREE PRESS
LINK: LIONS WIRE
LINK: M LIVE
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Detroit Lions' Beat Writers Talk Julian Okwara
Here's a look at the local media's reaction in Detroit to the Lions' selection of Notre Dame defensive end / linebacker Julian Okwara...
LINK: DETROIT FREE PRESS
LINK: LIONS WIRE
LINK: M LIVE
Friday, April 24, 2020
NBC's Tirico Interviews Julian Okwara
London ➡️ Nigeria
➡️ Charlotte ➡️ South Bend ➡️ Detroit
An incredible
journey leads @julian_okwara
to join his brother @RomeoND45
with the @Lions!
#NFLDraft
| @NDFootball
pic.twitter.com/1ZOsRqUmRP
—
Sunday Night Football (@SNFonNBC) April
25, 2020
Chase Claypool's NFL HYPE VIDEO -- YEAH!
“She’ll never
have to work another day in her life” pic.twitter.com/DERhkXZp3E
—
Chase Claypool (@ChaseClaypool) April
24, 2020
NFL Draft Rounds 2 & 3 Tonight -- Who Goes?
Even with the Draft at home, #EveryDayIsGameDay. @Gillette’s still got me looking on point for my personal #NFLDraftRedCarpet. #NFLDraft #GillettePartner pic.twitter.com/01r3Ovz9Yf— Cole Kmet (@ColeKmet) April 23, 2020
There are a few former Notre Dame football players who could get that "ZOOM" opportunity this evening:
- Cole Kmet, tight end
- Julian Okwara, defensive end
- Khalid Kareem, defensive end
- Troy Pride, Jr. defensive back
- Chase Claypool, wide receiver
LINK: INDIANAPOLIS STAR STORY
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Tributes Pour In for a Notre Dame Legend...
The sports world has responded to the remarkable career of Muffet McGraw...
LINK: RUTH RILEY
LINK: ESPN STORY
LINK: TWITTER TRIBUTES
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Muffet McGraw: All-Time Win Leader at ND!
Notre Dame's Muffet McGraw made the decision today to retire -- after 33 years of WINNING BIG with the Fighting Irish.
No one has ever won more games for Notre Dame -- no one!
Muffet, you've left a trail...
Meet Notre Dame's Newest Head Coach!
Niele Ivey is returning home -- after a one-year stint as an assistant coach with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies -- to replace her former coach, mentor and friend...
Congrats Niele!
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Can You Name All of Jarron Jones' Teams?
Former Notre Dame "defensive tackle" Jarron Jones -- just signed a free agent contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers yesterday -- as an "offensive tackle."
Here's all of the helmets that Jarron Jones has received a paycheck from since his graduation from Notre Dame in 2018...
Monday, April 20, 2020
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Friday, April 17, 2020
Terry Hanratty Talks About Surviving COVID-19
Former #NotreDame
and NFL QB beats coronavirus!
Terry Hanratty opens
up to me about his with fight with COVID-19 and his message for others.
pic.twitter.com/tRXR4UxdEX
—
Vahid Sadrzadeh (@VahidTV) April
16, 2020
Thursday, April 16, 2020
A Photo I Took Today at Notre Dame's Grotto
Just click on the photo to enlarge...
I stopped by the Grotto of our Lady of Lourdes today to light a candle for a member of the Notre Dame family. I always love to get this view with the Golden Dome in the background. The cross you see (on the roof line) to the right is "new" to this view -- it's part of the new Corby Hall that is nearing completion.
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Monday, April 13, 2020
Notre Dame Alum's Vatican Replica Build...
Fr. Bob Simon, a diocesan priest at St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Moscow, PA -- took ten months and used more than 500,000 LEGO pieces to build this replica of the Vatican...
Sunday, April 12, 2020
HAPPY EASTER FROM NOTRE DAME!
The University of Notre Dame's Glee Club...
The University of Notre Dame's Liturgical Choir...
Friday, April 10, 2020
Looks Like Drew Brees Will Be Working @ ND
New Orleans Saints' QB Drew Brees is getting his "ducks in a row" for when he calls it quits on a brilliant career...
Looks like he'll be going to NBC and working Notre Dame football games.
LINK: DREW BREES
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Brian Kelly Interviewed by NBC's Mike Tirico
Coach Kelly's interview begins at the 28:00 minute mark.
You may have to sign in to your cable provider to watch this online show:
LINK: KELLY INTERVIEW
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
A Live Chat with Fr. Pete McCormick, C.S.C.
Most will recognize Fr. Pete as Notre Dame's Men's Basketball's Team Chaplain -- he's much more than that as you'll see this LIVE CHAT yesterday...
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Heaven's Baseball League's Newest Outfielder
Was caught off guard last night when I learned that my "second favorite Detroit Tiger of all-time" -- Al Kaline -- left for Heaven. He played the game with such grace and class.
I feel like a just lost a little of my childhood...
The photo above is of Kaline sitting between Harvey Kuehn on the left and my Dad, Jim Small on the right. It's a photo from Opening Day 1956 in the Tiger's dugout, Kaline was 21 years-old playing right field and my dad was 19, playing center field for the Tigers. (You can tell who the California kid is in this picture -- all bundled up.)
Both (Kaline and my Dad) were "bonus babies" for the Tigers -- they are among the very few in baseball history who went straight from high school to the big leagues as 18 year-olds.
Kaline did it in 1953, joining the Tigers immediately after his high school graduation from Southern High School (Baltimore, MD) -- and my Dad did the same thing in 1955, right after his high school graduation from Bellarmine College Preparatory (San Jose, CA).
Monday, April 6, 2020
Sunday, April 5, 2020
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Coach Kelly Joins High School AD in Live Chat
Earlier this
week, #NotreDame
HC Brian Kelly was the special guest of @Gulliver_AD
for a Zoom meeting with hundreds of high school ADs to talk about the
recruiting process right now and best ways to handle the current
situation (FREE) https://t.co/p4Go7obmIN
—
Irish Sports Daily (@ISDUpdate) April
4, 2020
A Custom Notre Dame Mask for COVID-19
Sally Naxera Benson '76 -- a former Notre Dame Cheerleader -- made her own custom mask to protect her from the coronavirus. I'm told that's Sally at the top of the pyramid in the photo over her right shoulder...
Sally -- you might have a business here!
Special thanks to my former colleague Bob Quakenbush '76 for alerting me to Sally's creation!
Friday, April 3, 2020
The Story of the "Notre Dame Teddy Bear..."
Fr. Bob Simon -- a diocesan priest at St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Moscow, PA -- has never been shy about letting his parishioners know that he's a proud Notre Dame alum...
Well, recently one of his parishioners started a business making custom teddy bears with a focus on individuals who are grieving. A friend of Fr. Bob commissioned this woman to make him a Notre Dame Teddy Bear (photo above) as a surprise gift. The custom bear is wearing a Notre Dame hat, a priest's cleric collar and has the ND Monogram and Fr. Bob's name on its chest. You'll also find the Notre Dame Leprechaun on its back...
It was delivered to Fr. Bob the very day that they were ordered to "stay inside" because of the coronavirus -- divine timing.
Fr. Bob recently learned that people around the country -- inspired by the book "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" by Michael Rosen -- were putting teddy bears in their front windows so that families taking a walk could play a game with their children searching for bears in the windows.
So, Fr. Bob shared this story in a recent homily that was livestreamed to the parish. He's since learned that many parishioners have joined in the fun -- including Fr. Bob, who has placed the Notre Dame Teddy Bear in the front window of the parish rectory.
Now, that's the story of the Notre Dame Teddy Bear!
Thursday, April 2, 2020
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