Two Domers Make U.S. Olympic History!

The Hurley girls; Courtney '13 and Kelley '10 led the United States to their first Olympic medal in history in the Women's Team Epee event!  Notre Dame senior Courtney -- the 2011 NCAA Champion -- scored the "winning touch" in overtime to win the BRONZE for America!  (Photo: Courtney on the left and Kelley third from left)

LINK:  VIDEO OF MEDAL CEREMONY

LINK:  HURLEY GIRLS LEAD USA TO BRONZE

LINK:  NBC STORY

OT: Cereal Wars -- Corn Flakes Gets Gabby!

Well, Wheaties won't have Gabby on its cereal box...

Word broke late Friday that Corn Flakes had won the CEREAL BOX WAR by agreeing to terms with Gabby Douglas.  Here's the story:

LINK:  SHE'S ON THE BOX

Michael Floyd Makes NFL Debut Tonight!

Notre Dame All-American wide receiver Michael Floyd will play against the "pros" for the first time tonight in the NFL HALL OF FAME GAME from Canton, OH.  Floyd and his Arizona Cardinal teammates will be taking on the most talked about franchise in all of sport these past six months -- the New Orleans Saints.

The game kicks off at 8 PM ET on the NFL NETWORK -- unless you live in the Phoenix or New Orleans markets where you can catch the game on local TV.

Notre Dame's Coverage of Football Practice #1

 The Irish walked onto the Labar Practice Complex this morning at 10 AM ET -- and the gang at Fighting Irish Digital Media were back at it -- capturing all of the action, including Coach Kelly's press conference after practice.  Here are the links to today's coverage:

LINK:  PRACTICE REPORT

LINK:  COACH KELLY POST PRACTICE

South Bend Tribune Picks Their "Favorite"

Well, the local paper picked their "favorite" to be the starting QB for the Fightin' Irish against Navy -- and it's not the same player ESPN just picked...

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE'S FAVORITE

Didn't Take ESPN Long to Pick the "Favorite"

The Fightin' Irish are just a few hours into fall camp and ESPN already has picked the front-runner at QB -- I won't spoil who they're talking about...

LINK:  FIRST TEAM REPS AT QB

Two New Opponents on 2013 Irish Schedule

The University of Notre Dame released their 2013 football schedule today and Irish fans will see two new schools on the schedule; Temple and Arizona State.

And surprisingly, BYU travels to Notre Dame Stadium for the second straight season.  Don't know the last time I've seen that.  Here's the schedule:

8/31/13:  Temple @ Notre Dame Stadium
9/07/13:  Michigan @ Away
9/14/13:  Purdue @ Away
9/21/13:  Michigan State @ Notre Dame Stadium
9/28/13:  Oklahoma @ Notre Dame Stadium
10/5/13:  Arizona State @ Dallas Cowboys Stadium
10/19/13:  USC @ Notre Dame Stadium
10/26/13:  Air Force Academy @ Away
11/2/13:  Naval Academy @ Notre Dame Stadium
11/9/13:  Pittsburgh @ Away
11/23/13:  BYU @ Notre Dame Stadium
11/30/13:  Stanford @ Away

LINK:  2013 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Notre Dame's DUBLIN Game Balls

ND Football Equipment Manager Ryan Grooms "tweeted" this photo of the GAME BALLS the Irish will be using in Dublin on September 1st! 

Special thanks to ND GO IRISH BLOG regular Tom Badguy for alerting me to this!

Notre Dame Football's First Practice -- 2012

The Fightin' Irish of Notre Dame held practice #1 this morning at the Labar Practice Complex -- here's a link to a few of the SUBSCRIBER sites and their coverage. 

I currently subscribe to IRISH SPORTS DAILY and IRISH ILLUSTRATED -- I recommend both.

LINK:  IRISH SPORTS DAILY

LINK:  IRISH ILLUSTRATED