Belatti's 27 Year Relationship with Hank Aaron

Frank Belatti '69, has a special relationship with the greatest HOME RUN HITTER of our time -- Hank Aaron.  They first met 27 years ago, when Frank was then the Chief Marketing Officer at Arby's.

Belatti later moved up the ranks to the CEO position at Arby's and at a number of other well known brands like; Popeye's Chicken, Day's Inn, Ramada, Howard Johnson, Super 8, etc., during his distinguished business career.

Belatti shared a wonderful story in the Mendoza College of Business Magazine, this month, about his friend and business partner Hank Aaron.  It's a story you must read.

LINK:  BELATTI AND AARON

Belichick Raves About Former Domer Bavaro...

Former Notre Dame All-American, NFL All Pro, Super Bowl Champion, etc., -- MARK BAVARO -- was New England Patriots' head coach Bill Belichick's topic of discussion recently...

He thinks the world of Mark Bavaro.  ND fans will enjoy the story!

LINK:  BELICHICK ON BAVARO

Replay of the ACC's Press Conference Today

The University of Notre Dame announced today that it had accepted the invitation to join the Atlantic Coast Conference for all sports other than football and hockey.  The good folks at the ACC Digital Network notified the ND GO IRISH BLOG to alert us of the replay of the press conference on their YouTube channel.  Click on the link below

LINK:  NOTRE DAME JOINS THE ACC

Initial Reaction to Notre Dame's Move to ACC

Just took a lap around the web to track the media reaction to Notre Dame's accepting the invitation to join the Atlantic Coast Conference -- for all sports but football and hockey.  (photo above of Notre Dame's Director of Athletics, Jack Swarbrick on the left and the Commissioner of the ACC John Swofford on the right)

Just click on the links below:

LINK:  ESPN BLOG

LINK:  MICHAEL ROSENBERG - SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

LINK:  YAHOO SPORTS

LINK:  WASHINGTON POST

LINK:  SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

LINK:  TRIANGLE BUSINESS JOURNAL

LINK:  ACC SPORTS JOURNAL

LINK:  CBS SPORTS BLOG

LINK:  USA TODAY

LINK:  DICK VITALE -- ESPN

LINK:  ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION

LINK:  NEW YORK TIMES

LINK:  PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

LINK:  CBS SPORTS

NOTRE DAME TO JOIN THE ACC!

The University of Notre Dame notified the Big East Conference this morning at 9:30 AM ET that they have accepted the invitation to join the Atlantic Coast Conference for all sports -- OTHER THAN FOOTBALL and hockey!

Earlier this year -- Syracuse and the University of Pittsburgh left the Big East Conference to join the ACC.  Notre Dame, when it officially joins, will become the 15th member institution.

Please note:  the actual timeline for the move from the BIG EAST to ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE is to be determined.


Notre Dame has agreed to play five football games, each season, against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents -- once ND leaves the BIG EAST CONFERENCE.

At 12:30 PM ET today -- University of Notre Dame's president Father John Jenkins, C.S.C. will be joined by athletic director Jack Swarbrick at a news conference at the site of the ACC's Annual Meeting on the campus of the University of North Carolina -- I'm guessing ESPN NEWS will carry that news conference live.

At 6 PM ET this evening -- Jack Swarbrick, Coach Kelly and other Notre Dame officials and athletes will be meeting with the media at the Guglielmino Athletics Complex.  No word yet, on whether that will be carried live at UND.COM.


LINK:  ESPN 

LINK:  NOTRE DAME'S OFFICIAL RELEASE

Michigan State Week: Coach Kelly With Media

University of Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today to talk one more time about our team's performance against Purdue and what's in store this Saturday night in East Lansing.  Here's a link:

LINK:  COACH KELLY PRESS CONFERENCE

ESPN Promoting ND's Game Saturday Night

The folks in Bristol, CT are doing all they can to talk about NOTRE DAME this week -- as the IRISH will be televised nationally on ABC at 8 PM ET in their game in East Lansing against the #10 Michigan State Spartans...

BIG TV RATINGS NIGHT FOR ABC

Here's a little piece on ND Football by ESPN's Gene Wojciechowski

LINK:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BETTER...

Notre Dame's New Storytelling Platform!

Folks, I work with a talented team of individuals here at the University of Notre Dame and one of the projects we just launched is called the DAILY DOMER. 

Simply stated -- this should become your HOME PAGE if you love Notre Dame. 

This site, much like my blog, will be updated with stories every single day about the University of Notre Dame.  It's ALL NOTRE DAME -- ALL THE TIME.

Enjoy!

LINK:  THE DAILY DOMER

11 Years Ago -- A Notre Dame Man Stood Tall

It was a day unlike any other in the 236 year history of our nation -- and a day this Notre Dame man faced head on...

September 11, 2001

You see, Jimmy Dunne '78, lost 66 of his friends and colleagues that day when a passenger jet crashed into World Center Tower  2 -- where his company was located on the 104th floor.

What this Notre Dame man has done since, for the families who lost their loved ones and for his company -- is truly remarkable.  Here's a story that ran last year in Fortune -- on the 10th Anniversary of September 11, 2001.

LINK:  A NOTRE DAME MAN