Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Brady Quinn Blogs About His Future Plans


In the past 24 hours, former Notre Dame All-American Brady Quinn posted a story about his future plans...

Thought you'd enjoy finding out what he's thinking!

LINK:  BRADY QUINN'S BLOG

Domer's Injury Update From 2014 World Cup


Former Notre Dame All-American Matt Besler '09 had to leave Team USA's fWorld Cup game last night against Ghana at the 41 minute mark do to a reported hamstring injury.  Ironically, the American's winning goal came from his replacement John Brooks...

That's a photo of Matt (#5) heading the ball in last night's game.

Here's an update this morning on Besler's condidtion:

LINK:  BESLER INJURY

Monday, June 16, 2014

Domer Besler Gets World Cup Start Tonight!


Former Notre Dame All-American Matt Besler '09 got the start tonight on defense for TEAM USA against Ghana at the 2014 World Cup.  Besler led the IRISH to four straight trips to the NCAA Tournament.

Matt's brother Nick is a current member of Notre Dame's national championship team.

Here's the media coverage:

LINK:  BESLER -- TEAM USA

LINK:  HOMETOWN STAR

LINK:  CARRYING THE KC FLAG

Ricky Watters Finishing His Notre Dame Degree


Former Notre Dame National Champion, Super Bowl Champion and five-time NFL Pro Bowl running back -- Ricky Watters -- is back on campus attending classes today...

Ricky's wife Catherina Watters -- who's an attorney and sports agent -- "tweeted" this news today.  A link to their family business (CHANG WATTERS) website is included below.

Watters left Notre Dame back in 1991 to play for the San Francisco 49ers -- without completing his degree. 

LINK:  RICKY WATTERS' OFFICIAL WEBSITE

LINK:  CHANG WATTERS' WEBSITE

Domer Huddle Sets New American Record!


Former Notre Dame All-American Molly Huddle '07 -- won the 43rd New York Mini-10K this weekend in a new American record time!

Huddle finished with a time of 31:37 -- becoming the first American to win the race in 10 years.  Here's the story:

LINK:  AMERICAN RECORD

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Vegas Oddsmakers Project 8 Win Season...


The oddsmakers have Notre Dame favored to win 8 of their 12 games this season -- the point spreads linked below. 

LINK:  ND FOOTBALL -- ODDSMAKERS

Photo of Muffet's Recruits First Day at ND!


In the past 24 hours -- the incoming student-athletes for Notre Dame's Class of 2018 began arriving on campus to begin their college career. 

The photo above is of Notre Dame women's basketball recruits -- from left to right; Kathryn Westbeld, Brianna Turner and Mychal Johnson -- they're the #5 ranked recruiting class:

Happy Father's Day!


I want to wish my Dad and all Dad's a Happy Father's Day!

That's my Dad's 1957 baseball card from his third season with the Detroit Tigers.

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Notre Dame Fans Meet Jhonny Williams!


You're going to want to watch this video.  I'm rooting big-time for this young man!

LINK:  JHONNY WILLIAMS

ND Golf Recruit Receives Sponsor Exemption


Incoming Notre Dame student-athlete Kari Bellville (Granger, IN) just received a sponsor's exemption to play in the Four Winds Invitational (a professional golf tournament) at Blackthorn Golf Club.

Bellville is fresh off her win at the Indiana State Junior Championship -- where she carded a 1-under par round of 71 on the final day to win by seven shots.  See story below:

LINK:  SPONSOR'S EXEMPTION

LINK:  INTERVIEW

Friday, June 13, 2014

Mike Golic Jr., Signs Contract With Montreal


I wonder if Mike Golic Jr., knows the French language?

It was announced yesterday that the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes have signed former Notre Dame offensive lineman Mike Golic, Jr. to a contract.

LINK:  GOLIC TO ALOUETTES

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Jimmy Clausen Talks Chicago Bears' OTA


Former Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen met with the media for the first time yesterday since signing with the Chicago Bears -- here's a link to him talking about learning the Bear's offense:

LINK:  CLAUSEN

Bob Diaco Shows Off His Cooking Skill


Former Notre Dame defensive coordinator Bob Diaco -- was a guest on a local Connecticut TV show this week, showing off his cooking skill.  Click on the link below:

LINK:  DIACO

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Coach Kelly Talks With Media Last Night


Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media for a few minutes last night -- here's the link:

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY

Chris Watt Running With Starters in San Diego!


Former Notre Dame offensive lineman Chris Watt '13 is running with the starting unit at practice this week in San Diego.  Here's a nice story about how Chris is progressing with the Chargers.

LINK:  WATT RUNNING WITH THE STARTERS

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Skylar Leads Shock Over New York Liberty


Former Notre Dame All-American Skylar Diggins led her Tulsa Shock teammates today with 21 points in their 72 - 57 win over the WNBA's New York Liberty. 

On the season -- Skylar leads the Shock in the following categories:
  • Scoring:  17.3 points per game
  • Assists:  6.3 assists per game
  • Minutes:  31.3 minutes per game

LINK:  TULSA WORLD STORY

WSBT 960 AM: Brian Kelly Interview Today


Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the gang at Weekday SportsBeat this evening to talk about his Fighting Irish.  Just click on the link below to listen to the show:

LINK:  COACH KELLY

Pat Connaughton Reaches Deal With Orioles


Notre Dame multi-sport star Pat Connaughton announced today that he's agreed to terms with the Baltimore Orioles that will allow him to play basketball this year for the Fighting Irish.  Connaughton hasn't signed the contract.

LINK:  CONNAUGHTON DEAL

Monday, June 9, 2014

Former Irish Hoops Stars Play for $500,000!


A team made up of Notre Dame men's basketball alumni has made it to the championship game of The Basketball Tournament -- and the winning team receives $500,000!  A field of 32 teams competed this weekend in Philadelphia -- The Fighting Alumni (that's the team's name) -- won four games -- earning a trip to the championship game.

Here's the twist -- the championship game is slated for June 28th -- to be held in a location voted on by fans.  That's right -- the fans pick where the championship game is played!  So, Notre Dame fans -- if you want to pick the destination, click on the link below and vote.

Here is the list of former Irish basketball stars on the team;
  • Chris Thomas
  • Tory Jackson
  • Zach Hillestand
  • Ryan Ayers
  • Russell Carter
  • Ty Nash
  • Rob Kurz
  • Colin Falls
  • Torin Francis

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE 

LINK:  THE FIGHTING ALUMNI -- ROSTER

LINK:  VOTE HERE!

Jewell Loyd Leads TEAM USA to Gold Medal!


Notre Dame student-athlete Jewell Loyd '16, led Team USA to the FIBA 3x3 World Championship in Moscow, Russia yesterday afternoon.  The Americans beat the Russians on their home court in the final game!  (That's Jewell wearing #8 in the far right of the photo)

As you'll read in these news stories -- Jewell "dominated" on both ends of the court -- putting her in the conversation as one of the top players "ON THE PLANET."

LINK:  WORLD CHAMPS!

LINK:  TEAM USA SITE