Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Double Domer Named President of WBCA
Former Notre Dame women's basketball player and coach -- Coquese Washington '93, '97 -- was recently named president of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
Coquese is the first African American ever elected to lead the WBCA. She earned an undergraduate degree and a law degree from the University of Notre Dame.
Washington is currently the head women's basketball coach at Penn State University.
Congratulations Coquese!
LINK: COQUESE WASHINGTON
LINK: WIKI - BIO
OT: Brilliant Move by the NBA and Pacers
The Indiana Pacers are going to wear "HOOSIERS" styled jerseys -- inspired by the movie Hoosiers -- for a few of their NBA games this season.
Brilliant!
Domer Achonwa Leads Canada to Historic Win
Former Notre Dame hoops star Natalie Achonwa '14, led her Canadian teammates to a win last night over the United States in the Pan-American Games for their first ever gold medal in basketball!
That's Natalie (uniform #11) seconds after the win last night in Toronto.
Congrats Natalie!
LINK: CANADA'S GOLD
Monday, July 20, 2015
Coach Mike Brey Talks 15 Years at Notre Dame
Here is Coach Brey talking about this year's team -- see link below:
LINK: MIKE BREY ON THIS YEAR'S TEAM
Sunday, July 19, 2015
CBS Sports Interview of Pat Connaughton
Thought you'd enjoy this...
Pat just signed a three year deal with the Trail Blazers -- first two years guaranteed at a little more than $500,000 a year. Congratulations Pat!
LINK: CONNAUGHTON
Domers Playing in Golf Tourney on NBC Today
There's a number of DOMERS in Lake Tahoe, NV this weekend playing in the American Century Championship for celebrity golf.
Here's the list of players with ties to Notre Dame and where they stand going into today's final round on NBC -- television coverage runs from 3 PM ET to 6 PM ET:
- Trent Dilfer (Domer Dad) -- 15th
- Joe Theismann (Domer) -- 20th
- Jerome Bettis (Domer) -- 32nd
- Tim Brown (Domer) -- 43rd
- Tyler Eifert (Domer) -- 46th
- Cris Collinsworth (Domer Dad) -- 76th
- Brian Kelly (Coach) -- 78th
Note: I found it quite interesting that the Reno-Gazette posted a number of photos of Justin Timberlake playing golf yesterday -- and then who do you find next -- Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly (photo above).
LINK: LEADERBOARD
Friday, July 17, 2015
NEW: Notre Dame Football Under Armour Kicks
For the "fast guys" wearing the Gold Helmet!
The players' travel shoe on the left and the coaches' shoes on the right.
A shoe just for the special teams players!
Here's the latest footwear from Under Armour for the Notre Dame Football Team and Coaching Staff...
Domer Daughter Wins National Championship!
She's only 11 years-old and already a NATIONAL CHAMPION!
JoJo Conway, the daughter of one of my colleagues here at Notre Dame -- Luke Conway '93, won all eleven of her bouts at the Foil National Championships in San Jose, CA to win the National Championship!
Domer Shannon Boxx Featured on SI Cover
Former Notre Dame soccer star Shannon Boxx was featured on this week's Sports Illustrated cover...
Skylar Diggins Adds "ESPY" to Trophy Case
The former Notre Dame All-American won the ESPY Wednesday night for best WNBA player...
CONGRATS!
LINK: ESPY FOR SKYLAR
Jerian Grant's "Welcome to New York"
The former Notre Dame All-American penned this piece called "Welcome to New York" -- thought you'd enjoy reading it...
LINK: WELCOME TO NEW YORK
Pat, Jerian & Luke: NBA Summer League Stats
Here's a look at the stats from the NBA Summer League games for Notre Dame rookies Jerian Grant and Pat Connaugton. I also have the stats for Luke Harangody, who is playing for the Phoenix Sun's team:
JERIAN GRANT
- 4 games played
- 12.0 points per game
- 37.1 field goal %
- 4.5 assists per game
- 3.3 rebounds per game
PAT CONNAUGHTON
- 5 games played
- 7.2 points per game
- 41.2% field goal %
- 4.8 rebounds per game
LUKE HARANGODY
- 2 games played
- 4.0 points per game
- 22.2% field goal %
- 3.0 rebounds per game
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
PHOTOS: Lady Irish at Tonight's ESPY Awards!
Domer -- Shannon Boxx (women's soccer)
Domer to be -- Anna Rohrer (incoming Cross Country student-athlete)
Domer Danielle Green (women's basketball)
Domer Danielle Green's Acceptance Speech
Tonight's ESPY Awards Show featured a special moment for Notre Dame alum Danielle Green. She is an inspiration...
LINK: DANIELLE'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Must See TV Tonight -- Domer Receives ESPY
Former Notre Dame student-athlete Danielle Greene will be honored this evening during ESPN's telecast of THE ESPYS. You're not going to want to miss Danielle receiving the Pat Tillman Award!
The broadcast begins at 7 PM ET with the coverage of the 'red-carpet' entrance -- followed by THE ESPYS beginning at 8 PM ET on ESPN.
LINK: DANIELLE GREEN'S STORY
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