Now Kelly must bridge credibility gap
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A slow drive over speed bumps on a 50-degree January day offered the usual close-up of Notre Dame's Guglielmino Athletics Complex, and with it came expected...
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Sandy Hook tragedy hits close for Notre Dame’s Spond, a Columbine grad
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- At Columbine High School, Danny Spond wore jersey No. 4. When he arrived at Notre Dame, the linebacker made a switch with a very specific meaning...
Alabama preaches discipline on defense
One Saturday in November, Johnny Football might as well have been Johnny Doomsday. The freewheeling, tempestuous Johnny Manziel broke loose against Alabama's defense and, temporarily anyway, spawned an apocalypse now....
Notre Dame legend: George Gipp
As a player, Notre Dame remembers Gipp as one of the most versatile players in its history —and certainly the most apt at multitasking in the Knute Rockne era. Gipp...
Notre Dame legend: Knute Rockne
After Knute Rockne ascended to the head coaching job at Notre Dame in 1917 — he had accepted a graduate student post on the condition he could help then-coach Jesse...
Luck of the Irish — for Kelly and Notre Dame
In the winter of 1991, Notre Dame needed a new running backs coach. George Kelly, a former football assistant turned school administrator, knew Irish coach Lou Holtz wanted someone who...
Kelly’s Notre Dame timeline
Dec. 10, 2009: Brian Kelly officially is named Notre Dame's 29th head football coach. Dec. 26, 2009: Manti Te'o announces that he will delay his Mormon mission and play for...
Notre Dame legend: Knute Rockne
After Knute Rockne ascended to the head coaching job at Notre Dame in 1917 — he had accepted a graduate student post on the condition he could help then-coach Jesse...
Members of 1988 Irish mourn loss of teammate Dean Brown
From the back of the ambulance, Dean Brown sounded normal. The trouble he had breathing that morning was due to either a nasty cold or a respiratory infection, so he...
Notre Dame has knack of gnawing at Alabama
After Paul "Bear" Bryant broke the all-time record for victories in 1981, Lou Holtz felt compelled to call Alabama's iconic coach. First, Holtz helped Bryant along in his own small...