Brian Hamilton

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Tommy Rees returned to active duty this week, and even if he is not going anywhere, he evidently is not going anywhere. The deck stacked against...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- There is no chance that Tommy Rees will upend Everett Golson as Notre Dame's starting quarterback this week. But on the off chance the Irish need...

DUBLIN — Lingering in an Aviva Stadium tunnel, Zack Martin cradled a weathered football in his left arm. It bore the tricolor logo for the event, Notre Dame's Emerald Island...

DUBLIN – When he said he galloped down the field with his eyes closed, Stephon Tuitt was joking. When he was asked if he got tired at the end of...

DUBLIN -- Many bangers. Lots of mash. Notre Dame mostly needed its 2012 season opener not to be the preposterous calamity its 2011 season opener was, so as not to...

DUBLIN — Steps away from the gawkers at the gate to Trinity College, est. 1592, one of the guys dressed in a leprechaun costume pulled off his head. He had...

DUBLIN — Steps away from the gawkers at the gate to Trinity College, est. 1592, one of the guys dressed in a leprechaun costume pulled off his head. He had...

The jet lag begat reality lag. Loyola players landed in Ireland and arrived at their hotel in Leopardstown only Thursday morning, about 30 hours before a football game against a...

DUBLIN — On the ride before the wild ride, Everett Golson put on headphones and slept for most of Notre Dame's charter flight overseas. Later, he toured the team hotel...

DUBLIN — Time and again in August, Brian Kelly returned to the same toehold while entering his third season as Notre Dame coach: At last, it is his team. That...