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With brothers at both Michigan and Penn State, offensive tackle Alex Bars (Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy) was facing a tough decision. Join Blake at Michigan or Brad at Penn State? Alex went an entirely different route and followed in t...

Blog | May 17, 2013

Michigan coach Brady Hoke joked that he nearly didn't call ESPN's "Mike & Mike" on Thursday. The reason: he "didn't want to chicken out." Hoke went on to discuss his comment Monday that Notre Dame was "chickening out" of its annual series aga...

CHICAGO -- Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon didn't do the chicken dance when asked about Notre Dame's decision to stop the annual series with the Wolverines after 2014. "I'm not sure I would have used the word chicken," Brandon told ESPN.co...

In the days following Notre Dame's announcement that it would opt out of its annual series against Michigan after the 2014 season, Wolverines coach Brady Hoke took the diplomatic route when asked about the move. "My reaction is Notre Dame made a d...

After Notre Dame finalized its arrangement with the ACC last fall, it decided to suspend its annual series against Michigan. It begs the question: What will become of Notre Dame's other two Big Ten rivalries against Purdue and Michigan State? All ...

Former Notre Dame fullback Asaph Schwapp died Wednesday at the age of 26, following more than a yearlong battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Coaches are allowed one phone call to prospects during the spring evaluation period. Brian Kelly made one of his count. The Notre Dame coach called four-star guard Quenton Nelson (Red Bank, N.J./Red Bank Catholic) on Wednesday, and Nelson committe...

Blog | May 01, 2013

The City of Boston, Hockey East and Fenway Sports Management announced "Frozen Fenway 2014" on Thursday. The two week series of hockey and ice skating events will including two Hockey East men's doubleheaders. On Saturday, January 4, 2014, Merrima...

Joe Tessitore and Jesse Palmer discuss their expectations for Notre Dame in the spring game and development of QB Everett Golson....

How many times have you heard fans and coaches shaking their fists at the scheduling gods whenever a new conference slate is announced? Well, my friends, Friday's Notre Dame-ACC scheduling announcement should not be one of those times. Both the Ir...

NBC Sports Group has extended its contract to televise Notre Dame football games through the 2025 season.

John Kemp, the third in a line of goaltender siblings, has Notre Dame eyeing a national title, writes Devin Heinen.

Notre Dame recruits the state of California heavily, so naturally the Irish go head to head with on-the-field rival USC several times a year on the recruiting front, as well, for prospects from the Golden State. It is not too often the programs ar...

Blog | April 02, 2013

Derek Arnold scored with 8:41 left in the third period and UMass-Lowell held off Boston University 1-0 on Saturday night to win its first Hockey East tournament championship and end Jack Parker's 40-year-run as coach of the Terriers.

President Barack Obama has predicted that Baylor will beat Notre Dame in the women's tournament final.

The NCAA women's tournament will have a familiar feel. All four No. 1 seeds had the same spots last year.