My nephew, Caleb Lavey, is getting lots of attention in his junior year from Division 1 Schools.  Just yesterday, he spent time on the phone with Charlie Weis of Notre Dame and got a full ride scholarship offer, and the Notre Dame folks put out this story on scout.com ————&#...

Perhaps you have heard of this former Steelers running back who retired after winning a Super Bowl in his hometown of Detroit. So where is Jerome Bettis now? Even though Bettis has been retired for nearly three years now, he still seems to get mentioned regularly. Over the past few months, Jamal Lew...

Certainly, Notre Dame's decisive 49-21 Hawaiian Bowl victory over the host Hawaii Warriors accomplished volumes just on the Fightin' Irish football surface. Playing on the eve of the holiest day save Easter, the Domers not only silenced their critics and exorcised the demons of past bowl games, putt...

It’s Wednesday, and I have all the answers . . . The Packers lead the league in allowing touchdowns of 20-plus yards, and yet, the Bears managed only one run and one pass of at least 20 yards, neither of which went for a score. Their longest plays were Danieal Manning’s 70-yard kickoff return an...

It's being reported that Notre Dame is going to bring back Charlie Weis for a fifth season, despite the fact the team racked up the most losses in any two-season stretch in the 109-year history of the program in Weis's third and fourth years. Weis's record is, by any reasonable measure, worse than t...

In you Lord, I trust, do not let me be disgraced;do not let my enemieslaugh at me. –Psalm 24:2, from today's Entrance Antiphon There was much laughter in Troy-ville yesterday, and all at Notre Dame's expense, as the Southern California Trojans trounced the smile-less Irish 38-3. Indeed, the mercil...

Once upon a time, a site called The Black Table had a regular feature entitled Waxing Off, in which women gathered in an online roundtable to discuss issues of the day, and also to make fun of Will Leitch's shoes. And so we got to thinking: With so many great female sports bloggers out there, why no...

A very special email from BHGP contributor Hawkeye State: Brian, Because you are the de facto defender of recruiting services, I had to ask you this question: David Barrent is a gargantuan offensive line prospect from West Des Moines. Relatively early in the game, and after a handful of offers from ...

I'm out for the fourth tomorrow. See you Monday. I get an email that starts like this about every week: Brian, So I'm searching for reasons to be optimistic about the upcoming football season. I got the first one ten seconds after Manningham, Mallett, and Arrington all lit out for the NFL or Arkansa...

Filed under: Sports, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free When it comes to the blue and gold, NBC is enduringly loyal. The network has agreed to a new five year deal with The University of Notre Dame to televise the college football games from the venerable college team, even though the Fighting Irish...