Avani Patel

A record crowd of 41,279, including 16 high school All-American juniors who are Notre Dame recruits, turned up Saturday for the 77th annual Blue-Gold spring football game. "I think it...

Mike Downey If it isn't ponytailed Joakim Noah blocking a shot or Al Horford in his white headband dunking, it is nondescript Lee Humphrey swishing one from long distance. "Humpty's...

The NIT may be considered a sock hop compared to the Big Dance that is the NCAA tournament. But Monday's NIT meeting between Notre Dame and Michigan in Ann Arbor,...

Fourth-seeded Michigan State enters Saturday's first-round NCAA women's tournament game against upstart Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Allstate Arena as the obvious favorite. The Spartans are a seasoned, polished, accomplished squad that boasts,...

Notre Dame will get a do-over Wednesday afternoon, when it gets a rematch with fifth-seeded Georgetown in the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Irish,...

When the Fiesta Bowl gets underway, at least one member of the Quinn family will have split loyalties. Laura Quinn, older sister of Notre Dame starting QB Brady Quinn, has...

Former 49ers coach Bill Walsh, now interim athletic director at Stanford, used to say he liked drafting players out of Notre Dame and Stanford because their intelligence turned into a...

During his weekly news conference, Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis rattled off the names of every senior on his roster as a way to show appreciation for the veterans on...

Saturday's game against Syracuse could see several Notre Dame passing records fall. Quarterback Brady Quinn is the school's record holder in touchdown passes (53). His 27 this season already are...

Syracuse beat Notre Dame handily in their last meeting on Dec. 6, 2003, at the Carrier Dome. Will the Irish use that 38-12 loss as motivation? Quarterback Brady Quinn said...