Month: March 2012

No Ordinary Evening

As you may remember, Declan is the Notre Dame student tragically killed in an accident last year while filming the football team. Declan’s family created the Declan Drumm Sullivan Memorial Fund to honor Declan’s life and allow his spirit to thrive. On Saturday, April 28th they are holding an inaugural benefit at Navy Pier’s Grand…

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Time for Point C

Back at Thanksgiving, with the Irish slogging through the non-conference slate and Tim Abromaitis secured on the bench with a wrecked knee, I would have bet a couple multiples of my mortgage my NCAA bracket wouldn’t include the words “Notre Dame”.  In fact, I gave at least a couple minutes thought to how running a…

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The Social Network

A few years back, a high school football player made an official visit to Notre Dame during his senior year.  He participated in all the usual events, met with various coaches, saw the campus inside and out.  He departed campus at the end still a candidate for a Notre Dame scholarship. His father accompanied the…

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