Adrian Dantley, a six-time NBA All-Star, two-time scoring champion, and the 1997 NBA Rookie of the Year, is now making $17,000 a year, working as a school crossing guard, just outside of the Washington, D.C. area.
It was the longest regular season game in Big East Conference history.
And it all came down to a layup and two free throws in the final minute as Notre Dame (19-5, 7-4) defeated #12 Louisville (19-5, 7-4), 104-101 in five overtimes.
Louisville had a chance to tie at the end, but Russ Smith misfired on a three point attempt...
Notre Dame has long relished its football independence, and a new scheduling agreement with the ACC would allow them to keep that status while being more closely tied to a BCS conference.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish unveiled some new specialty football uniforms yesterday, and all I can say is that I'm glad they plan on wearing them only once this season.
The 11th-ranked LSU Tiger baseball team had their eight-game win streak snapped on Sunday, after falling to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 7-1, in non-conference action at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge.
After recording the third-most all-time wins of any baseball manager — and his third World Series championship — Tony La Russa proved he is definitely smarter than most big league skippers by retiring instead of trying to top his own, great final act. Poor Mike
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Should Notre Dame call the Atlantic Coast Conference headquarters in North Carolina and inform them they would like to join? Don't laugh. There are several reasons why the Irish would benefit from a jump to the ACC.
There were a number of top-25 college football teams that didn't live up to their preseason hype during the opening week of the 2011 college football season.
Keep in mind though, that it is only one week, and most, if not all of these teams, will rebound, and have very successful seasons.