A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the Wernle Catalyst4Change event and the opportunity to help former Irish great Daryl “Flash” Gordon in his effort to get troubled kids back on track. The event is coming up, and they’re still looking for donations and folks who’d like to spend an evening listening to ND foodball…
ND fans know “Flash” Gordon not as a cheesy space hero, but as the outstanding outside linebacker who helped Notre Dame win the national title in 1988. Jimmy Johnson was no doubt a more formidable adversary than Ming the Merciless, but today, Flash takes on a tougher foe than both, and could use our help….
I only met him once. But as many would tell you, once was enough. Some years back, I was asked to serve on a committee to organize a charity dinner in Chicago for Lou Holtz, Charlie Weis, and Ara Parseghian. The thought was outreach via NDN could fill a couple tables, and I was happy…
As Brian Kelly enters his eighth season, trying to extricate himself from the doldrums of 4-8, Irish fans wonder how he’s going to do it and who’s going to help him. The answers to those questions and much much more can be found in the South Bend Trib’s annual football preview issue. Meet the new…
It took longer than I thought to come up with a title for this article … an article I’ve waited a very very long time to write. Hell Yes seemed too trite. About Damn Time too crotchety. Happy in Pants? Too unprofessional. So I settled on Jackie Gleason’s favorite, because it seems the most fitting….