When you operate a sports fansite, you’re exposed to people in all walks of life and at all levels of fandom. The vast majority are ordinary folks who love the same team you do, and your encounters and exchanges with them can be very rewarding. But there’s a reason the word “fan” is borne of…
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Tim Brown Appearing in Chicago
ESPN Chicago’s Lunch with a Legend series for June has a Notre Dame flavor to it. Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown will be the guest at the station’s June 24th event at Morton’s The Steakhouse in Schaumburg at 11:15am. TB will talk about his experiences at Notre Dame and Oakland, and his new book, The…
Hoops Alums Need Your Vote
The Fighting Irish Alumni have battled to the title game of The Basketball Tournament in Philadelphia. At stake in their game against Team Barstool, made up of some former Big East opponents, is $500,000, some of which is earmarked for Coaches vs. Cancer. The title game will be played on June 28th, but the location…
Enter At Our Own Risk
Let’s face it, in my lexicon, “excellence” is to “Ann Arbor” as “taste” is to “Kardashian”. Unless we’re talking about things like this or this or this, of course … one must recognize facts when they’re presented, after all. But today my hat must tip, because this morning I read an article in the Ann…
A (Cross) Road Not Taken
Notre Dame recently announced the Crossroads Project, a combination of Stadium enhancement and academic building expansion initiative, but long time NDNation contributor Tim Kress (aka NDRoman21) has a better approach. Here’s his story. A little over four years ago, when the discussions of a JumboTron in Notre Dame Stadium were gaining steam, I put together…