Northern Illinois kicker Kanon Woodill’s 35-yard field goal in the final minute proved to be the difference maker in the Huskies’ matchup with the fifth-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday. Notre Dame tried to pull off a last-second comeback, but a 62-yard field goal was no good. Northern Illinois would go on to celebrate...
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Notre Dame's Riley Leonard shows faith is top of mind during win over Texas A&M
Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard’s faith was clearly on his mind as he took snaps for the Fighting Irish against Texas A&M on Saturday night. Leonard used eye black to make a cross on the left side of his face, where it stayed throughout the entire game as the No. 7 Fighting Irish topped the...
Notre Dame football's Marcus Freeman stresses importance of relationship building in recruiting in NIL era
The more things change in college football, the more things stay the same. That is certainly true about how Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman views recruiting during the new NIL age of the sport. “At the end of the day it’s going to come down to relationships and that is more important than anything....
Manti Te'o cracks joke about infamous catfishing incident
Sometimes, you just have to laugh at yourself, and that’s what Manti Te’o did. The former Notre Dame football standout was a Heisman Trophy candidate who became one of the faces of football because of an off-the-field story. He had found out that his girlfriend and grandmother had died within a 24-hour span of one...
Former Notre Dame star sentenced to life in prison for murder of girlfriend's 5-year-old girl
Cierre Wood, a Notre Dame standout who played in the NFL and the Canadian Football League, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for his role in the death of a 5-year-old girl. Wood pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of his girlfriend’s daughter at his Las Vegas apartment. The girl...




