The Chicago Bears finished another disappointing football season with a loss to the division rival Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. The loss capped a tumultuous season that ends with a clean break for the team. The organization fired head coach Marc Trestman and general manager Phil Emery on Monday. Emery lasted only three years with the…
The Chicago Bears are benching long-time quarterback Jay Cutler in favor of former Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen for the upcoming game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, the final home game of the season. The Bears, who are in last place in their division with a 5-9 record, have lost three games in a…
The Chicago Cubs have acquired ace Oakland A’s pitcher Jon Lester through free agency. The news comes one day after the crosstown rival Chicago White Sox picked up Jeff Samardzija from the A’s. Samardzija is a former Cub and a star football and baseball player from Notre Dame. Lester helped lead the A’s to a…
Starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija is returning to Chicago, but not in a Cubs uniform. Samardzija, who was traded to the Oakland A’s last year from the Chicago Cubs after a bruising 16 game winless streak due to a lack of offensive power, will be joining the Chicago White Sox. Samardzija of course has a strong…
The San Francisco Giants won their third World Series title in five years on Wednesday night. The 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals was a close and wild Game 7. San Francisco scored their first two runs in the top of the second off of a hit by pitch and pair of sacrifice flies….
Notre Dame stood on the outside looking in on Tuesday night as the selection committee for the first college football playoff unveiled their rankings. The top four teams will make it to the playoffs. The Irish stood at a distant tenth place, three slots below where the Associated Press pegged them and two slots behind…
Notre Dame fell in two national college football polls after a disputed loss on the road to second place Florida State. The latest AP poll has the Irish dropping to seventh in the country, while the USA Today Coaches’ poll has them at eighth. Facing a fourth down and with time running out, Coach Brian…
It’s a game that will go down in the history books. Notre Dame went toe-to-toe with Florida State on Saturday in a game that may determine playoff contention for both teams. Notre Dame drew blood first, scoring a first quarter touchdown in a drive that lasted nearly seven minutes , spanned 84 yards, and included…
University of Michigan students are demanding the termination of their school’s athletic director after a weekend incident involving a severely injured college football player and the first three loss September in school history. Over 10,000 people have signed the petition to fire athletic director Dave Brandon as of late Wednesday morning. The petition does not…
The South Bend Silver Hawks may now be the South Bend Cubs, but their gear is still available for those interested in holding on to a piece of local history. The team is looking to clear out its Silver Hawks items ahead of new Cubs gear, which is expected sometime soon. “You know there’s still…
