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Notre Dame Man and “Every man’s doctor” … Eric Griggs is making a difference Fit4Life Executive Board Member and Wellness Champion Dr. Eric Griggs has launched the "Step Away" Prostate and Colon Cancer Kick-Off Event scheduled citywide in New Orleans on March 18, 2014. “‘Step Away’ is a city-wide health initiative kick-off. One of our main focuses is to emphasize the importance of screenings in partnership with the American Cancer Society (ACS).” Doc Griggs is a spokesperson for the ACS ...
Oscar McBride, #80 Notre Dame
The last year has taken me places that I never thought I would have gone. First ... Biggest Fan of the Big East conference. Now ... Notre Dame football author. In just one week (my how time flies) my new book on Notre Dame football: Echoes From the End Zone: The Men We Became will officially be released. I never intended to write a book, but I guess those are how the best journeys are started, right? In case you have not been following my "Where Are They Now?" series ... this is the ...
Irv Smith and Oscar McBride
It just so happened that Notre Dame's spring football game took place the same weekend that I needed to make a trip up to campus to do some final work on my upcoming book on Notre Dame football (Echoes After the Whistle: The Men We Became). Funny how that worked out, now isn't it? Here is my photo journal of my weekend back on campus! My weekend started out on Thursday with a day of research in Notre Dame Archives sifting through decades of Notre Dame football photographs. It was a lovely ...
When I asked one of his former teammates to describe Brian Hamilton to me, the answer was immediate -- he’s a leader. He’s the nicest guy in the world, and he’s still the same guy he’s always been. He’s the older, wiser guy. He’s the one with the old soul. Brian Hamilton, a talented defensive tackle, the product of legendary St. Rita’s High School in Chicago, went on to have a successful collegiate career at Notre Dame and sign as a free agent with the Atlanta Falcons. Brian now lives in ...
Oct 4, 1997: Notre Dame wide receiver Bobby Brown catches the ball as Stanford defensive back Corey Hill hits him during a game at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California. Stanford won the game, 33-15. (Otto Greule /Allsport)
Inspired by his mother and brother’s dedication and persistence, former Notre Dame receiver Braynard “Bobby” Brown did not let adversity slow his eventual path to success. An All-American receiver at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., he went on to play both football and track at Notre Dame and broke records in both sports. He remains perhaps best known for a controversial penalty he got for excessive celebration – a penalty he still insists was a simple misunderstanding of ...