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Eric Griggs: Notre Dame Man and “Every man’s doctor”
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 ...

Notre Dame Fighting Irish wide receiver T.J. Jones (7) celebrates scoring the winning touchdown against the Stanford Cardinal at Notre Dame Stadium. Notre Dame defeats Stanford in overtime 20-13. October 13, 2012. (Photo: Brian Spurlock /US PRESSWIRE)
TJ Jones, Notre Dame Legacy – Thank You
When your father is a Notre Dame legend, played on the '88 championship team, and went on to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions and Winnipeg Blue Bombers; your path goes one of two ways. You follow in your father's footsteps and join the tradition and family that is Notre Dame, or you run screaming and chart your own path. TJ Jones decided to follow in his father's footsteps and play football at his dad's alma mater, and four years later it is going to be very difficult for the ...

Oscar McBride (Photo: Lynne Gilbert)
BEAT USC Week Raffle to Help Oscar McBride’s “Fit 4 Life Youth Foundation”
In honor of BEAT USC week I'd like to help out the Irish Player Charities charity of the month, Oscar McBride's "Fit 4 Life Youth Foundation." Fit4Life Youth Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation founded with the immediate goal of combating America’s fastest growing health epidemic – childhood obesity. Statistics illustrate the breadth of this epidemic, its negative health consequences, and its cost to Americans. Fit4Life is proud to join this battle and become a leader in the ...

Oscar McBride, #80 Notre Dame
What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been
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
Blue-Gold Game Photo Journal
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 ...

Where Are They Now? Kevin McDougal
All Kevin McDougal ever wanted at Notre Dame was a chance to prove himself as a quarterback. McDougal sat for three years behind star quarterback Rick Mirer, then watched as Coach Lou Holtz named incoming freshman Ron Powlus the starter even though he’d never thrown a pass in college. McDougal felt he had earned his shot after leading more than a dozen scoring drives in a backup role and soaking up the offense for three years. Powlus suffered a broken collarbone and McDougal stepped in to lead ...
A Season Considered: Talking the NCG, Coach Kelly and Manti Te’o with Kevin McDougal and Oscar McBride
I am an unabashed Class of 1994 homer. For us, our senior season came out of nowhere. The Golden Boy 2.0 felled by injury. Untried and untested Kevin McDougal ('94) stepping under center and into the limelight. A daunting schedule. If it weren't for an unimaginable loss to Boston College, we, too, would have been undefeated. To compare Kevin McDougal to Everett Golson is perhaps too facile and superficial, but here goes: mobile quarterbacks from the South, consistently good enough in their ...