Notre Dame Sports

Luke Harangody hit a pair of free throws with 4 seconds left to finish with 19 points and Tory Jackson scored nine of his 18 points in the final 5:40, driving inside repeatedly, to lead Notre Dame to a 65-62 victory over South Florida on Sunday. Jarrid Famous had a chance to tie it with a free throw with 8.3 seconds left after he scored on a dunk, but missed. After Harangody's free throws, Dominique Jones missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer as the Bulls (15-8, 5-6 Big East) saw their league winning streak end at four games. The Irish (17-7, 6-5) led by ... Read Full Story

Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly added offensive tackle Matt James and defensive end Kona Schwenke on Wednesday to his first recruiting class, giving the Fighting Irish what analysts described as a solid but unspectacular class. "It's a very respectable class. Not a great one, but respectable," said Tom Lemming, CBS College Sports Network recruiting analyst. Kelly described the 23 signees as a good class, especially after he spent his first few days on the job working to make sure the five early enrollees would stay committed and then working to hold together the rest of the class recruited by Charlie Weis. "It's a good ... Read Full Story

Notre Dame coach Mike Brey is sending his Fighting Irish a wakeup call. Brey called an 8 a.m. practice Tuesday in addition to the usual afternoon practice to try to get his players' attention after an embarrassing loss to Rutgers, which had been winless in Big East play. Brey says changing the routine helps create a sense of urgency. He did the same thing last season after the Irish lost seven straight. The Irish responded then with their best game of the season, a surprising 90-57 win over Louisville. The Irish (15-7, 4-5 Big East) have lost four of their last five. They could ... Read Full Story

More photos » Ed Reinke - AP Browse more photos » Boy, oh, boy. How things have changed 'round these parts. For years, the face of the franchise was Tony Gonzalez, the Chiefs ' all-world tight end who's a surefire first-ballot Hall of Fame entry. He's redefined the position for the next twenty years and became a hero to a new generation of Chiefs fans. All was for good reason, of course; Gonzalez's play was simply exemplary in nearly every facet of the game. He was the offensive focus much of the time and it was an earned trust Gonzalez held with KC's quarterbacks. ... Read Full Story

Bob Diaco wants to give Notre Dame's defense a new look, and it goes much deeper than switching from a 4-3 to a 3-4 scheme. The new Notre Dame defensive coordinator doesn't like that when he looks at the Fighting Irish linemen it's not easy to discern the tackles from the ends. "There's kind of a mix in each position of different size players, which you typically wouldn't want," he said. "You'd like as the positions walk out on the field, you'd like those positions to be a particular size, for those players to look representative of the jobs they're asked to do." It's ... Read Full Story