Notre Dame Sports

Luke Harangody had 29 points and 15 rebounds to help No. 23 Notre Dame beat Kennesaw State 80-62 in the Chicago Invitational Challenge on Tuesday night. Harangody had a double-double in the first half with 16 points and 11 rebounds and Tim Abromaitis added 14 points. The Irish (5-0), have scored at least 80 points in each game in getting off to their best start since going 7-0 to open the 2001-02 season. Harangody was 7-of-8 from the free-throw line while the Irish were 20-of-33 overall. Kennesaw State was 5-of-9. Harangody picked up his 1,000th career rebound in the second half, becoming just the ... Read Full Story

Charlie Weis tried to set the example for his Notre Dame players Tuesday by refusing to talk about his future or any other distractions at his weekly news conference, focusing instead on Stanford. The coach said he answered all the big-picture questions Sunday. That's when he said he couldn't argue if Notre Dame officials decided to fire him with a 6-5 record. Overall, Weis has a 35-26 in five seasons at his alma mater. Athletic director Jack Swarbrick has said he will decide Weis' future after the game on Saturday. Weis likely will head into the regular-season finale without tailback Armando Allen Jr. Allen, ... Read Full Story

The Fighting Irish have taken a beating on the football field this year -- and now, their starting quarterback was reportedly socked in the face during a bar fight early Sunday morning. According to the Chicago Tribune , it all went down at a bar in South Bend, Indiana after Notre Dame choked in a double-overtime loss to UCONN. The paper reports Jimmy Clausen was leaving the place after dinner with his parents, and some bar patron "sucker punched" him in the face. The paper claims Clausen -- a major NFL prospect -- has a black eye. No word if the QB plans to ... Read Full Story

Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen is nursing a black eye after getting punched outside a South Bend bar early Sunday morning. According to a university source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the matter, Clausen was at C.J.'s Pub about 2 a.m. with his family and girlfriend in the wake of Notre Dame's double overtime loss to Connecticut. The group decided to leave after words were exchanged with others at the bar. As they were leaving, Clausen's girlfriend realized she left her purse behind. The source says Clausen went back to retrieve the purse and someone ... Read Full Story

The writing is most certainly on-the-wall in South Bend.  Charlie Weis' head coaching experiment is all but over at the University of Notre Dame. Weis has already acknowledged his inevitable departure by stating that his record isn't "good enough" at the moment to be the Notre Dame head football coach.  If you needed a more definitive reason why Charlie Weis won't be in Notre Dame next year, the school's Athletic Director will not allow Charlie Weis to go on his scheduled recruiting trip after Saturday's Stanford game.  Instead he will fly back to Notre Dame to face the end of his run as their ... Read Full Story