Jeff Faine

SOUTH BEND - He plans on taking way too many pictures, emptying his pockets at the bookstore, and trying to act like a typical tourist — even though his 6-foot-3, 295-pound frame might give him away. "Saturday, I get to be a fan," said Jeff Faine,...

SANFORD — Just off the banks of where the Central Florida flow of the St. Johns River gets wide enough to be called a lake, the community of Sanford sits. It’s known for a lot of things. There’s history in this once-bustling river-port...

It wasn't exactly the way Kapron Lewis-Moore envisioned his dream merging with reality. In fact, the former Notre Dame defensive end's decision to step away from the small NFL draft watch party at a friend's apartment in Chicago to run across the...

They finished their careers as All-Americans, hoped to touch their dreams Thursday night, but Notre Dame standouts Tyler Eifert and Manti Te'o actually took winding, arduous paths to arrive on football's big stage. Only one of them landed there...

Heading into his fifth season with the Bears, Jay Cutler doesn't have a whole lot more to ask for at this point. General manager Phil Emery continued to build around the quarterback Tuesday, making aggressive moves in the first three hours of free agency...

|TV SPORTS| NBA Basketball--Boston Celtics at Philadelphia 76ers, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Cleveland Cavaliers at Minnesota Timberwolves, 7 p.m. (FXSP); Los Angeles Lakers at Oklahoma City Thunder, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Men’s College Hockey--Michigan State...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY|  Soccer -- Premiere League, Liverpool at Swansea, 7:15 a.m. (ESPN2).  National Football League -- Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears, noon (FOX); Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs, noon (CBS); San Francisco 49ers at New...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NFL Football--Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals, Noon (CBS); Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks, 3 p.m. (FOX); Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants, 3:25 p.m. (CBS); Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons, 7:20 p.m. (NBC)...

|TODAY| |COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL|  Northern State vs. Dickinson State, Wachs Arena, 4 p.m. |COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL| |NSIC Tournament| |at Gangelhoff Center in St. Paul, Minn.|  Championship, 3 p.m. |SWIMMING|  Aberdeen Swim Club at...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, 8:55 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS Playoffs, Eastern Conference Championship, First Leg, 2:30 p.m. (NBC) College Football--Arkansas at South Carolina, 11 a.m. (CBS); Iowa State at Texas, 11 a.m. (ABC); Northwestern...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Tennis--ATP World Tour Finals, 8 a.m., 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NFL Football--Denver Broncos at Carolina Panthers, Noon (CBS); Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings, Noon (FOX); Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles, 3:25 p.m. (FOX); Houston...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Arsenal at Manchester United, 7:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS Playoffs, 7 p.m. (NBCSN) College Football--Oklahoma at Iowa State, 11 a.m. (ABC); Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Temple at Louisville,...