Sun Bowl

SOUTH BEND -- If Notre Dame had a football game this Saturday, the Irish might be looking for a fill-in at quarterback and at middle linebacker. As it stands, the knee sprains suffered by QB Tommy Rees and linebacker Manti Te’o in Friday’s...

SOUTH BEND - It turns out the final lingering image of Kyle Rudolph in a Notre Dame uniform will be the standout tight end campaigning to stay in a game after he had suffered a debilitating hamstring injury. Rudolph is taking his toughness and talent to...

EL PASO, Texas — They came. They refused to shiver. They hammered the Hurricanes. It's only a college football rivalry when both teams are competitive. That didn't happen Friday. It was supposed to be a battle between a couple of pit bulls. A...

EL PASO, Texas — Lesson learned. A while ago, Harrison Smith was caught being a little too excited over his own success. All it took was being called out once for him to get the message. Friday, there were plenty of reasons for Notre Dame's 6-...

EL PASO, Texas _ Winning was nice. But the way Notre Dame beat Miami in Friday's Sun Bowl is what will serve the Irish program best down the road. Don't look at 33-17. The final score was barely indicative of the Irish dominance. Tune into 30-3, the...

EL PASO, Texas — Miami knew it. But there wasn't a darn thing the Hurricanes were able to do about it. That's when it's obvious that Michael Floyd is special. Miami's defense knew that the Notre Dame football team's offense revolved around the 6-...

Friday's Sun Bowl game between Notre Dame and Miami has the potential to be among the coldest in the 77 year history of the game.  Snow showers on Thursday dumped several inches of snow on the Sun Bowl turf.  At 11:30 AM MT, stadium crews with plows and...

EL PASO, Texas — Only one football team wanted to be here Friday. And it wasn't Miami. Notre Dame's 33-17 Sun Bowl rout of the Hurricanes left little doubt of the big-picture direction of the Irish program. Notre Dame's offense was effective. The...

It's national signing day, and 23 players have signed their national letters of intent to play football for Notre Dame. Notre Dame adds six defensive linemen, four defensive backs, four linebackers, three offensive linemen, two wide receivers, one...

Editor’s note: Former Notre Dame nose guard Ian Williams shares his thoughts on the 2011 NFL Draft, the process leading up to it and all things Notre Dame each week through the end of April. After I played my last game in the Sun Bowl on Dec. 31, I...

Pat Haden took on a challenging job when he was hired to oversee a USC athletic program that had been hit hard with NCAA sanctions. The private school rewarded him by making him one of the nation's most highly compensated athletic directors. Haden...

The Sports Xchange Press Box: Pacquiao to fight Rios Manny Pacquiao, who was knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez in December, will return to the ring to face Brandon Rios this fall, Pacquiao adviser Michael Koncz told ESPN.com on Monday. The fight...