Jim Flanigan

SOUTH BEND - Two years ago at this time, Kelly Cares was more vision than foundation, more dream than a movement. But Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly and wife, Paqui, were committed to pushing forward, even when the drywall and studs were...

Names are resurrected and the memories attached come flooding along. These guys made Notre Dame football what it has been over the past quarter-century, or so. They're the phenoms who came to South Bend from across the country to play a game at a...

1980 Coach: Jim Kretchman. Record: 2-7-1. Of interest:Tim Kraayenbrink rallied NSU to a 26-25 win over Black Hills State in the Shrine game in Aberdeen. In the second half, he ran for two touchdowns and passed for two more, including the game winner...

The American News has been and is continuing to work on a project of the history of Northern State football: 1902-2012. The project will be published in its entirety in the Oct. 5 edition of the American News. Here is a preview of the all-time NSU...

Blake Lueder's 2009 Awards List: 2009 Indiana Mr. Football Position Award for Linebacker, 2009 Indiana Football Coaches Association All-State Team, named as member of 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Larry Hawley - "When Brian Kelly took the Notre...

Sunday, April 13, 2008 YOUR MONEY: PET EXPENSES A dog's life, on a budget * With a little bit of discipline, pet owners can keep their vet costs on a short leash Home Edition, Business, Page C-1 Business Desk 35 inches; 1400 words Type of Material:...

They have been fond of saying they were the best 0-4, 1-7, 2-8 team in the league, which doesn't go very far when you continue to lose. Now at 3-8 after Sunday's 13-10 victory over Tampa Bay at Soldier Field, the Bears can keep that claim going with a...

It wasn't just the way it happened or how it happened or where it happened. It was all of it. Beating the Packers. Winning one for Walter. Handing their most despised rivals their second humiliating loss in less than a week. It was so much to...

They might as well be wearing leg irons. Or scribbling their game plan on their foreheads. Handicapped by their personnel, burdened by their limitations and apparently convinced that their options are few, the Bears are no longer playing not to lose....

It might be too soon to view it as anything more than another Bears defeat, though an especially cruel one. But one day, Sunday night might be looked back on as much, much more than that. In what has to be the lowest point of the five-year Dave Wannstedt...

They are 3-2 and kings of the universe. A real team with serious goals, an agenda and an attitude. They are one victory short of their season total for each of the last two seasons, but you'd never know it. Never guess that this was the same team that...

You could hardly blame them. It's pouring rain. Their team hadn't shown the ability to move the ball without turning it over, much less score. From the opposing sideline, Mike Ditka, for crying out loud, was glowering at his team to close it out. None of...