Notre Dame's overachieving secondary will have one more obstacle to overcome the rest of the season, as coach Brian Kelly said Sunday that fifth-year safety Jamoris Slaughter will miss the rest of the year with a torn Achilles tendon.Slaughter suffered the injury on the first play of the second half of the Irish's 20-3 win Saturday at Michigan State. He was on crutches after the game.Redshirt... [Read More]

Allen Pinkett's controversial comments about Notre Dame have cost him the chance to broadcast the Fighting Irish's season opener Saturday in Dublin -- and possibly more.The IMG Notre Dame Radio Network announced Pinkett's discipline in a statement Thursday afternoon."Allen Pinkett, a commentator on the IMG Notre Dame Radio Network who made unacceptable comments this week about student... [Read More]

Notre Dame suspended starting tailback Cierre Wood two games for violating team rules, leaving the Fighting Irish without their 1,000-yard rusher against Navy and Purdue. Wood led the Irish in rushing last year with 1,102 yards and scored nine rushing touchdowns while averaging 5.1 yards per carry. Wood, a senior, played in all 13 games in 2011 with nine starts. Theo Riddick and George... [Read More]

Notre Dame will have a new starting quarterback when it kicks off the 2012 season.Incumbent signal-caller Tommy Rees and linebacker Carlo Calabrese both have been suspended for the Irish's Sept. 1 opener against Navy in Dublin, Ireland, coach Brian Kelly announced Tuesday. Neither player will travel for the game.Both players were arrested May 3 outside an off-campus party."Our players... [Read More]

Notre Dame says it has had talks with the Atlantic Coast Conference about the Orange Bowl. The ACC signed a 12-year deal with the Orange Bowl last week that starts in 2014, when the postseason format changes to a four-team playoff. The deal gives ACC members access to Orange Bowl in years the game does not host a national semifinal. Notre Dame is interested in a deal that would give the Fighting... [Read More]

Notre Dame safety Austin Collinsworth could miss the 2012 season after undergoing surgery recently to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder.The school announced Wednesday that Collinsworth, who suffered the injury during the spring, is expected to miss the next four to six months.The 6-foot-1, 202-pound Collinsworth, the son of former NFL player and current broadcaster Cris Collinsworth, has... [Read More]

Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees has been charged with four misdemeanors after allegedly raising his knee and knocking the wind out of a police officer after an off-campus house party early Thursday. The St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office says the 19-year-old Rees was charged with one count of battery, two counts of resisting law enforcement and one count of illegal consumption of alcohol by... [Read More]

Notre Dame defensive end Aaron Lynch has left the football team and will transfer to another school following the spring semester, the school announced Friday morning."Aaron recently approached me about his desire to leave Notre Dame and return to Florida," coach Brian Kelly said in a release. "I've always known and appreciated the affinity Aaron has for his home in Florida.... [Read More]

Wide receiver Corey Robinson (San Antonio/San Antonio Christian), the son of NBA great David Robinson, took the first step in building his own legacy in football Tuesday night.After visiting Wake Forest on Tuesday, Corey Robinson decided to go with the first school to recruit him, orally committing to Notre Dame.The 6-foot-4, 200-pound receiver visited South Bend, Ind., for the Irish's junior day... [Read More]

The four-way competition to become Notre Dame's starting quarterback job is just getting started -- and it could be a long haul.The Fighting Irish have three days of spring practices done, and only one in full pads.Coach Brian Kelly has made it clear that all four players -- junior Tommy Rees, sophomores Andrew Hendrix and Everett Golson and freshman Gunner Kiel -- will have an equal opportunity... [Read More]

Five-star athlete Davonte Neal, Notre Dame's most recent commit, has withdrawn from Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Ariz., Chaparral athletic director Sam Messina confirmed in an email.The Arizona Republic was the first to report Neal's withdrawal.It is not yet known how Neal will finish his academic work. Both Messina and Chaparral head coach Dave Huffine told the Arizona Republic that Neal... [Read More]

Prize wide receiver recruit Davonte Neal, ranked No. 8 overall in the ESPNU 150, made up his mind and chose Notre Dame over Arizona, Arkansas and North Carolina on Tuesday.Neal, the top-rated athlete in the nation and last unsigned member of the ESPNU 150, will inject another dose of star power into coach Brian Kelly's third class of recruits."It's huge," Neal told ESPN.com reporter... [Read More]

Gunner Kiel enrolled at Notre Dame on Tuesday, ending a recruiting saga that saw the highly touted quarterback from Indiana choose two other schools, then change his mind.Kiel is ranked second among quarterbacks and 20th nationally on the ESPNU 150 for the recruiting Class of 2012."This recruitment process was a roller-coaster ride at times, but I know I have made the right decision for my... [Read More]

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick is pleased with Brian Kelly's progress leading the football program -- and the reward adds up to five more years.Following a pair of 8-5 seasons that both ended with a bowl appearance, Kelly has received a two-year contract extension which will keep him with the Fighting Irish through the 2016 season.Swarbrick announced the decision Tuesday and says he... [Read More]

On Thursday in an announcement at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nev., four-star offensive tackle Ronnie Stanley committed to Notre Dame over finalists Arkansas and Nebraska. The pledge is the first for the Irish since Sept. 30 when running back Will Mahone came aboard.ND broke its commitment drought with a pledge from four-star offensive tackle Ronnie Stanley.Notre Dame offensive line... [Read More]

Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly has apologized to players who were offended by remarks he made concerning recruits of the previous regime who are still playing for the Fighting Irish, the Chicago Tribune has reported, citing a source close to the team.Kelly discussed the matter with a group of players at Friday's customary team dinner after voicing their feelings.The meeting came a day after the... [Read More]