Jim Flanigan

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...

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...

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:...

Packer fans give no indication when it's over. They don't jeer any louder. And they don't head for the exits. They could have revved up the RV's with six minutes remaining in Green Bay's 28-17 victory over the Bears Sunday, and maybe saved themselves a...

If a little reason and a lot of hindsight were telling the Bears they should somehow feel good about nearly beating the best team in football, solid logic was telling them otherwise. Because despite the injuries and inferior record, the road uniforms and...

So this is how it ends: in the mud, in distress, in a California fog. The Bears, 17-point underdogs going into Saturday's second-round NFC playoff game, had their lunch handed to them Saturday-a five-star San Francisco treat. A mere 17-point loss would...

There is no telling the kind of free-fall a defeat could have generated. No telling the kind of damage to the Bears' psyche, the loss of confidence and the self-doubt that could have resulted had several improbable events not occurred in the Metrodome...

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...

A zombie-like Bears team reacted with neither anger nor disgust nor any real emotion at all to the events that had transpired before them Sunday night. They were, in fact, numb. Worn from an effort that was not good enough. Drained, no doubt, by their...