Golson suspended for poor academic judgment

SOUTH BEND | Everett Golson is out for at least the fall semester at Notre Dame, saying he has been suspended by the university for what he called poor academic judgment.

Alabama's Moussa Gueye transfers to Valparaiso

VALPARAISO | It’s coming two years later than expected, but Moussa Gueye will finally put on a Valparaiso uniform next season.

Scouting combine shows NFL's global progress

INDIANAPOLIS | Ezekiel "Ziggy" Ansah knew nothing about the NFL when he was growing up. Now, he could be a first-round pick in April's draft.

Small-school guys get their shot at NFL combine

INDIANAPOLIS | Armonty Bryant gets those awkward looks every time he tells someone he attends college at ECU.

Hot temps, hotter prices in South Beach

Station 21 bartender Leah Jones pours a drink as people watch Notre Dame play Alabama on Monday night in the BCS Championship on television in the restaurant in Crown Point.

Hot temps, hotter prices in South Beach

People watch Notre Dame play Alabama in the BCS Championship on televisions at Station 21 in Crown Point.

Hot temps, hotter prices in South Beach

Mike Finnerty, right, reacts to a Notre Dame play Monday night while watching Notre Dame against Alabama in the BCS Championship at Station 21 in Crown Point.

Carnival season kicks off along the Gulf Coast

Christmas wreaths and holiday parties gave way to king cakes and street parades as the Carnival season kicked off this weekend along the Gulf Coast.

Dr. Lou examines how Irish, Crimson Tide match up

The statistic — the one that proclaims Notre Dame's defense the stingiest in the country with its 10.3 points per-game average — makes a strong case standing on its own.

Irish set to battle Alabama for national championship

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. | On the day before the biggest day of his football coaching life, Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly professionally navigated a press conference in which photographers jostled for position to take his picture in front of the national championship trophy, a cell phone provided a fe…

AL LESAR COLUMN: Can Kelly cap dream season?

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. | Maybe this one really is too big to ponder the big picture.

Kiel OK waiting to ‘show what I have’

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. | He impersonated Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron the past couple of weeks, rather convincingly according to his Notre Dame football teammates.

Murray's 5 TDs lift Georgia by Nebraska in Cap One

ORLANDO, Fla. | Aaron Murray wanted nothing more this week than to send Georgia's senior class out with a game to remember.

Race Card Project creates new type of conversation

She asked for just six words.

CDC says US flu season starts early, could be bad

Health officials on Monday said suspected flu cases have jumped in five Southern states, and the primary strain circulating tends to make people sicker than other types.

Everett Golson's plan is all about preparation

SOUTH BEND | Both are redshirt freshmen. Both have led their teams to January bowls. Both are dangerous because they’re adept at eluding tacklers and extending plays.

Te'o leads Irish defense, key to perfect season

SOUTH BEND | If Manti Te'o's career at Notre Dame has seemed like something straight out of a Hollywood script, perhaps it is fitting the linebacker is cast as a underdog in the final two scenes of his collegiate career.

Colts' Arians ready to step in for ill Pagano

INDIANAPOLIS | Bruce Arians always wanted to coach his own NFL team.

YOUNG VOICES: Turn yourself off, it's not about you

I recently had the pleasure of traveling about 11 hours away to beautiful Alabama for a mission trip.

Freedom Riders Near Burning Bus

May 14, 1961, Anniston, Ala. — Passengers of this smoking Greyhound bus, some of the members of the "Freedom Riders," a group sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), sit on the ground after the bus was set afire by a mob of people who followed the bus from the city. The mob met …