BIZWERENUMBERONE - IU and Notre Dame Gear

Lawrence Eleftheriat, JCPenney store manager, arranges Indiana University clothing for sale at the store inside Westfield Southlake Mall in Hobart on Thursday.

ND, IU success leads to increased merchandise, apparel sales

An customer buys a framed Notre Dame poster from 1992 from Clark Street Sports employee Milan Savich at the Westfield Southlake mall in Hobart. Notre Dame football’s No. 1 ranking is likely to boost its team apparel and merchandise sales well into its championship game appearance Jan. 7.

ND, IU success leads to increased merchandise, apparel sales

JCPenney store manager Lawrence Eleftheriat arranges Indiana University clothing for sale at the store inside Westfield Southlake mall in Hobart. The hysteria surrounding the Indiana University men's basketball team's No. 1 ranking may help sports apparel retailers' coffers.

ND, IU success leads to increased merchandise, apparel sales

Clark Street Sports store employee Milan Savich carries a Notre Dame poster through the store at Westfield Southlake mall in Hobart after a customer bought it.

ND, IU success leads to increased merchandise, apparel sales

Clark Street Sports store manager Rick Zuniga holds a Notre Dame perfect season sign at the store in Westfield Southlake mall in Hobart. Notre Dame football’s No. 1 ranking is likely to boost its team apparel and merchandise sales well into its championship game appearance Jan. 7.

ND, IU success leads to increased merchandise, apparel sales

A BCS National Championship shirt featuring Notre Dame and Alabama is displayed at Clark Street Sports at Westfield Southlake mall in Hobart. Notre Dame football’s No. 1 ranking is likely to boost its team apparel and merchandise sales well into its championship game appearance Jan. 7.

ND, IU success leads to increased merchandise, apparel sales

Notre Dame shirts are displayed at Clark Street Sports at Westfield Southlake mall in Hobart.

Luke Harangody signs two-year deal with Celtics

Luke Harangody signed a two-year deal with the Celtics on Tuesday.

More treasures unearthed along Kankakee River

University of Notre Dame junior Jessica Bock wets a research area Wednesday at the Collier Lodge dig site in Kouts.

More treasures unearthed along Kankakee River

Valparaiso resident Vanessa Wirth, a senior at Ball State University, shovels sand Wednesday from one of the research areas at the Collier Lodge site in Kouts.

More treasures unearthed along Kankakee River

Mark Schurr, Notre Dame professor of anthropology, stands on a ladder Wednesday while taking pictures of one of the dig areas on the Collier Lodge site in Kouts. Schurr's team of volunteers and students began to wrap up its annual dig of the site.

More treasures unearthed along Kankakee River

Mark Schurr, Notre Dame professor of anthropology, on Wednesday holds up a lice comb made of bone that his team dug up at the Collier Lodge site in Kouts.

More treasures unearthed along Kankakee River

Mark Schurr, Notre Dame professor of anthropology, talks about his finds Wednesday while digging the Collier Lodge site in Kouts. Schurr's team of volunteers and students found a spoon, musket ball and lice comb during its annual dig.

Gary grad becomes Notre Dame's first black valedictorian

Matt Cashore | Notre Dame Magazine | Katie Washington, of Gary, rehearses with the Voices of Faith Gospel Choir at the University of Notre Dame. Washington, a biological science major, will make history next month as the first black valedictorian at the university.