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Manti Te’o and the Girlfriend that Wasn’t – Part 2

So by now, you’ve probably heard all the jokes going around about Manti Te’o and the dead girlfriend hoax.  They are calling it “Te’oing.” When I last blogged, I told you about the tragic story of Te’o’s girlfriend who died last year in the middle of football season of leukemia.  The only thing is she wasn’t real. This week, he and Notre Dame both released statements saying Te’o was the victim of a “sad and very cruel deception.” Now the questions are – who did this and was Te’o in on it?  The “who did it” seems to point to … Continue reading →

Manti Te’o and the Girlfriend that Wasn’t – Part 1

Oh, as if my Notre Dame Fighting Irish haven’t suffered enough indignities due to their National Championship romp by the Crimson Tide, now a scandal has surfaced involving one of it’s most popular football players. Manti Te’o, in case you don’t know, was the Irish star linebacker.  A senior, he was nominated for the Heisman Trophy (he lost to Johnny Football) and no doubt coming off an undefeated season, was looking forward to all the NFL had to offer. Then, the bruising at the championship.  As if that weren’t enough, Te’o is now the center of a hoax scandal.  Through … Continue reading →

Sniff, Sniff…the Best Tearjerker Movie List – Part 2

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Continue with me on my tearjerker journey through some of the movies that made me cry over the years. 6. Brian’s Song Wow, I must have been all of eight years old when I saw this one. It was a made-for-television movie, but it tore through my young heart nonetheless. It is the true story of Chicago Bears teammates Brian Piccolo (played by James Caan), who was white and Gale Sayers (played by the oh-so-handsome Billy Dee Williams), who was black. The two opposites attract and become best friends – that is until Brian Piccolo is struck down with cancer … Continue reading →

Digging Up The Gipper

When I was growing up, the movie Knute Rockne All American was one of my absolute favorites. I still get a bit weepy eyed every time I hear Pat O’Brien tell the team to “win one for the Gipper.” Of course, if you haven’t seen the movie, you still probably know the famous Gipper line. George “The Gipper” Gipp played football for the University of Notre Dame while Coach Knute Rockne was there. He started out playing baseball for Notre Dame, but Rockne saw him and recruited him for the football team, even though he had never played organized football. … Continue reading →