And of course, quarterback Riley Leonard is from Fairhope, Ala., southeast of Mobile. He came to Notre Dame via transfer from Duke, but he also grew up a Fighting Irish fan, his great grandfather having played for Notre Dame in the 1940s.

We have reached the College Football Playoff title game and the matchup couldn't be better. The Ohio State Buckeyes will be taking on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in a battle of two heavyweights. Ohio State took down the Texas Longhorns to reach this point while Notre Dame outlasted the Penn State Nittany Lions.

There is early SEC women’s basketball action on Thursday, Jan. 9 when the No. 2 South Carolina Gamecocks host the Texas A&M Aggies at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, S.C.

The Indiana basketball team hopes to end a two-game skid tonight against Ohio State. Malik Reneau will miss his fifth straight game with a knee injury he sustained on Jan. 2 against Rutgers. Will the Hoosiers turn things around with their season at a breaking point?