The Royal Heffernans

So, sadly, Thanksgiving has come and gone for another year. And as I shed a single, gravy-laden tear at the passing of my favorite holiday I...

So Notre Dame played and beat (a fact obviously overlooked by sportswriters) a game Stanford team this weekend. There wasn't much shake-...

Have you seen all of these evangelical Christian mega-churches popping up everywhere? The ones that buy 20,000-seat stadiums to offer servic...

The following is an actual conversation between Father John I. Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, and myself, Class of 1997...

Gotta love how quickly sportwriters forget the past. Here's a quote from ESPN.com's Dan Shanoff, " Fresno gave USC its toughest...

... that was the noise emanating from Jim Nantz and Phil Simms every time the camera focused on Peyton Manning in Sunday's game versus t...

In recent years, Hollywood has become stuck in a rut. Following a pattern as formulaic as some of its sorry excuses for entertainment, the m...

So this past weekend was a big one for SEC football. Alabama, ranked #4, had its BCS title hopes on the line at home against 5th ranked LSU ...

As we arrive at the November portion of the ND football schedule, the Irish are looking good for a BCS bowl. Will it be Fiesta or Orange, Te...

Let's think about this intelligently: Heffernans are more intelligent than any other family. You may think that I'm making this up,...