April 21, 2024 NLRB, NCAA and NIL — they sure can mess up college sports If you’re disappointed at the current sad state of College Athletics, don’t expect your spirits to be lifted by this “unfair labor complaint” filed…
April 9, 2024 All these famous (or infamous) folks have something in common with me I was musing the other day, while trying to come up with something amusing for your blog. One of the things I like to…
March 31, 2024 An LAPD hero … a Notre Dame usher … and a winning cook On February 28, 1997, a bank robbery occurred in what was to be the largest shootout in American history. A robbery call went out…
March 23, 2024 Nine folks with similar beginnings My friend Gerry Beirne is a retired Rhode Island Parish Priest. We met as fellow baseball historians. Gerry is the leading authority on all…
March 14, 2024 What I would do with those Toll Road litterers As moorandmore.net readers have learned, I write two types of stories. One kind is about a topic I have heavily researched because of a…
March 5, 2024 Ike had a little help from Father Ted for the Toll Road route One of the greatest accomplishments of the Presidency of Dwight Eisenhower was the creation of the Interstate Highway System. The part that passes fewer…
February 26, 2024 Reagan may have played Gipp, but so many upcoming stars in supporting roles So how does the Capster spend his declining years? One of my favorite things is watching old movies. I never do it without sitting…
February 20, 2024 This story may or may not beguile you I teach a bridge class here in South Bend. Email me at [email protected] if you know anyone who’d like a bridge lesson, at any…
February 13, 2024 A lot of outstanding individuals with one common link Because I have never had any foot speed I have always admired the great track athletes. Two of the best were Olympic champions Ralph…
February 10, 2024 Irish alum Jim Hannan made his mark in major leagues Jim Hannan, a Notre Dame baseball player in the late 1950s and a longtime major league pitcher, died earlier this week at the age…
February 4, 2024 Plagiarism isn’t a laughing matter to me Recently, the presidents of three elite universities made the same disgraceful comments in front of a Congressional committee. Always have to laugh when folks…
January 28, 2024 Some bad candidates and some good people For us political junkies, the election in November is depressing. We have one party whose leader may be weeks away from living at the…
January 18, 2024 ReCap: Former Irish gridder Ed Peil was an oater regular Cappy Gagnon is the leading authority on the first 30 years (1887-1917) of Notre Dame football, he said immodestly, in the third person. Having…
January 9, 2024 My ‘tangentitis’ takes me to Pasadena C.C. and its diverse alums What do you get when you combine an interest in research, writing, and story-telling, with a lot of time on your hands? You get…
December 26, 2023 The Bear learned integrity from Father Ted When I first set foot on the Notre Dame campus as a freshman 61 years ago, I had already seen the beauty of the…
December 14, 2023 Little Kelly Jo, the darling of the end zone After the events of September 11, Notre Dame felt it was important to hold an event in the Stadium, with representatives of all the…
December 6, 2023 Oh where oh where can Father Sorin go? Dear Director Becherer, I really enjoyed reading Joe Dits’ South Bend Tribune article on the opening of the Raclin-Murphy Art Museum. I particularly liked…
November 20, 2023 How does Notre Dame stack up in bringing in the crowds? For several years I’ve been kicking around a college football stadium research idea. Anyone who has ever attended games in the behemoth stadiums (stadia?)…
November 13, 2023 Helping the homeless I grew up in the oldest fishing village/seaport in the United States. Like most folks back then, I was a JFK Democrat. Still am. Socially liberal. …
October 19, 2023 ReCap: He beat out Rockne but couldn’t out-run the law Below is one of the recaps that Notre Dame historian Cappy Gagnon has written on former Irish football players. Clinnin, Walter Andrew (listed as…