NON-GROUNDED
"I don't know who signed the plane off, but they took the airplane," Long told DOC investigators. "Nobody was safe in that aircraft."
The Gipper Ever After
George Gipp lost his mortal life 100 years ago today.
The same day, Dec. 14, 1920, the Gipper’s immortality was born.
“George Gipp seemed indestructible on the football field,” Knute Rockne wrote…
Roll Tide Has a Rockne Ripple
Knute Rockne. George Gipp. Bear Bryant...
Bear Bryant?
The link between Knute Rockne and Bear Bryant... Frank Thomas... rolls out a legacy between Notre Dame and Alabama that stands one and two at the top of college football’s powerhouse rankings to this day.
Over Confidence is a Season Killer
Rockne warned. “Tell them they must have more grit, and more pluck, and greater determination…”
An Al Capone Offer Martha Refused
Al Capone occasionally traveled to the small town of Mishawaka, Indiana to conduct business. The Midway Lunch, a local watering hole tucked on 4th Street in a predominantly Belgian neighborhood, had been renamed from Martha’s Midway Tavern & Dance Hall to avoid any law enforcement eyes that followed prohibition during the 1920s.
The Day Indians Discovered Rockne
Rockne, however, learned early-on that American Indians could be the first to offer welcoming comforts to lost immigrants in spite of the atrocities they endured on their own land.
The Gipper Pandemic
“Gipp was Nature’s pet and, as with many of her pets, Nature also punished him.”
— Knute Rockne