Notre Dame women's basketball senior KK Bransford is out indefinitely, but there is no timetable for her return following a knee injury sustained earlier this week. The injury will not require surgery and is not season ending. The Irish's head coach Niele Ivey announced this update Sunday, Dec. 14, following a 78-65 win over James Madison.

The Texas Longhorns and Notre Dame Fighting Irish have been among the two top public enemies for college football fans over the last two weeks.

Cassandre Prosper scored 24 points, Malaya Cowles added a season-high 17 and No. 19 Notre Dame defeated James Madison 78-65.

We're more than one full month down with the college basketball regular season, and there's plenty to discuss when it comes to Notre Dame basketball.

Bevacqua said that in addition to the CFP snub, Notre Dame also weighed the value of allowing its players to focus on final exams and to return home for the holidays in assessing its desire to play in a bowl game. The decision largely rested on the shoulders of the team captains, with whom coach Marcus Freeman consulted in making the decision.

There were plenty of impressive performances as two of the state’s top teams faced off, eight months after the Spartans’ surprise playoff run.

Coming clear of a big week of wins over Missouri and TCU, how would Notre Dame basketball handle two winnable home games? Just fine, thank you.

Grubbs and his Lake Mary team squared off against Vero Beach Saturday at FIU's Pitbull Stadium for the Florida Class 7A state championship game. After Grubbs threw an interception with just over a minute left and trailing 27-19, Vero Beach appeared headed for an undefeated season and its first state title since 1981.