Though Rudy might have the edge in speeches—Charles S. Dutton’s “five foot nothin’, a hundred and nothin’” versus the much-parodied “win just one for the Gipper”—Knute Rockne ...

T he baseball-movie canon is ample and largely agreed-upon, but the best football movies have less consensus behind them.

The 1993 major motion picture “Rudy”: A) Is an inspiring true ... through a wall by the time he’s done giving his Knute Rockne-quality speech. B) I can’t shake the second-hand embarrassment.

ATLANTA -- Between Touchdown Jesus, "Win One for the Gipper," Rudy, and, yes ... Ever since 1913, when an end named Knute Rockne helped a small Catholic school based in South Bend, Ind., ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Between Touchdown Jesus, “Win One for the Gipper," Rudy, and, yes ... Ever since 1913, when an end named Knute Rockne helped a small Catholic school based in South Bend ...

Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman did his best to tamp down expectations about the pregame talk he will give ahead of the CFP national championship.