No. 3 Notre Dame opened its first-round playoff week by giving coach Marcus Freeman a long-term contract extension.

Freeman, 38, has a 30-9 record leading the Irish over the past three seasons and change. This year, he has taken Notre Dame to a 11-1 run through the regular season, with the team’s sole blemish an ...

Police believe the man was shot in the 1200 block of Miner Street in South Bend and then drove to the library.