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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly fired defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder on Sunday, hours after an embarrassing 38-35 home loss to Duke dropped the Fighting Irish -- who started the season ranked No. 10 -- to 1-3.I had time last night to evaluate our current situation and made what I felt to be the best decision for the program, Kelly said.Greg Hudson, a former Irish linebacker under Lou Holtz who was hired as a defensive analyst over the summer, was named VanGorders replacement. Hudson previously served as defensive coordinator at Purdue, East Carolina and Minnesota, as well as assistant head coach and linebackers coach at Florida State.Kelly said he hired Hudson to bring experience and brain power to the program.Now as the defensive coordinator hell assume the responsibilities of the coordinator to get some energy into the group, some passion and get that unit playing the kind of football I know theyre capable of, Kelly said.Kelly said he also plans to spend a lot more time with the defense, a process that began last week. He wants to see the Irish playing fast and free and loose.I need to see guys playing the game like kids, and not so mechanical and robotic, he said.Kelly said there was plenty of room to make changes in the defense without overwhelming players, saying there was a vast library that is easily tapped into from a different perspective. He also wants to see the Irish use more players.The Irishs defense is giving up 33.5 points a game through four games, which is on pace to be the most points in school history. The record is 29.2 points a game, set in 2014, VanGorders first year as defensive coordinator. The previous school record was 28.9, set in 1956 when the Irish finished 2-8.The Irish have lost five of their last six dating back to last season, with the sole victory coming against Nevada. Notre Dame also has surrendered 30 or more points in seven of its last nine games against Power Five foes. Duke, which managed a combined 27 points in losses to Wake Forest and Northwestern, scored 28 points in the first half Saturday, leading students to chant for VanGorder to be fired.The loss to Duke, 20-point underdogs, was among the most embarrassing in seven seasons under Kelly.The Irish were 9.5-point favorites in a 28-27 loss to Tulsa in 2010, Kellys first season, and 11-point favorites the next season in a 21-20 loss to South Florida. Other embarrassing losses under Kelly include a 49-14 defeat to rival USC in 2014 and a 42-14 loss to Alabama in the national championship game four years ago.The last time the Irish lost to a team as big an underdog as Duke was in 2008 under Charlie Weis, when Notre Dame was a 20-point favorite over Syracuse and lost 24-23. The Irish face the Orange (2-2) on Saturday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.Asked whether the hiring of Hudson was an interim move or a full-time move, Kelly said he told Hudson that everybody is interviewing. Everybody on our staff for the rest of the year is on a very public interview.Kelly said that includes him and players.Were all in this together, he said.Kelly said he didnt consider firing VanGorder after last season, when the Irish finished 45th in the nation in total defense.There was no thought of this occurring. This was not part of where I thought wed be, he said. So Im reacting to a place where I did not expect us to be.Jordan Retro Shoes Uk . The 17-year-old native of Marystown, N.L., pulled out of Skate Canada International last month in Saint John, N.B., with the same problem. Air Jordan Wholesale Uk . How great will be revealed in the next couple of days at the board of governors meeting in Pebble Beach, Calif. http://www.ukairjordan.com/ . -- Devin Hester is done returning kicks in Chicago. Discount Jordan Shoes Wholesale .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. Cheap Air Jordan Shoes Wholesale . The Cincinnati Reds remain perfect with their speedy rookie outfielder in the starting lineup.COLLEGE FOOTBALLGRAPEVINE, Texas -- The Big 12 Conference has decided against expansion from its current 10 schools after three months of analyzing, vetting and interviewing possible new members.The announcement came after a six-hour meeting with the conferences university presidents and Commissioner Bob Bowlsby.Oklahoma president David Boren said the decision was unanimous and no specific schools were discussed or voted on during the meeting.Bowlsby said his only recommendation to the board was to bring the expansion process to an end. He said that while the conference could one day re-open the subject, expansion is now off the agenda.PRO FOOTBALLLAS VEGAS -- Nevadas governor signed a bill clearing the way for a Las Vegas stadium that could be home to the Raiders, although NFL owners still need to approve the teams move from Oakland before Sin City becomes a football town.Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval and Raiders owner Mark Davis joined hardhat-wearing construction workers and mask-wearing Raiders fans for the ceremony at UNLV, whose football team would also use the 65,000-seat domed stadium. Cheerleaders shook pompoms and a marching band launched into Viva Las Vegas after Sandoval inked the deal.Nevada lawmakers narrowly approved a deal in a special session last week that increases hotel taxes in the Las Vegas area to raise $750 million for a stadium and more than $400 million to expand and upgrade the Las Vegas Convention Center. In raw dollars, its the largest public contribution ever toward an NFL stadium, although the publics share of the total costs -- 39 percent -- is on par with stadiums in other similarly sized cities.OLYMPICSLEXINGTON, Ky. -- Thousands of people joined Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay at a candlelight vigil on a Kentucky high school track honoring Gays 15-year-old daughter, who was fatally shot over the weekend.Gay stood on the track at Lexingtons Lafayette High School where he and daughter Trinity excelled and he thanked people for showing support after the girls death early Sunday after gunfire erupted outside a restaurant in that city. The teens mother, Shoshana Boyd, also was present amid the crowd honoring her memory.Many in the crowd wore pink and purple -- Gays favorite colors -- with some holdingg balloons of those same hues that were later released into the air.dddddddddddd Several pairs of track spikes hung from a fence along with a baton that said In Memory of Trinity.Three men charged in connection with the shooting pleaded not guilty Monday and face an Oct. 25 court date. The three appeared via video before Fayette County, Kentucky, District Court Judge T. Bruce Bell.BASEBALLTORONTO -- An Ontario judge quashed a last-minute effort to attempt to bar the Cleveland Indians from using their team name and Chief Wahoo logo during playoff games in Toronto.The legal challenge by indigenous activist Douglas Cardinal came hours before the team played the Blue Jays in Game 3 of the AL Championship Series.The long-standing logo, which appears on some team caps and jerseys, depicts a grinning, red-faced cartoon with a feather headband.Ontario Superior Court Justice Tom McEwen dismissed Cardinals application and said he would give his reasons at a later date.Monique Jilesen, the lawyer for Cardinal, earlier told McEwen that the game could be played with spring training uniforms that dont carry the name or Chief Wahoo logo.TENNISLONDON -- -Nick Kyrgios will miss the rest of the season after being suspended by the mens tour and fined an additional $25,000 for tanking a match and insulting fans in the mercurial Australians latest run-in with tennis authorities.The ATP said Kyrgios was sanctioned for conduct contrary to the integrity of the game following an investigation into his behavior during a second-round loss to German qualifier Mischa Zverev last week at the Shanghai Masters.Kyrgios gave little effort during the 6-3, 6-1 defeat, even patting easy serves over the net and turning away before his opponents serve had crossed the net.The 21-year-old Australian had already been fined a total of $16,500 for failing to give a full effort, unsportsmanlike conduct and verbal abuse of a spectator.The ATP said that, in addition to the extra $25,000 fine, Kyrgios was handed an eight-week suspension lasting through Jan. 15 -- a day before the start of the Australian Open, the years first Grand Slam tournament. 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