Brian

When twins Keira and Kelsey Luderer of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame announced they had committed to Florida State to play college softball, their father, Brian, the new head coach for Notre Dame, was ready to cry.

“Special moment,” he said of his junior daughters.

Kelsey, an infielder who was Mission League player of they year, and Keira, a standout catcher, have been working hard for years for this moment and learned plenty from Brian, who played baseball in high school and college.

Michigan, California and Loyola Marymount were also finalists for the twins who were coached last season by Justin Siegel, a new assistant coach at Loyola Marymount.

Now dad and mom, who have been transporting them around for years in club softball, will have to begin looking for the cheapest flights to Tallahassee.

This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email eric.sondheimer@latimes.com.

VOGUE Williams has opened up about the “embarrassment” over her divorce from ex-husband Brian McFadden.

The presenter and model, 40, was married to singer Brian, 46, from 2012 to 2017.

She met now-husband Spencer Matthews on Channel 4 reality show The Jump in 2017 – with the pair later marrying and welcoming four children.

Speaking on her podcast My Therapist Ghosted Me, Vogue spoke about her feelings around her marriage to Brian ending.

She told co-host Joanne McNally: “I was so embarrassed when the whole thing had happened. I just was like, ‘This is the worst’. 

“I had made myself come to terms with the fact that I was never going to have kids and that I was never going to be married again. 

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“I was just going to have to live a life of being single. And I was like, ‘I’m going to enjoy being single for once in my life’.”

Vogue added: “I did enjoy being single and it took about three months because I was so used to being in relationships and then I enjoyed being single.

“Then I met somebody and now I’m sitting on this podcast breastfeeding my fourth child. So this could be you at 40.”

Vogue and Spencer wed in 2018 and the couple’s children include Theodore, eight, Gigi, six, and Otto, four.

Meanwhile, the couple welcomed their fourth child, Remy earlier this month.

Prior to Vogue, Brian had been married to Atomic Kitten‘s Kerry Katona from 2002 to 2006.

In 2025, the former Westlife member married third wife Danielle Parkinson, a PE teacher.

The NFL confirmed Monday that it has asked the Department of Homeland Security to remove a video featuring hard-hitting highlights of Hall of Fame safety Brian Dawkins from a social media post in reference to a report about a caravan of immigrants approaching the U.S. border.

On Sunday afternoon, the verified X account of the DHS reposted another account’s report of the purported caravan, along with the comment, “Our time has come,” and a 39-second clip of the former Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos star delivering one bruising hit after another.

“The league requested DHS take down the video,” NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy told The Times in an email.

Dawkins told ESPN in a text that he had “very respectfully not given permission” for the DHS to use his video.

About two hours after the initial post went up, the DHS responded in the comment section with a still photo of Dawkins and the caption, “The Border Is Closed.” As of early Monday afternoon, both posts remained intact.

The Times reached out to the DHS by email and asked if it had initially sought the NFL’s permission to use the content, if it planned on taking down the content as the league requested and why it chose to use Dawkins’ imagery with the posts.

The department sent a statement in response that appears to refer to the nine-time Pro Bowl selection’s nickname “Weapon X.”

“DHS is playing lockdown defense at the border. We will use every Weapon at our disposal, from A to X, to keep Americans safe,” the department wrote.

“The United States Border Patrol is actively tracking a migrant caravan which departed San Pedro Sula, Honduras on September 20, 2026. USBP is closely engaged with its international partners to monitor their movement and any additional developments. USBP reminds migrants that under the leadership of President Trump and Homeland Secretary [Markwayne] Mullin, the border has remained closed and secured for the last 16 months.

“Migrants considering making the dangerous journey to our country should also be aware that the days of ‘catch and release’ are over, and [former President] Biden’s disastrous open border policy has been SEALED SHUT. Anyone attempting to illegally enter the United States will be apprehended, prosecuted, and removed from the country.”