Chandler Harnish

After countless of hours on TV, the NFL Draft ended as it usually does with the last pick, Mr. Irrelevant. During the three-day event, draft pundits talked about 253 players, their size, their skills and their potential impact. When it came to the 254th...

NFL roster cut-down day turned out to be a great day for 2012 Mr. Irrelevant Chandler Harnish and Cheta Ozougwu, last year's final draft pick who has the same moniker. Harnish, Mr. Irrelevant XXXVII, the quarterback who was taken No. 253 by the...

Costa Mesa resident and insurance executive Mike Scheafer has been elected and installed as president of the Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club for 2012-13. Serving with Scheafer are Phil Marsh, vice president; Bob Ooten, secretary; Mike McIlroy,...

The RVCA family is excited for Sunday. That's the day of the grand opening for the Mendes Bros. Academy, a jiu jitsu gym, in Costa Mesa. The Mendes brothers, Rafael and Gui, will be offering a free seminar during the grand opening, starting at 1 p.m. The...

Where will the "Happiest Place on Earth" be this week? No, not Disneyland, although it is also in Orange County. It will be in Newport Beach, as the annual wackiness known as Irrelevant Week takes place at multiple venues. "Doing something nice for no...

They say nice guys finish last, so a matchmaker on Monday tried to help Chandler Harnish, the last player chosen in the NFL Draft, find a woman. "I have to say this for my girlfriend's sake: I'm taken," Harnish said. It should be the other way around,...

Mr. Irrelevant XXXVII, Chandler Harnish, quarterback from Northern Illinois University, who was the 253rd and last pick in this year's NFL draft (the Indianapolis Colts drafted him), was welcomed to Newport Beach Monday night at the Ultimate Tailgate...

Spoiled is how Chandler Harnish said he's felt during his first visit to California. Newport Beach tends to treat the last player selected in the NFL Draft every year like a No. 1 pick. This year, it's Harnish's turn to enjoy being Mr. Irrelevant....

Chandler Harnish said there was a time in his life when he contemplated quitting football. Harnish is Mr. Irrelevant XXXVII, but this is a relevant story. Before his junior season at Northern Illinois University, Harnish thought he had enough of...

When Chandlur Sularz made her pick to guess Mr. Irrelevant she chose a player whose name was familiar to hers. That helped her win $253 and a gift basket from the folks at Mr. Irrelevant, whom are also no strangers to the 13-year-old girl from Arizona....

It was a good week in Newport Beach! I spent a lot of time in Newport, and it was most enjoyable. On June 13, there was an Interfaith Council Board meeting, followed by a meeting of the Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa where Laird Hayes, an NFL line...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Dwayne Allen walked into the Colts locker room Wednesday wearing his favorite blue-and-white T-shirt that read: Here Come The Horses. It's a message that is far more believable more this April than it was last spring and it's a...