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Catching up with The Landlord
By Andrew Yaffe | January 28, 2008Anytime my fiancée [Candace Parker] plays, I gotta root for her. I root for Duke, but I also root for my fiancée.
Anytime my fiancée [Candace Parker] plays, I gotta root for her. I root for Duke, but I also root for my fiancée.
Forty seconds into the second half at the raucous Comcast Center, DeMarcus Nelson stole the ball from Maryland forward James Gist and coasted to the other end for the easy layup.
Thursday night's game at Virginia Tech seemed all-too-familiar for Duke.
At the conclusion of the Blue Devils' ACC opener last season, the fans inside Cameron Indoor Stadium were shocked into silence: Unranked Virginia Tech had just defeated then-No. 5 Duke 69-67 in...
Sometimes, people have to feel out the beat before adjusting and hitting the dance floor. Luckily for the Blue Devils, they feel like they have their groove on now.
On the night of December 22, Maryland head coach Gary Williams got some angry phone calls.
Clemson came into Saturday's contest with what was supposed to a threat to Duke's Achilles heel: talented big men.
Midway through the second half against Clemson Saturday, the Blue Devils were clinging to a one-point lead and seemed to be on the verge of becoming the fourth top-10 team of the day to fall.
Coming off four consecutive wins, including two double-digit conference victories over the likes of Virginia and Florida State, the Blue Devils are on a roll.
After 20 minutes of play Wednesday night in Tallahassee, the Seminoles seemed to have no answers for a Duke squad brimming with confidence.
For a few moments, No. 7 Duke looked as if it were about to relive another nightmare against Florida State.
Visiting teams rarely win at Cameron Indoor Stadium, but when they do, they tend to go a bit overboard in their celebrations.
The intensity, the crowd, the heat in Cameron Indoor-everything was turned up a notch for the Blue Devils' conference opener against Virginia Sunday night.
A minute and a half into the game, Virginia head coach Dave Leitao didn't like what he saw and called a timeout after a 5-0 Duke start. But with the relentless Blue Devils running on all cylinders,...
Despite a fast start to the season and a high-paced offense, the Blue Devils have struggled from the field over their last three contests and are not quite where they want to be heading into ACC play.
The Blue Devils headed into their ACC season opener Wednesday with a 4-4 record and looking to upset reigning conference champion N.C. State.
With just more than eight minutes remaining in No. 9 Duke's contest against Temple, the Blue Devils appeared to be in serious trouble.
Sophomore center Brian Zoubek is out indefinitely after fracturing the fifth metatarsal in his left foot Monday.
Junior Marty Pocius underwent successful surgery on his left ankle Tuesday. The swingman will miss the remainder of the season.
As the Blue Devils trudged off the court following Sunday night's 81-67 win over Cornell, their expressions told a vastly different story than the scoreboard did.