The beginning of 2011 hasn’t been especially kind to Mike Krzyzewski and his team. The Blue Devils won a dogfight against Maryland in Cameron, then lost to Florida State on the road, and looked...
Well, that’s a relief. No, Coach K and the Blue Devils won’t match Bob Knight’s 1976 Hoosiers, but I’d like to propose that it’s for the best.
Despite all the preseason hype, everyone knew this Duke team wasn’t going to be perfect. It was bound to have an Achilles’ heel. Well, make that toe.
What a difference a year makes. 14 months ago, an official visit to campus by prized recruit Harrison Barnes overshadowed the commitment of another, Kyrie Irving.
The first time that I put pen to paper this year was to opine that the 2010 football season was a make-or-break season for head coach David Cutcliffe and his Duke football program.
Let’s get this out of the way now: I hate Michigan State. It may be illogical, irrational, and even immoral, but nothing anyone says can change that.
“It’s not a two-quarterback system,” head coach David Cutcliffe said at his press conference Tuesday. “It’s playing your backup. There’s a difference.”
I remember my first Duke basketball game. The C-1 was filled up by about 35 remarkably-awake freshmen toting chemistry and economics textbooks, carrying backpacks full of supplies—both scholarly...
There aren’t too many question marks on this Duke team. Where the questions lie is in the post. And that is why the Plumlee brothers, and not one of Duke’s bigger stars, will determine whether the...
Outside of the locker room following Saturday’s upset win in Annapolis there was a noticeable difference in the attitudes of everyone associated with Duke football.
Basketball season has returned. But if this week’s games against Division II opponents don’t exactly whet your appetite, turn your attention to the early stages of an NBA season full of...
Apparently, Mike Krzyzewski doesn’t appreciate swearing. He could’ve fooled me.
There’s no such thing as a moral victory. It’s a tired cliché repeated time and time again by coaches and players in every sport at every level.
The importance of Rivers’ commitment cannot be over-hyped, overvalued or over-reported. Now it seems as if Duke is the hottest program in college basketball, only a year after many analysts...
Recently, Duke’s campus has begun to focus its unwavering eye on the upcoming basketball season. And while both the men’s and women’s programs have important questions to address, one thing is for...
Even though almost no one in the sellout crowd of 67,044 at the Edward Jones Dome for the St. Louis Rams opener took notice Sunday, the eyes of the Duke football community were looking down proudly.
The main purpose of the NCAA is to make money. It exists to make its schools as much revenue as possible.
It’s been long established that the South—from Texas to the east—is home to the best football in the country, from Pop Warner all the way through college.
Quick, hundreds of freshmen voraciously reading The Chronicle for the first time, name a coach of a Duke sports team. Bonus points for correct spelling.
