Duke women’s soccer took home its second win against North Carolina this season in head coach Robbie Church's last regular-season game at the helm. The Blue Devils emerged victorious 3-2 buoyed by prolific midfield play and ball distribution.
The Blue Devils head into their 2024-25 campaign with a fully stocked roster and high hopes for Jon Scheyer's third season at the helm.
Ahead of the start of the Blue Devils' season Monday, our beats are here with season predictions, players to watch and the biggest questions for this team.
During the fall season, The Chronicle is polling its readers every week via its Sportswrap newsletter to highlight one Blue Devil athlete’s outstanding performance. This week’s spotlight goes to Mia Oliaro of Duke women's soccer.
Ahead of the 2024-25 season, the Blue Zone previewed key Duke men's basketball players. The roster includes two crucial returners and a host of new talent, including six freshman and four transfers.
I want to address wary fans with some good news. Amidst some sameness, there’s a change in this year’s Groundhog Day programming. To complement yet another top-ranked recruiting class, Duke added valuable pieces in the portal — Mason Gillis from Purdue, Sion James from Tulane, Maliq Brown from Syracuse — who will all likely see substantial minutes.
They say the devil is in the details. But in Durham, the Blue Devils are in the details — and numbers.
And the team took this opportunity and ran with it at The Clerico, ending with a third-place finish to close out its fall season, only behind Northwestern and the hosts, Oral Roberts.
After a narrow loss to SMU, Duke football hits the road to face Miami in what may be its toughest matchup yet. The Blue Zone is here with an overview, stats to watch, X-factors and keys to the game.
In 2017, the NBA launched academies in Africa, India and Australia; Mexico received one the following year. These new institutions provide an alternative to prep schools in Europe and the United States — previously the most common routes for top talent from the Global South. The NBA Global Academy directly removes barriers for its participants to reach their full potential, whether that be in college basketball, the G-league or even the NBA.
Wallace teaches a unique education elective called “Race, Sport & Education: Duke men’s basketball.” His class explores the nitty-gritty, sometimes ugly stories and facts that assisted the evolution of perhaps the most storied college basketball program in the country.
John Feinstein fostered a relationship with Mike Krzyzewski that allowed him to see stories that no one else could. While he usually writes neutrally on the Blue Devils, “Five Banners” allowed Feinstein to fully embrace his Duke roots and tell the story of one of the most impressive sports dynasties of all time.
Coming off a heartbreaking loss, the Blue Devils will next face No. 5 Miami. The Hurricanes are in the top five of the AP Poll for the first time since 2017 — so this matchup will be nothing short of intense.
At home in Koskinen Stadium Tuesday, the fifth-ranked Blue Devils took on the Lancers for their penultimate game of the regular season. Duke’s early spark led the team to a 4-1 victory over Longwood.
Last season, an injury forced Caleb Foster out of play. Duke's sophomore guard has returned to the floor with the help of a podcast, a pool and a fresh perspective.
Flagg is widely projected to follow in Williamson’s footsteps by being selected first overall in next year’s NBA Draft, even before he’s played a single official minute of college basketball. Yet, the comparisons between Flagg and Williamson should end there. Not only are they two completely distinct players, but each arrived in Durham under wildly different circumstances.
Located in Chantilly, Va., PVI is one of the premier basketball high schools in the country. Over the last 20 years, it has been a constant presence on the national scene, with the 2023-24 team finishing the season ranked No. 1 in the country, according to MaxPreps.
Cooper Flagg, the Blue Devils' 6-foot-9 forward, is signing an NIL deal with Gatorade. He is the first men's basketball player on Gatorade's athlete roster.
Mesalles balances on the precipice of his college career’s end, fast approaching the time of year when any game could be his last. He’s figuring out how to captain a team, which means raising his quiet voice. The one thing around which there exists no doubt is that he will never have a season like this — with Duke — again.
With the start of the NBA regular season, several former Blue Devils are making their presence felt at the highest level of professional basketball. The Blue Zone is here to highlight a few standouts.
