Duke shows continued maturity by overcoming St. John's
By Yvonne Krywyj | January 25, 1999NEW YORK, N.Y. - About two months ago, a largely untested men's basketball team faced underdog Cincinnati in the Great Alaska Shootout title game.
NEW YORK, N.Y. - About two months ago, a largely untested men's basketball team faced underdog Cincinnati in the Great Alaska Shootout title game.
It is difficult for Megan Sullivan's voice to hold back her excitement. It's also hard to blame her.
Talent can only take a team so far.
Despite the absence of its top wrestler, Matt Mapes, the wrestling team took six of the final seven decisions in its match against Davidson and cruised to a 28-12 win Saturday in Davidson.
RALEIGH - It was one of those games where you just had to be there.
Extensive training during the winter break paid dividends for both the women's and men's swim teams, as they showed marked improvement in their first meet of the semester against Virginia.
RALEIGH - Some of the ACC's highest-scoring frontcourt players have found the points a little harder to come by against the women of Duke.
Elton Brand showed some versatility in his game Saturday afternoon, driving coast to coast, faking a pass then converting a finger roll in the first half and sinking a long baseline jumper in the...
While most students were relaxing at home during the holiday break, Duke's women basketball players were doing something a little different: kicking butt from Durham all the way to California.
Reserve guard Jay Heaps decided in late December to leave the men's basketball team and head to Holland to begin a professional career in soccer. Heaps graduated a semester early last month.
The wrestling team earned its first two victories of the season this past week in separate meets.
Elton Brand and Jenny Chuasiriporn were among 11 amateur athletes named finalists for the 69th Annual James E. Sullivan Memorial Award on Dec. 16.
Although classes weren't in session, Elton Brand learned a lot of things this winter break.
For once, the cacophonic thuds emanating from the Cameron Indoor Stadium vicinity Saturday were not of the on-going construction, but rather, of the multitude of records falling and the pride of...
The men's basketball team entered its game against Michigan Saturday night seeking revenge.
Owls tend to be nocturnal-they sleep during the day.
The new and improved Chris Burgess hit the shelves Saturday, just in time for the holiday shopping season.
With about 10 minutes left in the men's basketball team's ACC opener Saturday night, Kenny Inge was hanging in the air, poised to make a dunk that could provide some solace to a blown-out N.C. State.
There's no place like home.