OPINION
The real stories to remember
By Andrew Yaffe | April 23, 2008In my two semesters of column writing, I've probably mentioned the fact that I came to Duke because of basketball four or five times.
In my two semesters of column writing, I've probably mentioned the fact that I came to Duke because of basketball four or five times.
At first, I didn't want to write a senior column. I didn't want to cover issues of graduation and moving on.
Before Director of Athletics Joe Alleva took the same position at LSU Friday, the Department of Athletics and Duke boosters could have theoretically ignored some of the issues that they have long...
You know, 28-6 is a great season. That's what Mike Krzyzewski said after Duke's loss to West Virginia Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Respectfully, I beg to differ.
Wednesday night's game began with a flood of orange jerseys soaring to the basket. Duke responded with a smothering orange cloud of its own.
Entering this season, there seemed to be a pervasive fear that the Cameron Crazies as we knew them were dead.
"This is good," a friend said eight minutes into Sunday's second half, with the Blue Devils up three over Wake Forest. "Duke needs the test of a close game."
I don't have the chutzpah to predict a Duke victory tonight against Carolina. Last season, I watched as Tyler Hansbrough dominated the Blue Devils' top-recruit-turned-NBDL-journeyman Josh McRoberts...
Anytime my fiancée [Candace Parker] plays, I gotta root for her. I root for Duke, but I also root for my fiancée.
At halftime of Duke's dominant victory over Clemson Saturday, I saw something that's been rare in my four years here. No, not those awesome jump-rope kids.