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Time to hang ‘em up
By Joe Drews | April 27, 2010When I was at a medical school interview last fall, my first interviewer asked me why I like sports.
When I was at a medical school interview last fall, my first interviewer asked me why I like sports.
Last week, you had a perfect opportunity to announce that you were staying at Duke for your senior season. You returned from Indianapolis as the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player, greeted by...
Duke is back in the Final Four—and as a villain in the season’s final weekend.
If head coach Tom Izzo’s reign at Michigan State has been characterized by one maxim, it is this: Never count out the Spartans in March. Never has that been clearer than this season.
I’m not quite sure when I started thinking Duke deserved consideration for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. It wasn’t when Villanova started its late-season slide in early February, and it...
Since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, No. 1 seeds are a perfect 102-0 in the first round. Don’t tell that to Duke.
After Duke beat Georgia Tech for the ACC Tournament title Sunday afternoon, head coach Mike Krzyzewski said his team was better than it was the week before.
I love white tenting. I like that it only lasts two weeks. I appreciate the fact that 10 out of 12 people get to sleep in their beds every night.
It wasn’t pretty, but Duke will take it. Despite shooting 31.9 percent from the field, including 22.5 percent in the first half, the Blue Devils gutted out a 64-54 win over rival North Carolina...
Yeah, Christmas is great, and so is Super Bowl Sunday and the first two days of the NCAA Tournament, and the Duke-UNC game in Cameron is the most anticipated contest of the regular season. But the...