HALFTIME: Duke 7, Wake Forest 7
The Blue Devils came out strong in their ACC opener but have stumbled into the locker room tied 7-7 with Wake Forest following several missed opportunities on offense that may come back to haunt them.
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The Blue Devils came out strong in their ACC opener but have stumbled into the locker room tied 7-7 with Wake Forest following several missed opportunities on offense that may come back to haunt them.
In its first real test without All-ACC performers Matt Skura and Lucas Patrick Saturday afternoon, Duke’s new-look offensive line started slowly and never found its footing.
A young basketball camper thought he could defend former Duke point guard Quinn Cook one-on-one earlier this week.
Wake Forest’s seniors have come close to beating Duke multiple times but with a stout defense might have their best chance yet this weekend.
Jela Duncan
Duke’s coaching staff is not taking a break on the recruiting trail during Labor Day Weekend with the start of official practice less than a month away.
The Blue Devils were inches away from a sweep of TCU when they had a match point in the third set Friday night, with a kill attempt from Horned Frogs hitter Sarita Mikals sneaking just inside the baseline.
Fresh off a bronze medal with the Canadian national team, senior Rebecca Quinn returned to campus Friday and stepped back into game action for the Blue Devils Sunday evening. After the game, The Chronicle's Jack Dolgin and other media members chatted with Quinn about her experience and rejoining her Duke teammates.
With Duke's 2016 football season kicking off Saturday against N.C. Central in Wallace Wade Stadium, The Chronicle's football beat writers and editors in the sports department made predictions on how the team will fare and which players will stand out the most.
Starting two freshmen and a sophomore, Duke showed no signs of youth Saturday night, easily dispatching an SEC opponent to remain unbeaten through the first weekend of the season.
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski coined the phrase "Eight is enough" when the Blue Devils won the 2015 national championship with just eight scholarship players for the second half of the season.
2015 record: 14-1, 8-0 in the ACC (1st in the Atlantic Division)
2015 record: 2-10
Few teams can withstand the loss of one of the most dominant players in program history right away, and head coach Jolene Nagel is not looking to any individual to fill the void left by three-time All-American Emily Sklar. But Nagel needs a team effort to do the trick.
This column is part of the dueling columnist segment in our ACC football preview. The point can be viewed here.
MORRISVILLE, N.C.—Although Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski has now led USA basketball to three consecutive gold medals, his tenure with the national team is now finished.
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski wrapped up his 11-year tenure as Team USA's head coach with a 96-66 victory Sunday against Serbia in Rio de Janeiro to win his third straight Olympic gold medal. Duke associate head coach Jeff Capel was on Krzyzewski's staff this summer and former Blue Devil point guard Kyrie Irving was a major contributor for Team USA.
If Thomas Sirk is not fully recovered from a torn Achilles tendon in time for Duke's season opener Sept. 3, most Duke fans likely assumed redshirt junior Parker Boehme would step in as the starting quarterback.
Playing without its top three goal scorers from last year, Duke's offense struggled to finish in 110 minutes of exhibition play Tuesday. But a standout performance on defense salvaged a positive result.
After catching fire in the NCAA tournament last year en route to the national title game, the Blue Devils picked up right where they left off in their first action of 2016.