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By Andrew Donohue | November 1, 2017Watching Duke’s offense last Saturday was a tough task.
Watching Duke’s offense last Saturday was a tough task.
The Blue Devils have scored 142 points in their victories and just 74 in the losses. Simply put, Duke lacks an offensive identity.
The NCAA let North Carolina get off disturbingly easy for its academic fraud scandal—with no athletics penalties.
The most recent developments are another black eye for a sport that has been caught in the riptide of changing times.
You can’t help but think of the parallels between this season and the one two years ago. That’s why Duke has to beat Virginia this weekend.
If there’s one thing you circle on your calendar this week, it should be at 7 p.m. Friday.
The Blue Devils fit the blueprint perfectly of teams that have made an instant jump out of obscurity.
Baylor deserves to be left completely alone, having to build the program from the bottom up, because sexual assault has no place on the football field.
Duke and N.C. Central's matchup Saturday didn’t appear to make either squad better at football.
No matter how much the league and its affiliates attempt to sanitize its image, the NFL is becoming a hard product to enjoy.
It won't be easy for David Cutcliffe to forget the feeling of missing the postseason, because he might go through the same thing this year.
The Blue Devils cratered at the end of last season, but during that stretch, Duke showed that it is ready to return to the postseason.
Bagley's 35 is a number unworn by any Blue Devil in the last 28 years. And it has hung in the rafters of Cameron Indoor Stadium since February 18, 1989, for good reason—Danny Ferry helped Duke to three Final Four appearances.
Not every top-tier prospect to enter college in the past few years has opted for Duke blue, Big Blue Nation or any other traditional powerhouse.
As I ponder retirement and what to do with all my newfound free time, I'm thrilled to say I met that goal and am even happier that my second year on The Chronicle's upper masthead was just as incredible as my first.
A black eye for the league this season—and one that will continue to sting if left unattended— has been a rampant spread of resting players, especially in nationally televised games.
Columnist Shaker Samman reflects on his experience watching North Carolina's championship celebration in Chapel Hill.
Before the officials hijacked what was expected to be a riveting showdown between North Carolina and Gonzaga, one of the most eye-popping similarities between the teams was their size.
It’s been a tough week and a half for the Cameron Crazies, to say the least. But for most other college basketball fans, this has been another perfect example of what makes the NCAA tournament the greatest spectacle in collegiate sports.
Nine ACC teams earned a spot in the 2017 version of the Big Dance—but with six of the nine among the selection committee's top 20, the league had an opportunity to both top its own Sweet 16 record and settle the debate once and for all. Instead, what seemed to be an embarrassment of riches turned out to be little more than an embarrassment.