'Ahead of the curve': How Duke is readying for the start of the ACC Network era
By Mitchell Gladstone | February 27, 2019Kevin White, Duke vice president and director of athletics, had made sure his university was going to be out in front.
Kevin White, Duke vice president and director of athletics, had made sure his university was going to be out in front.
After a significant growth spurt during the summer after seventh grade, Akinbode-James’ life changed.
Daniel Jones broke into the starting lineup as a redshirt freshman and could be the first quarterback drafted into the NFL come April.
“Not a lot of people try sneaking in,” a line monitor said. “And almost all of them that do try, we catch.” Emphasis on the “almost.”
Ernie Jackson and Clarence “C.G.” Newsome, the Blue Devils' first two African-American scholarship athletes, enrolled at Duke in the fall of 1968.
Cutcliffe helped Duke break a streak of 55 years without a bowl victory in 2015, and there's belief he can still take the Blue Devils even higher.
At age 70, as the third-oldest Division I head coach, Mike Krzyzewski still reaches players more than 50 years younger than him.
The Blue Devils got rid of their football program from 1895 to 1920 but have since used athletics as a major image-maker.
As Duke President Richard Brodhead navigates his final semester, The Chronicle will be examining his impact on athletics with a series of articles, continuing with one about Brodhead’s relationship with Kevin White, vice president and director of athletics, and the transformation of Duke’s athletic facilities.
Brodhead’s decision to hire Cutcliffe in December 2007 changed Duke’s program forever, and his final months as president offer a unique perspective into how far the Blue Devils have come.
From Richard Brodhead’s first day in office June 28, 2004, his presidency was tied to head coach Mike Krzyzewski.
When All-ACC defender Christina Gibbons dribbles down the field, you’ll notice something peculiar on her left arm. The Raleigh native carries on a longstanding tradition for the Blue Devils—drawing an X for each shutout the team has recorded up to that point in the season on her fellow defenders’ arms. She draws them on sunny days, rainy days and even cold ones when they wear long sleeves and no one can see the marks—with one exception. “I don’t draw Chelsea [Burns’] because apparently Olivia [Erlbeck] draws Chelsea,” the senior co-captain said.
During the 2014-15 season, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski coined the phrase “Eight is enough” to describe the Blue Devils’ championship run driven by eight players in the team’s rotation. But eight was not nearly enough to count the number of post-practice recovery smoothies the team consumed on a regular basis.
John and Matt Danowski have been through it all together, from the lacrosse scandal to a national title and a wedding.
A look at how Sean Obi became Duke's sideline star.
Two weeks after a strong team performance at the ACC championships in Tallahassee, Fla., 17 Blue Devils will head back to the Sunshine State with hopes of extending their postseasons.
For nine years, 610 N. Buchanan Blvd.—the former epicenter of the Duke lacrosse case—was an eyesore for some and a memorial for others.
The death of legendary North Carolina head coach Dean Smith brought the legacies of the game's great coaches into perspective.
Why the Second City is first for Duke basketball
Big money has made college sports so complicated that Congress wants to get involved.