The real stories to remember
(04/23/08 4:00am)
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.
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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. I didn't want to write about how much I've learned or all the great experiences I've had at Duke. It wasn't because I hadn't thought about it or didn't have anything to say. It wasn't because I didn't have any emotions. In fact, I had too many emotions and too much to say.
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 faced.
You know, 28-6 is a great season.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - 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 in both contests. The year before, Hansbrough torched the national defensive player of the year at Senior Night in Cameron. How, then, can I pick a team without a true post defender to beat a team with arguably the nation's most effective power forward?
Andrew Yaffe: The Tennessee women are coming to Duke tonight. Who will you be rooting for?
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.
Just inside the door to George McLendon's office hangs the head of a moose. Not a real moose, but a trophy nonetheless. For the dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, the Bullwinkle-like visage is a constant reminder of his goals in the hiring and retention of faculty at Duke. Its message keeps him focused on the types of scholars he wishes to avoid.
In the first three-and-a-half minutes of the second half, Greg Paulus showed the Cameron Crazies exactly what he's capable of.
Sophomore co-captain Josh McRoberts will forgo his final two years of eligibility and enter the NBA Draft, the men's basketball program announced Thursday.
The director of a local lab said in court under oath Friday that he violated his company's protocol when he did not disclose all the results in DNA testing related to the Duke lacrosse case.
A North Carolina congressman has written to the U.S. Department of Justice calling for an investigation into the prosecution of the three indicted Duke men's lacrosse players.
Growing up, freshman Joy Cheek knew the importance of rules. No elbows on the table, no cookies before dinner.
Clemson, coached by Tommy Bowden, has not won an ACC Title since 1991,the year before Florida State, coached by his father Bobby, entered the league.
Doug Kim, Trinity '06, finished in seventh place at the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event, earning a payout of $2,391,520.
With little less than a month before construction on the new student plaza is completed, the area in the middle of campus looks like a wide-open slab of concrete.
Concerts, popsicles and a mist fountain are coming to a plaza near you.