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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - At a makeshift press conference in a football weight room, men's lacrosse coach Mike Pressler sat steaming mad and soaking wet. After watching his team lose a 7-6 decision to Maryland in the first round of the ACC tournament, Pressler spared few words in his assessment of the Blue Devils' performance.
It's kind of the mutt of the track world. Four different distances, strategies and styles of runners thrown together to form one race-the distance medley relay (DMR). The mutt is shunned in many track circles, not run in the NCAA championships, the Olympics or in many high schools.
Red is not one of Penn State's school colors. But when they took the field against the Winthrop baseball team March 18-19, every Nittany Lion sported a red wristband in protest of the Confederate flag flying above the state capitol.
When South African journalist Allister Sparks listens carefully on a quiet day in his country, he can hear a low whining sound. It's the murmur of discontent emitting from the mouths of many white liberals, who constantly critique the government's actions.
A torrential downpour cut several events short at the General Motors-Duke Invitational track and field meet, but there was no rain on the Blue Devils' parade.
For the past 12 years, Wallace Wade Stadium has come alive for the GM-Duke Invitational, drawing collegiate and elite athletes from around the country.
The soles on a pair of large black boots are what Armando Valladares remembers when he thinks back to his trial at age 22. The boots belonged to the judge in the case, who sat through the trial reading a comic book with his feet up on his desk and then sentenced Valladares to 30 years as a Cuban political prisoner.
As Jeffrey Davidow, U.S. ambassador to Mexico, recounted last night in the Sanford Institute, opponents of NAFTA feared that the free trade agreement would result in a great "sucking sound" as U.S. jobs crossed borders.
To James Joseph, the scene on the beach that day in 1973 was emblematic of South Africa as a whole. Marring the beauty of the ocean waves and sandy shores, a sign stuck out of the ground, emblazoned with the words "Whites Only, No Dogs Allowed."
WINSTON-SALEM - Gathered in a huddle with about three minutes left in the game, Nate James gave his teammates a simple message: "We've been in this situation before. Let's do what we've done over and over again. Let's win this game."
At 7 p.m. last night, women's track coach Jan Samuelson-Ogilvie and freshman phenom Sheela Agrawal stared at their respective computers, waiting for the NCAA mile field to pop up on their screens. And they waited. And then waited some more.
Juniors Jillian Schwartz and Mike Zulandt have two things in common: they had never competed in their respective sports before coming to Duke and they captured All-East honors in this weekend's IC4A and ECAC invitational meets.
There was no overtime, no last-second comeback and nothing went down to the wire. Saturday's 90-76 victory over North Carolina (18-12, 9-7) was low-suspense, high-energy basketball-exactly what senior Chris Carrawell wanted for his Cameron farewell.
Sitting in a taxicab in Mozambique early last semester, Trinity junior Jordan Bazinsky found himself facing machine-gun toting policemen screaming at him in a foreign language and confiscating his passport.
Although their finishes may not show it, the men's and women's track teams' scores at the ACC Indoor Championships reflected solid progress. Both squads scored more points than ever before at the event in Blacksburg, Va., with the men finishing seventh and the women finishing ninth.
This is the first of three stories profiling the Young Trustee candidates.
Friday night, the men's and women's track teams participated in a little bit of history. The Blue Devils traveled to New York City for the Millrose Games, the world's oldest indoor track meet. The next day, Duke won 11 races at the Army Invitational and both the men's and women's teams placed second against Brown and Army.
Every spring, the Duke Invitational is the centerpiece of the men's track season. Thousands of athletes flock to Wallace Wade Stadium and for the Blue Devils, it is often their only chance to compete in front of their friends and family. But this year, the Duke Invitational won't be such a big deal.
The men's and women's track teams traveled to New York City Saturday and pulled through the New York Sports Museum Collegiate Armory Invitational with several starring performances.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Welcome to Cole Field House, home of the biggest unreciprocated rivalry in college sports.
