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(10/24/00 4:00am)
As former Chronicle staff writers who covered Duke football over a span of seven years, including Heather Sue Mercer's time at Duke and the early stages of this lawsuit, we are disgusted to read the paper's opinion on the latest verdict. Although The Chronicle's handling of this farce has been commendable in recent weeks, the editorial staff made a weak and poorly-reasoned decision in suggesting Duke should take this lying down.
(02/28/97 5:00am)
They closed out their careers like they opened them, with another ACC championship, but the four years in between were like nothing Duke basketball has ever witnessed before.
(01/22/97 5:00am)
RALEIGH - After shooting his way out of the starting lineup earlier in the season, Jeff Capel might have shot his way back into the starting rotation against N.C. State. But for Capel, who has already bottomed out this season, just winning is good enough.
(01/22/97 5:00am)
RALEIGH - When Mike Chappell woke up Tuesday morning, nobody realized it was his birthday. By the time Tuesday turned into Wednesday, people were lining up to congratulate him.
(11/08/96 5:00am)
As expected, 6-foot-8 power forward Elton Brand made his commitment to the men's basketball team official Thursday afternoon. And the good news continued for Duke later in the afternoon.
(11/08/96 5:00am)
The football team will obviously not be going to a bowl this year after eight winless games. But there is still a title that the Blue Devils can win that won't stink like week-old tuna fish-the championship of North Carolina.
(11/07/96 5:00am)
Winning is contagious, and, apparently, so is recruiting.
(11/04/96 5:00am)
The men's basketball team had a productive weekend off the court when top high school point guard William Avery decided to commit to Duke.
(11/01/96 5:00am)
When football coach Fred Goldsmith started this season he was hesitant to label it as a rebuilding year. Seven winless games later, it is pretty fair to put that label on what the Blue Devils have done thus far.
(11/01/96 5:00am)
The game on the court won't count in the standings, but the action off of it will go a long way towards determining the men's basketball team's future.
(10/29/96 5:00am)
By ERIC FRIEDMAN
(10/28/96 5:00am)
There were no winners and there were no losers, but there were plenty of impressive returns and promising debuts as the men's basketball team opened its season.
(10/17/96 4:00am)
With little fanfare, some running and plenty of competition, the men's basketball team officially began the '96-'97 season on Tuesday with its first supervised practice.
(10/03/96 4:00am)
Engineering sophomore Brian McCormack, a linebacker on the Duke football team, voluntarily turned himself into the Durham County Detention Center Tuesday and Wednesday after being charged with two counts of assault and two counts of injury to personal property.
(09/30/96 4:00am)
GREENSBORO - Quick, painless, efficient.
(09/26/96 4:00am)
Losing can be contagious, and the football team is well aware of that fact. The Blue Devils hope to rid themselves of this illness, and soon.
(09/16/96 4:00am)
Two games into the football season, it is becoming readily apparent that the toughest opponent the Blue Devils face this season may be themselves.
(09/13/96 4:00am)
There is nothing more exciting in all of sports. It is the moment when the fans become part of the event. Their actions, their movements and their noise seemingly propel the home team forward. It is also something that has seldom happened in Wallace Wade Stadium.
(09/09/96 4:00am)
One is flashy and loud, the other soft-spoken and reserved. Together they form a dynamic wide receiver duo-Duke's version of Fire and Ice.
(09/09/96 4:00am)
In karate, perhaps the most important tenet is one's ability to focus on the task at hand and ignore all other outside influences. For Billy Granville, it is a key to life.
