Back in blue
(04/28/08 4:00am)
I'm going to enjoy being a Duke fan again.
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I'm going to enjoy being a Duke fan again.
Somewhere in the two-minute walk from the season's last press conference to the locker room in the lonesome bowels of the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Abby Waner finally felt the weight of another lost season. Three NCAA Tournaments come and gone, producing nothing more than a prolonged anguish, like failing to remember the most desirable and vivid dream, flickering between fantasy and reality for three long years-for an entire lifetime, really.
Alison Whitaker is good at match play.
Wanisha Smith is known to her teammates as a strong leader, an easygoing friend and a fiery competitor.
What does it take to be a trailblazer?
DeMarcus Nelson stands at midcourt as the second half begins, the embodiment of the strong, silent type. Duke is battling Maryland in Cameron Indoor Stadium, and Nelson's got his game face on. This guy is not your friend-gone is the wide grin permanently affixed to his face when he's hanging with the guys.
In the spirit of the highly regarded journalistic axiom "full disclosure"-and with Valentine's Day pending-the editors of this magazine have chosen to tell you about the Feb. issue in their other capacity: as a couple.
Welcome to the ACC.
With just over 10 minutes to go in the first half, 6-foot-5 Jon Scheyer found himself matched up off a defensive switch with Wisconsin's 6-foot-11 Brian Butch. With more than 20 seconds left on the shot clock, Scheyer appeared to have no chance of keeping Butch from imposing his will.
Joe Alleva understands this much-if he's going to replace player-beloved Ted Roof, he's going to have to make a significant upgrade.
Duke might struggle against top-tier centers
A funny thing happened over the last few years as the Blue Devils jetted to Beantown and South Beach in search of ACC victories in football and basketball.
Let's get technical for a second: You don't actually have to go to class. You don't have to do your laundry. You don't have to go to Wilson, you don't have to cut your hair and you don't have to be nice to your roommate.
Wake up, people. It's almost November.
In individual sports that are made into team sports, it's sometimes hard to tell what a player brings to her team beyond a score.
With four minutes to go Saturday, the Blue Devils were driving-and so was I.
It often feels like Duke is a long way from the brutish realities of The Grown-up World.
"New Winning Streak."
What is there to say at this point?
When the Duke football team steps out onto the field at Notre Dame Stadium, at least one person won't be awestruck.