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Midseason check-in: Breaking down No. 19 Duke football's season on the bye week

(10/07/23 5:20pm)

After a grueling loss to Notre Dame, the Blue Devils have time to rest during their bye this weekend. With almost the entirety of Duke's conference slate staring it down, The Chronicle's beat writers answer the most pressing questions about the season so far and the path forward.



Beats' picks: Can No. 17 Duke football take down No. 11 Notre Dame in prime-time showpiece?

(09/30/23 5:49pm)

Earlier this month, the Blue Devils defied odds and took down then top-10 Clemson at home. On Saturday night, No. 17 Duke faces its second major test of the month against No. 11 Notre Dame at Wallace Wade Stadium. The Chronicle's beat writers are here to offer their predictions about whether the Blue Devils can stay undefeated against a talented Fighting Irish team:






Duke men's lacrosse's Danowski, women's lacrosse's Chrest Erbe inducted into National Lacrosse Hall of Fame

(09/21/23 9:37pm)

On Thursday afternoon, Duke men’s lacrosse head coach John Danowski and former women’s lacrosse star Katie Chrest Erbe were inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, further cementing their place in Blue Devil — and the sport’s — folklore.




ChronChat: Predicting the 2023 Duke football season

(09/04/23 2:10pm)

The Blue Devils get their highly anticipated 2023 season off to a bang Monday night against reigning ACC champions Clemson at Wallace Wade Stadium, hoping to build on a remarkable season and take another step forward. The Chronicle's beat writers are here to forecast everything Duke football, from records to MVP predictions and more.



'The CEO of Duke football': Elko's leadership front and center as the program looks to rebrand

(09/01/23 4:12am)

Moments after a trio of Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters ripped their way across a crisp December sky in Annapolis, Md. — a Military Bowl staple — head coach Mike Elko charged his Duke team onto the field for the last time in 2022, looking to close the book on a Cinderella debut season. The temperature had dipped below freezing by the time he found his proverbial glass slipper: one more season-defining win.



Column: Elko's contract extension is a safeguard for Duke football amid the chaos of conference realignment

(08/22/23 5:30pm)

This time last year, Duke was teetering perilously close to laughing-stock status after a pair of seasons with one combined win in the ACC headlined by some very, very bad losses tanked the Blue Devils’ reputation near irreparability. In one particularly bad drubbing at Virginia in October 2021, our Micah Hurewitz likened Duke’s loss to getting hit by a nuclear warhead.


NC General Assembly overrides veto, bars trans women and girls from competing in sports ‘designated for females’

(08/16/23 11:02pm)

Transgender women and girls in North Carolina will no longer be able to compete on most middle, high school and college-level sports teams corresponding with their gender identities, under a new ban enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly. 


Duke football offensive line coach Adam Cushing implicated in Northwestern hazing lawsuit

(08/02/23 6:31pm)

On Wednesday, former Northwestern offensive lineman Ramon Diaz announced that he was filing a lawsuit against the university, alleging hazing and racial mistreatment while he was in the program. He implicates current Duke offensive line coach and run game coordinator Adam Cushing — the tight ends coach in Evanston, Ill., when Diaz was a player — for being aware of the incidents but not publicly acting against them.