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Before even taking the court against another opponent, the Blue Devils are already having to deal with adversity.
As the saying goes, baseball is America’s national pastime—but the Blue Devils are doing their best to stretch it across international borders.
Countdown to Craziness was Saturday night and, as usual, it was electric.
By now, most people know about Grayson Allen. They see his name in the headlines and his face on ESPN highlight reels—every move he makes is magnified. They see him diving all over the court at Cameron Indoor Stadium, continuing to cement his place in a lineage of Duke players who draw national ire.
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The Blue Devils took the court in front of a packed crowd at Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday night at their annual Countdown to Craziness event. The intra-squad scrimmage featured one 20-minute half, broken up by four media timeouts. The White Team, which started Matt Jones, Luke Kennard, Jayson Tatum, Amile Jefferson and Chase Jeter, pulled off a 52-37 win against the the Blue Team, which featured Grayson Allen, Frank Jackson, Javin DeLaurier, Jack White and Marques Bolden.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—With one major road upset already under their belts this season, the Blue Devils were hungry to pull off another shocker as they traveled to take on the nation’s No. 7 team.
For many young quarterbacks, there comes a turning point in their careers when they must pick themselves up and begin making the adjustments necessary to become a successful signal-caller.
If there was ever a weekend that encapsulated the roller coaster that sports can take us on, this was it.
After a disappointing 24-14 home loss to Wake Forest last week, Duke improve to better than .500 again against Northwestern at Ryan Field. The Blue Devils carry a 13-3 record in their last 16 true road games into the contest, and will try to avenge a 19-10 loss to the Wildcats last year. Here are three keys to the game:
With the NFL season less than 48 hours away, the biggest headline is neither the Super Bowl rematch that kicks off the season nor the four-game suspension of Tom Brady—it’s Colin Kaepernick.
Coming off its first bowl win in 55 years last season, Duke will take the field for the first time of 2016 Saturday night against N.C. Central at Wallace Wade Stadium. The Blue Devils will have several new faces among their starters and hope to build a big enough lead to be able to rotate most of their young talent into the game. Here are three keys to the team's home opener:
Looking at the Blue Devils’ opening day lineup—one missing three of its top four scorers and more than half of last year’s overall goal production—it would have been reasonable to expect Duke to struggle to put balls in the back of the net in its first two regular season games.
After hitting the ground running in a pair of season-opening routs, the Blue Devils now have to travel for their first true road test of the year.
With the 2016 NBA draft set for Thursday night at 7 p.m., five of The Chronicle's current and former editors in the sports department give their final predictions for Brandon Ingram's landing spot, the rest of the lottery selections, next year's Rookie of the Year and the draft's biggest potential busts and steals.
With the NBA draft coming up Thursday night, The Chronicle's V.112 sports editor Amrith Ramkumar and writers Brian Pollack, Sameer Pandhare, Sam Turken and Hank Tucker discuss Brandon Ingram's possible destinations as well as Marshall Plumlee's pro prospects.
For the second time in as many weeks, Marcus Stroman could not solve the Boston Red Sox lineup.
After a week filled with final exams, the Blue Devils have one focus as the end of the regular season approaches—making the postseason.
For most Ivy Leaguers, the end of four years of undergraduate study marks a time of significant change. Seniors enjoy their final days on campus knowing that their late-night study sessions in the library are numbered, soon to be replaced by long hours in an office, lab or wherever their post-graduation plans take them.