LEADER OF THE PACK
For 30 minutes Tuesday, Duke barely resembled the No. 2 team in the country. But thanks to Gerald Henderson, the Blue Devils can still lay claim to that position.
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For 30 minutes Tuesday, Duke barely resembled the No. 2 team in the country. But thanks to Gerald Henderson, the Blue Devils can still lay claim to that position.
After surviving its first conference road trip of the year, No. 3 Duke steps outside the ACC to host a surging Georgetown team Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
NEW YORK - In Thursday night's 2K Sports Classic semifinal against Southern Illinois, Gerald Henderson's brilliant second half broke open what had been a close game.
NEW YORK - The last time the Blue Devils stepped onto a court with a 2K Sports Classic logo on it, the date was Nov. 11, the opponent was Georgia Southern, the venue was Cameron Indoor Stadium and the number that jumped out of the stat sheet was 25-for-49.
My entertainment tastes are hard to describe. I own three movies: 13 Days, Finding Nemo and Barbershop 2: Back in Business. I am obsessed with Seinfeld and have several seasons on DVD, but the film right next to those on my shelf is the Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson. I watch Jeopardy religiously, but I also might be the only person to ever purchase the Flavor of Love 2 DVD ($28 on Amazon, and worth every penny).
J.J. Redick wasn't in Cameron Indoor Stadium Sunday afternoon, but Rhode Island's Jimmy Baron's performance made it seem like Duke fans were watching Redick on rewind.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Earlier this week, linebacker Michael Tauiliili challenged his teammates to put Duke's 49-31 loss to Miami in the past and rally around a senior class going through the final stretch of its last season.
Conference play has not been kind to the Blue Devils in recent years.
Dr. Fidel Valea, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Duke University Medical Center, performed a hysterectomy on a gorilla named Donna at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro, N.C. Aug. 27. Donna is 40 years old and weighs 160 kilograms, or roughly 350 lbs. The gorilla had been suffering from vaginal bleeding, and veterinarians discovered the bleeding was caused by uterine cancer. Valea sat down with The Chronicle's Gabe Starosta to discuss how he was brought into the project, the procedure itself, and its aftermath.
Ian Kalis wandered into new teammate Kwasi Ayisi's Washington, D.C. hotel room in late August, as the Blue Devils were in town for a preseason game. Kalis expected to find Ayisi watching television-maybe he would have been napping or talking on the phone.
The Freewater presentation of Disney's "The Little Mermaid" made a splash with about 450 students, as they made the sing-along a "part of their world" Friday night.
Playing against Duke in Koskinen Stadium is usually a difficult enough task for visiting teams. But what about when the Blue Devils' head coach knows your team better than your own coach?
For Duke, playing UNC-Greensboro is like going to the dentist, head coach Robbie Church said Sunday night. The No. 16 Blue Devils made sure they closed a three-game homestand at Koskinen Stadium without any lingering aches.
After years of prolonged success under former head coach John Rennie, Duke's new era under John Kerr finally kicks off this weekend-and the 1986 Hermann Trophy winner and Duke graduate could hardly ask for a more challenging start.
Change is inevitable for college athletic programs.
For most first-year graduate students, Monday afternoons are a time to catch up on some reading, work on a thesis or maybe grade papers as a teacher's assistant.
In a season full of one-point losses, Duke suffered yet another Wednesday, falling to North Carolina 4-3.
When No. 3 Duke travels to Uniondale, N.Y. to play Dartmouth Saturday, it obviously won't be a home game.
Playing their fourth conference match in the last seven days, the Blue Devils fell to in-state rival Wake Forest Wednesday 4-3 in Winston-Salem.
On Tuesday against Colgate, No. 1 Duke was expected to dominate the game from the very beginning.