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(09/01/00 4:00am)
Stability. This is not a word that has been associated with Duke football in quite some time. Despite an abysmal preseason ranking and a mountain of negative press, Duke opens its season with the quarterback situation lacking any controversy.
(07/12/00 4:00am)
Chris Carrawell had a brilliant senior year that earned him ACC player of the year. But where will Carrawell go in the June 28th NBA Draft, and whose jersey will he be wearing come next season?
(06/08/00 4:00am)
The word dynasty is thrown around too often in sports. Win two consecutive team titles and reporters are talking about a team's place in history. But in men's track and field the word dynasty truly is applicable when it refers to Arkansas.
(04/24/00 4:00am)
There were a couple of things the baseball team had to acknowledge going into the weekend. Sixth-ranked Clemson (35-10, 11-4 ACC) is one of the best teams in the country, and Duke (14-32, 4-14) is not.
(04/12/00 4:00am)
It is not unusual for a baseball program to try to emulate a successful team at a higher level. It was never officially announced, but the Blue Devils are apparently trying to mold themselves on the "We are Family" Pittsburgh Pirates of 1979.
(04/10/00 4:00am)
Somewhere out there is an explanation. Theories abound. A popular one is that somehow the University has cut a deal with George Steinbrenner allowing Duke (13-26, 3-9 in the ACC) to periodically borrow the New York Yankees.
(04/03/00 4:00am)
For lack of a better expression, the baseball team is in the middle of an identity crisis.
(03/31/00 5:00am)
In case you were wondering how the ACC baseball schedule differs from The Bible, your answer is in. In The Bible, after you slay Goliath, you get to go home. But on the heels of knocking off Georgia Tech, the Blue Devils (11-21, 2-4 in the ACC) get rewarded with a matchup against the 22nd-ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons (21-9-1, 3-3).
(03/27/00 5:00am)
This should not have happened.
(03/09/00 5:00am)
I don't know if any of you have watched any college basketball this year, but if you have, you may have noticed that under a new NCAA rule every broadcast must include a five-minute discussion on what this game would have been like had someone not turned pro early.
(03/08/00 5:00am)
Baseball fans are historically famous for their optimism.
(03/06/00 5:00am)
The baseball team squared off against the Elon Fighting Christians (13-4) this weekend at Historic Jack Coombs Field, and the result left coach Bill Hillier struggling for an acceptable way to explain his thoughts.
(02/28/00 5:00am)
Six-and-a-half innings into the final game of a three game set at historic Jack Coombs Field between the baseball team and Cincinnati, the weekend was a complete failure for the Blue Devils.
(02/21/00 5:00am)
Things went so well at historic Jack Coombs Field this weekend that Alpha Tau Omega banged out a decent version of "Take me out to the ballgame" during Sunday's seventh-inning stretch.
(02/14/00 5:00am)
The baseball team probably needed a morale boost after getting victimized by a East Carolina no-hitter.
(02/07/00 5:00am)
The men's baseball team opened up its 2000 campaign to mixed results on Sunday when it split a double-header against the Georgetown Hoyas (1-1) at East Carolina's Harrington Field. The Blue Devils (1-1) lost the opener 5-3 before rallying to take the second game 9-2.
(02/01/00 5:00am)
The Duke fencing team traveled to South Bend, Ind. to compete in the Notre Dame Invitational this weekend. While neither the men nor women escaped unscathed, both teams considered their performances a success.
(01/18/00 5:00am)
Statistics don't always tell the entire story in sports.
(01/13/00 5:00am)
There probably weren't a lot of smiles as the sixth-ranked men's basketball team (12-2, 3-0 in the ACC) walked into the Cameron Indoor Stadium lockerroom at halftime last night. Duke led underdog Georgia Tech (7-7, 0-2) by only five points, and Shane Battier had shot a dismal 1-for-7 from the field.
(11/29/99 5:00am)
This was not how the season was supposed to end.