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David Cutcliffe came into yesterday's media luncheon in his usual suit and tie and gripped the podium.
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David Cutcliffe came into yesterday's media luncheon in his usual suit and tie and gripped the podium.
DUKE 13, ALABAMA 62, FOURTH QUARTER, FINAL
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Duke head football coach David Cutcliffe is known for starting press conferences off on a lighthearted note. Today's media luncheon was no exception.
Just 14 of the 120 schools in the Football Bowl Subdivision made money from their athletic departments in the 2009 fiscal year, a 44 percent decline from the previous year, according to an August 17 NCAA report. Duke is not among the 14, said Chris Kennedy, deputy director of athletics.
Editor’s Note: Over the next four weeks, The Blue Zone will preview the 2010 Duke Blue Devils position by position, leading up to the season opener versus Elon on September 4. Patricia Lee started with the offensive backfield last week. This week, Laura Keeley previews the wide receivers, and next week Stuart Price will look at the offensive and defensive lines. — Scott Rich
Get your DVRs set football fans: the highly anticipated matchup of Duke versus defending national champion Alabama now officially has been set for Sept. 18 at 3:30 p.m. ABC will regionally televise the game. The announcement was part of an ACC press release which gave details for the first three weeks of the football season. In addition to Duke-Alabama game, 18 other ACC games will be televised in the early season, including 10 which will see the national TV spotlight.
College basketball fans got an early Christmas present today when Duke's senior associate athletic director, Mike Cragg, confirmed to The Chronicle that Butler and Duke will, in fact, square off in a much-anticipated rematch of the 2010 NCAA Tournament Championship game. The game will take place Saturday, Dec. 4 at 3:30 pm at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J., and it will be broadcast by ESPN.
Laura Keeley, a columnist for The Chronicle’s opinion pages, had the chance to travel to Alton, Va. for the Bosch Engineering 250, a race on the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal. Charlie Lee, The Chronicle’s design editor, also made the trip last Saturday and brought a camera to photo document the experience.
Laura Keeley, a columnist for The Chronicle's opinion pages, had the chance to travel to Alton, Va. for the Bosch Engineering 250, a race on the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal. Charlie Lee, The Chronicle's design editor, also made the trip last Saturday and brought a camera to photo document the experience.
DUKE 73, NC STATE 82, SECOND HALF, 1:24 REMAINING
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Duke 84, FSU 81, FINAL - And that's a wrap. The No. 7 Blue Devils beat No. 24 Florida State for their first win on senior day in four years. More after the senior speeches and interviews.
We have all heard about the strength of the ACC on the men's side this year, but for Joanne P. McCallie's squad, the conference is much more competitive from top to bottom than in years past, too.
Mark your calendars, boys and girls: It's officially March!
Pittsburgh Steelers rookie of the year Patrick Bailey, who graduated from Duke in 2008, will fulfill a boyhood dream of his Sunday when he plays in the Super Bowl:
Residence Life and Housing Services (RHLS) has made it abundantly clear to all students studying abroad that they should have zero expectations for their living accommodations when they return. But at the same time, RLHS is doing its best to limit student's options by forcing everyone to wait on trying to find an off-campus apartment (per the July 28th email) but then decided once we were abroad that, actually, they would prefer us find somewhere off campus. Thanks for that, RLHS.
With the end of the semester and final exams looming on the horizon, the thoughts of the majority of students have turned to Myrtle Beach and bolting from Durham as soon as possible. For those that have elected to stay local this summer though, Duke Performances’ Music in the Gardens series can erase the memories of all those late library nights.