Duke Sports Hall of Fame enshrines six new members
(09/13/96 4:00am)
Some of the biggest names in the history of Blue Devil athletics will be inducted into the Duke Sports Hall of Fame this weekend.
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Some of the biggest names in the history of Blue Devil athletics will be inducted into the Duke Sports Hall of Fame this weekend.
Northwestern University has a long, proud tradition on the silver screen. It has served as the institution of higher learning for such Hollywood giants as Charlton Heston, Ann-Margret, Tony Randall and current stars David Schwimmer and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
One of life's great ironies is when arch rivals end up playing alongside one another.
By JONATHAN GANZ
The hallmark of Virginia football is consistency: at least seven wins in each of the last nine years-a feat accomplished by only seven other Divison I-A schools.
The third-ranked Texas Longhorns brought the Duke volleyball team back down to earth Saturday night, as they handily swept the Blue Devils in three games: 15-6, 15-12 and 15-3.
The volleyball team looks to continue it's strong start this weekend as it faces national powers Colorado and Texas in Durham.
The sign of a true champion is the ability to get right back up after being knocked off of their pedestal. The perennially successful volleyball team faces just that task this season as they attempt to recover from a fifth-place finish in the Atlantic Coast Conference and a 7-18 overall record last year after a string of four straight conference championships and two trips to the Sweet Sixteen.
There is no better way to start a season than to go out and exceed your own expectations. And that is exactly what the volleyball team accomplished this weekend by taking No. 11 Florida to the limit and placing second at the University Centre Hotel Invitational in the process.
Cameron Indoor Stadium. Wallace Wade Stadium. Hallowed names for the home of legendary teams. The 1938 Rose Bowl team of Wallace Wade created the mystique. Fred Goldsmith follows in the footsteps.
Winning is a funny thing-it is something that drives every athlete and seems to feed on itself. Once you have gotten a taste of it, nothing short of first place will do.
Whoever said that track and field has no following in the United States forgot to tell the 28,645 fans who turned out for the Gold Rush international track meet on July 13 at Wallace Wade Stadium. Even a driving rain storm could not drive people away, as the majority of those in attendance chose to stick out the 20-minute delay midway through the meet.
When the International Olympic Committee chooses a city to host the Olympics, it is also selecting an entire host country. With the 26th Olympic games only 380 miles down I-85 in Atlanta, the city of Durham, and the entire state of North Carolina, has caught hold of the host city's coat tails.
This has been a summer of fulfillment for field hockey head coach Liz Tchou. She has seen two of her greatest athletic dreams come true. Now, as the eyes of the world turn to Atlanta for the Olympic games, Tchou will compete as a member of the United States' national team and attempt to provide a perfect conclusion for her summer by helping to bring home the gold.
After finishing just one step away from a National Championship last year, the men's soccer team has high expectations going into this season. In order fulfill these expectations, the Blue Devils have been hard at work this summer honing their skills on an individual basis.
While many Duke students journeyed across the globe for summer jobs at the start of the summer, many Blue Devil athletic teams still had unfinished business to take care. The teams accomplished a number of firsts as they competed throughout the month of May.
The old adage is that teams improve during the season, but players are made during the summer. With that in mind, the women's basketball team should be stocked with improved players come next November.
PHILADELPHIA-Quinton McCracken graduated from Duke in 1992 and set out in pursuit of a life-long dream to play baseball at the highest level. Today, that dream is a reality, as McCracken is serving as a reserve outfielder for the Colorado Rockies.
The baseball team made tremendous strides last season, culminating in a school-best 39-18 final record. The players most responsible for that success have, in return, received a chance to pursue their dreams of playing major league baseball. For the first time in school history, four Blue Devils were selected in the Major League Baseball amateur draft.
The world of professional sports is often perceived to be full of greedy athletes and even more selfish owners. The people who control it all, the ones with the fattest wallets, they never seem to make a good impression.