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(01/15/98 5:00am)
CHAPEL HILL - Depending on which dictionary a person uses, the word 'dominant' could be defined in a number of slightly different ways. Still, it's a pretty safe bet that the play of North Carolina's Tracy Reid during the stretch run of the Tar Heels' 83-74 victory over Duke on Monday night would fit any definition.
(12/15/97 5:00am)
CLEMSON, S.C. - It appeared to be a routine play, the type that every basketball team makes many times during the course of a game.
(12/08/97 5:00am)
It took all 40 minutes of the championship game to pull it off, but Duke wound up playing the role of rude host to a tee by winning this weekend's Duke Women's Basketball Classic.
(11/24/97 5:00am)
Most basketball teams consider a game against a Final Four participant to be a good test of their capabilities. That being the case, the women's basketball team has taken its first test and passed.
(11/24/97 5:00am)
CHAPEL HILL - There are times when a football game between two rivals means that records are meaningless. Despite a difference in talent, the rivalry alone will be enough to ensure a close game.
(11/20/97 5:00am)
Michele VanGorp isn't shy about letting people know what she thinks of her new team.
(11/20/97 5:00am)
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
(11/20/97 5:00am)
Four seasons ago, Rick Barnes took the reins of Clemson's men's basketball program to surprisingly little fanfare. At another Atlantic Coast Conference school, the arrival of Barnes from Providence would immediately have brought on great expectations. But football was king at Clemson and, for the most part, the focus remained on Death Valley.
(11/17/97 5:00am)
WEST POINT, N.Y. - The wait is over.
(11/10/97 5:00am)
CLEMSON, S.C. - When Duke got the football on Clemson's 25-yard line to start the second half of the first overtime period on Saturday, coach Fred Goldsmith must have been feeling pretty good about the Blue Devils' chances to come away with their first win in Death Valley since 1980.
(10/30/97 5:00am)
Even with a full slate of conference games on tap for this weekend, it's clear that one game on next weekend's schedule looms large in the minds of Atlantic Coast Conference football coaches: Florida State at North Carolina.
(10/24/97 4:00am)
Figuring out how to stop a top-notch wide receiver can be a bit of a headache for a football coach. Devising a plan to slow down two outstanding wideouts might mean some extra-strength Tylenol. And three talented receivers on one team? Suddenly that headache's become a migraine.
(10/23/97 4:00am)
When linebacker Billy Granville graduated at the end of the 1996 season, he left a big hole in the Duke defense. Granville led the team in tackles and was generally acknowledged as the leader of the unit.
(10/22/97 4:00am)
On the way to the Carolina Hurricanes' home opener in Greensboro on Oct. 3, I heard a radio spot for the team. In case you haven't heard it, the spot features NASCAR driver Jeff Burton-the official driver of the Hurricanes-comparing racing to hockey and urging fans to go check it out.
(10/16/97 4:00am)
Atlantic Coast Conference football coaches just may have discovered the ultimate weapon: the mobile quarterback.
(10/07/97 4:00am)
After Duke's women's golf team won the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Golf Tournament two weekends ago facing one of the toughest fields possible, there wasn't much it could do for an encore this past weekend at the Lady Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill.
(10/02/97 4:00am)
As the 1997 football season rolls into October, the coaches of the Atlantic Coast Conference know some things about their teams. Strangely enough, what they don't all know is who will be calling signals or taking handoffs.
(09/30/97 4:00am)
Duke football coach Fred Goldsmith knows there's no time to rest.
(09/30/97 4:00am)
Sometimes when you're matched up against the best, it brings out the best in you.
(09/22/97 4:00am)
The absence of goal posts at the north end of Duke's Wallace Wade Stadium can mean only one thing-the streak has come to an end.