A hate letter to Sparty
(11/30/10 10:00am)
Let’s get this out of the way now: I hate Michigan State.
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Let’s get this out of the way now: I hate Michigan State.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Matchups between top-five teams aren’t supposed to be this one-sided.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mason Plumlee sensed his team was struggling.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Guarding Duke’s perimeter play is challenging enough. With Monday night’s contest against Marquette as an indicator, the addition of strong post play could make the Blue Devils lethal.
There aren’t too many question marks on this Duke team.
Kyrie is No. 1. Literally.
Nate James was furious.
Apparently, Mike Krzyzewski doesn’t appreciate swearing.
Sports journalism is full of hyperbole.
Chris Rwabukamba doesn’t say ‘eh’ at the end of every sentence. He doesn’t pronounce the word ‘sorry’ any differently than one might expect. And, most surprisingly, he isn’t up to date on all the latest news from the world of hockey.
Saturday’s matchup between Duke and Alabama was billed as the biggest game in Blue Devil history. Seats were added to Wallace Wade Stadium—which Alabama fans haughtily dubbed “tiny”—to fit the overwhelming amount of people who wanted to see the defending national champions. Duke rented out a closed Durham supermarket’s parking lot to fit the RVs of visiting Crimson Tide fans.
WINSTON-SALEM — For 30 minutes Saturday, Duke’s offense ran like a well-oiled machine.
September 1, 2007 was one of the worst days of my life.
During the Ted Roof era, Duke’s special teams were anything but. Consequently, David Cutcliffe emphasized improving the most under-appreciated unit in football after he took over as Duke’s head coach.
Scandal or no scandal, one thing’s for sure—this year’s No. 18 North Carolina Tar Heels are talented.
The main purpose of the NCAA is to make money. It exists to make its schools as much revenue as possible. This explains everything from its reluctance to develop a college football playoff system—even though such a change is so desirable that no less than two branches of government have weighed in on it—to the organization’s silence while conferences threatened to realign and destroy some of college sports’ most storied rivalries.
Quick, hundreds of freshmen voraciously reading The Chronicle for the first time, name a coach of a Duke sports team. Bonus points for correct spelling.
When Mason Plumlee enrolled at Duke last year, many Blue Devil fans dreamed he would soon join his brother Miles in Duke’s starting frontcourt. The brothers, fans hoped, would become the athletic, high-flying and skilled big men sought after for years.
Every kid who has ever put on a baseball glove or hit a ball off a tee has the same dream: making it to the major league.
In a weekend overflowing with runs, it was, surprisingly, a virtuoso pitching performance that spurred Duke to a series-salvaging win.