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(01/14/10 10:00am)
Duke head coach David Cutcliffe’s name increasingly became linked with the vacant head coaching position at the University of Tennessee Thursday, and there has been contact between Cutcliffe and Tennessee representatives, several sources told The Chronicle Thursday. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported Thursday night that Cutcliffe is expected to be hired, "barring a last-second snag in negotiations," according to an unnamed source.
(12/19/09 11:56pm)
NEW YORK — On the court that junior Nolan Smith and some of his teammates call “Cameron North,” No. 7 Duke secured its ninth victory of the season in a rout of No. 15 Gonzaga (8-3). The Blue Devils (9-1) trounced the Bulldogs 76-41 in Madison Square Garden, holding all of Gonzaga’s players to single-digit scoring.
(12/01/09 10:00am)
During the halftime show of the Duke-Arizona State game Wednesday, after ESPN analyst Doug Gottlieb called the Blue Devils “alarmingly unathletic” at certain positions, I was perplexed.
(11/24/09 10:00am)
Bomani Jones is a sports journalist and radio talk show host who has written for ESPN.com’s Page 2 and hosted “The Three Hour Lunch Break” on WDNC-AM 620 The Bull. Recently prominently featured in the HBO documentary “The Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina,” Jones has an in-depth knowledge of Duke sports. On October 28, Jones visited Duke University’s campus and spoke with The New York Times columnist William Rhoden as a part of the “Sports, Race and Power Conference.” Taylor Doherty and Ben Brostoff, two columnists for The Chronicle, recently had the opportunity to speak to Jones about the role of race in sports. Below are excerpts from that interview.
(11/24/09 10:00am)
In the 2005-2006 season, Eric Boateng was a freshman center on Duke’s roster and Herb Sendek coached ACC foe N.C. State. Four years later, Boateng and Sendek both reside in Tempe—and the former Blue Devil big man looks to defeat his old team for a spot in the finals of the NIT Season Tip-Off.
(11/17/09 10:00am)
Friday night was enough to make you regret not going greek, almost.
(11/12/09 10:00am)
Editor’s note: This is the third and final portion of a three-part series spotlighting the impact of social networking and new media on college athletics, particularly basketball. Tuesday’s focus was on current players, while Wednesday’s piece discussed Kyrie Irving’s recruiting process. Today, The Chronicle looks into the ways Duke uses the Internet to determine the tone of content related to the basketball program.
(11/11/09 10:00am)
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series spotlighting the impact of social networking and new media on college athletics, particularly basketball. Yesterday’s emphasis was on current players, and today, Taylor Doherty writes about Kyrie Irving, who set new standards for the use of new media in recruiting. Tomorrow, The Chronicle looks into the Duke basketball program’s response to a changing landscape.
(11/05/09 10:00am)
For the first time since arriving at Duke, Kyle Singler will spend the season playing exclusively where he is most comfortable: the perimeter.
(11/03/09 10:00am)
I have no concept of what a big Duke-UNC football game looks like. Will there be a buzz on campus? Will Duke fans actually travel well?
(11/02/09 10:00am)
Down 17-12 with less than four minutes remaining, senior quarterback Thaddeus Lewis dropped back on second down and let fly. Darting past his defender with his hands stretched out just far enough to get control of the ball, Conner Vernon made the catch and took it 42 yards, all the way to the endzone, to give Duke both the lead and the game’s momentum.
(10/29/09 8:00am)
Against Maryland last Saturday—despite the steady and sometimes pouring rain—head coach David Cutcliffe continued to throw the ball. Quarterback Thaddeus Lewis produced, connecting on 30-of-43 passes for 371 yards and two touchdowns en route to a 17-13 victory. As Lewis continues to improve during his time at Duke, there is one question that is becoming harder and harder to avoid: Is Thaddeus Lewis a legitimate NFL prospect?
(10/28/09 8:00am)
The family often debates the details, but if you ask Jamie Spatola, it all started with a dare. Jamie, the daughter of Mike Krzyzewski, was working at Duke’s summer basketball camp doing odd jobs and managing the camp’s bank when, one day, Chris Spatola, a camper and rising senior in high school, came up and introduced himself.
(10/20/09 8:00am)
Amid all the talk about Duke Basketball—how far the team can go this year, whether the program has taken a step back in the past five years, how many people need to sleep in a tent for two months to get the best seats in Cameron for the Carolina game—the beginning of the season is a good time to point out the obvious: Beyond talent, you need some incredible luck to win a national title in college basketball.
(10/19/09 8:00am)
From the use of a Mike Posner tune in the introduction videos to the appearance of Duke greats Christian Laettner and Bobby Hurley, Friday night was all about celebrating Duke. The Countdown to Craziness event combined the Blue-White game with videos featuring players, a dunk contest, an awards show and even an outdoor concert, creating a lively start to the season.
(10/16/09 8:00am)
It’s finally basketball season at Duke.
(10/01/09 8:00am)
If you ask Thaddeus Lewis, Duke doesn’t have a quarterback controversy. It has a competition. In 2007, Lewis was a two-year starter when David Cutcliffe took over the program, but among the new coach’s first moves on the job was finding his quarterback of the future.
(09/29/09 8:00am)
Though I dropped out of Krzyzewskiville three days in with a case of mononucleosis, I lived the experience vicariously through the friends I had left behind.
(09/15/09 8:00am)
At Duke, basketball never fully escapes the spotlight. In just over a month—October 16, to be exact—the Blue Devils kick off the college basketball season. It’s too early to say how far Duke can go in the Tournament, how quickly the freshmen can contribute or how significant of a void Gerald Henderson and Elliot Williams leave in their absence.
(09/01/09 8:00am)
It was a funny way for David Cutcliffe—the brains behind Duke’s football program—to begin preseason media day Aug. 11.
