Seniors lead Duke past Wildcats
After absorbing a 29-point beating by No. 1 Duke, Davidson head coach Bob McKillop resorted to a comparison from his high school days in New York City to describe the way the Blue Devils played.
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After absorbing a 29-point beating by No. 1 Duke, Davidson head coach Bob McKillop resorted to a comparison from his high school days in New York City to describe the way the Blue Devils played.
Whew.
For Duke's four senior captains, tonight's season opener is the beginning of their last chance.
Sean Dockery and Lee Melchionni will talk about just about anything.
Attention haters, skeptics, Carolina fans, Maryland fans, Texas fans, Villanova fans, Connecticut fans, Michigan State fans and any other misguided soul who is not absolutely certain Duke will win the NCAA Championship this year.
Josh McRoberts did not know what to do. It was September of his junior year, he was 16 years old and he had to stand up at a press conference the next day and announce his intention to accept Duke's scholarship offer. McRoberts wanted to write the speech on his own, without his parents' input, but he did not know what to say.
CLEMSON, S.C. - No one saw this one coming.
From the day Ali Hausfeld started playing volleyball for Duke, she has been in charge.
I was walking behind Cameron when I saw it.
Less than five minutes into Duke's game against N.C. State Friday, Wolfpack goalkeeper Jorge Gonzalez was already screaming at his teammates.
Playing its first match in Cameron Indoor Stadium since Oct. 4, the volleyball team gave the home fans a reason to cheer.
The college basketball recruiting world is up in arms because an 18-year-old pulled a fast one on it.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - In losing their first two ACC games against then-No. 7 Virginia Tech and then-No. 23 Virginia by an average of 38 points, the Blue Devils never gave up.
After Duke's loss to Navy Oct. 1, head coach Ted Roof and several defensive players were quick to point part of the blame for the defeat at the high-yardage plays the Midshipmen made on offense.
After an opening game that featured six ties and three lead changes, the volleyball team appeared to be pulling away from a pesky N.C. State squad. The Blue Devils led 26-22 after a kill by middle blocker Jourdan Norman, and the Wolfpack called timeout to regroup.
John Talley sits in a swivel chair, looking like he would rather be just about anywhere else.
Rabid surfers of the Duke Basketball Report website will notice a curious quote from an even stranger source. The quote is taken from a football player discussing why he considered playing for Duke. "I figured I'd get good seats for the basketball games," he said.
CHAPEL HILL - North Carolina midfielder Xan Funk tore through the Blue Devil defense and unleashed a wicked shot from the top of the circle towards the right side of the cage. With just over three minutes to play in a 1-1 game, Funk's shot zoomed towards the goal, the seeming capper on a 2-1 Tar Heel victory.
First-year baseball coach Sean McNally arrived at Duke staring at a huge challenge: How was he going to turn around a program that had finished 14-39 the year before?
It is a frequent theme in collegiate athletics: a star player graduates and her team is left scrambling to replace her during the off season and the beginning of the next year.