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Time to hang ‘em up
By Joe Drews | April 27, 2010When I was at a medical school interview last fall, my first interviewer asked me why I like sports.
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8 years later, thanks for the memories
By Alex Fanaroff | April 21, 2010So this—finally—is the end. A mere three years after I graduated, this is almost definitely the last time I’ll write a regularly scheduled sports column in this newspaper.
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The good of this place
By Ben Cohen | April 14, 2010One day—maybe sooner, but probably later—we might forget about a certain basketball game played last week. But I won't forget where I was when Duke won its fourth national championship. It’s in...
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Believe it: Duke’s toughness and poise should be celebrated
By Will Flaherty | April 7, 2010When Gordon Hayward let go of his last-second half-court heave as the Lucas Oil Stadium horn blew, I didn’t know what to think. After 40 agonizingly intense minutes of play, Duke’s national title...
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Return to glory
By Alex Fanaroff | April 6, 2010Midnight. Bonfire. National champions. 61-59. It’s unbelievable, fantastic, incredible—whether or not anyone wants to admit it, this is a storybook ending.
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Baylor escape puts questions to rest for Duke
By Joe Drews | March 31, 2010I’m not quite sure when I started thinking Duke deserved consideration for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. It wasn’t when Villanova started its late-season slide in early February, and it...
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A team of its own
By Ben Cohen | March 30, 2010For a short while this weekend—about as long as Baylor led on Sunday—I privately wished I had a reason to root for Cornell or Butler, the NCAA Tournament’s two pseudo-Cinderellas whose fans seemed...
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Like a mid-major, or a boa constrictor
By Alex Fanaroff | March 24, 2010Perhaps it took an outsider to really see this Duke team for what it is. In Monday’s San Francisco Chronicle, sportswriter Ray Ratto performed the autopsy on a year of California Basketball shut...
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Thoughts from a true Texan
By Will Flaherty | March 23, 2010Despite being a Top 25 team, the Bears were only able to muster one home basketball sellout all season, coming in their final home contest against Texas.
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Duke finally has its Mr. Clutch
By Joe Drews | March 17, 2010After Duke beat Georgia Tech for the ACC Tournament title Sunday afternoon, head coach Mike Krzyzewski said his team was better than it was the week before.
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Hey, Dad: See you in Indianapolis?
By Ben Cohen | March 16, 2010My dad and I usually have similar brackets, and in the past three years, we both have rationalized Duke’s runs to the Final Four to ourselves. Our brackets and collective pride are not...
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It’s the defense, stupid
By Alex Fanaroff | March 3, 2010Objectively speaking, the decline in Duke’s defensive performance over the course of the ACC season can be attributed only to a decline in steals and improved shooting by opponents.
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Blocking out the past
By Will Flaherty | March 2, 2010Flashing back to the start of the season, the picture looked bleak for Duke center Brian Zoubek as he entered his senior campaign.
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Forget the camel, and forget white tenting
By Joe Drews | February 24, 2010I love white tenting. I like that it only lasts two weeks. I appreciate the fact that 10 out of 12 people get to sleep in their beds every night.
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Looking beyond the box score
By Ben Cohen | February 23, 2010Last week, while perusing some Duke Basketball forums, I came across a sentence that I’m reasonably confident I had never read before on a college hoops message board. “What we really need here is...
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Duke does decline, objectively speaking
By Alex Fanaroff | February 17, 2010After Duke beat UNC last week, I got an e-mail from one of my friends containing his thoughts from the game. Included was this comment: “Scheyer, Smith and Singler playing 40, 39 and 40 minutes....
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Adios, Amigo
By Will Flaherty | February 16, 2010I’ll miss you, Greivis Vasquez, because your bombast, coupled with your above-average ability on the court, added some spice to a Duke-Maryland series that—while not a “rivalry”—still carries hotly...
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Revisiting our only rivalry
By Ben Cohen | February 9, 2010I was in the Dean Dome the last time Duke won there—the last time Duke beat North Carolina anywhere, actually—and even though the win is only two years old, it seems a long time ago.
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Shades of gray in Duke’s future
By Alex Fanaroff | February 3, 2010I’m totally baffled by Duke’s men’s basketball team. I honestly have no idea what to expect the rest of the way.
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Crosstown Traffic
By Will Flaherty | February 2, 2010While watching the closing moments of Virginia’s 75-60 road demolition of North Carolina Sunday, I couldn’t help but feel a little elated about the hard times that have befallen Duke’s arch rival...