There is a phenomenon that exists in sports called a letdown game, where a team coming off an emotional, hard-fought win enters its next game flat and loses to a team it would normally defeat.
As rising sophomores playing on the ITA summer circuit, Kathy Sell and Megan Miller once rallied from a 6-0, 5-0 deficit to win a doubles event late in the circuit calendar.
The men's baseball team opened up its 2000 campaign to mixed results on Sunday when it split a double-header against the Georgetown Hoyas (1-1) at East Carolina's Harrington Field.
In case you missed it, Saturday's men's tennis season opener was a historic event in the course of Duke sports.
Friday night, the men's and women's track teams participated in a little bit of history. The Blue Devils traveled to New York City for the Millrose Games, the world's oldest indoor track meet.
Maybe it was when Clemson's Adam Allenspach, having scored four of his team's eight points on the board, suddenly fell to the court with more than 11 minutes left in the first half with a hip pointer.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Although the tipoff to Duke's 61-49 loss to Virginia was yesterday afternoon, the Blue Devils may have lost the game Thursday night.
The last time the Blue Devils lost to an unranked opponent at home, the Duke campus also saw blizzard-like conditions. Four years ago, on Jan.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.
WINSTON-SALEM - To say that the Blue Devil offense struggled throughout the first half vs. Wake Forest would be an understatement.
WINSTON-SALEM - As the men's basketball team exited the Dean Smith Center Feb.
The last time Florida State beat the women's basketball team, Peppi Browne was a sophomore in high school.
Montgomery catches TD in Hula Bowl: Duke wide receiver Scottie Montgomery represented the Blue Devils at Saturday's Hula Bowl, an annual showdown between college all-stars.
WINSTON-SALEM - It has been said that defense wins championships. As the men's basketball team has shown over the last three years, defense can also win many ACC games-28 in a row, to be exact.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - For the first half of Sunday's Duke-Florida State basketball game, the often inconsistent Seminoles played up to their tied-for-first-place ranking in the ACC.
Statistics don't always tell the entire story in sports.
When Gail Goestenkors walked into the Hall of Fame room inside Cameron Indoor Stadium to meet with the assembled media following Duke's 60-51 victory over Clemson Sunday afternoon, the Blue Devil...
Back-to-back losses to start the season would be a cause for worry for most teams. Duke, however, isn't like most teams.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Welcome to Cole Field House, home of the biggest unreciprocated rivalry in college sports.
So this is how a team responds to losing the most talented class in program history.
