The ACC Kickoff in Charlotte is the traditional opening of the new college football season each year. For Duke’s Mike Elko, it’s also now a workday. “It’s different for sure,” he said while making the […]
Every year, the sports staff of North State Journal (sports editor Cory Lavalette and reporters Brett Friedlander and Shawn Krest) look into our crystal balls and try and predict what some of the bigger news […]
Most years, the NSJ’s choice as the top newcomer is a freshman phenom at a college in the state or a rookie that arrived with an impact on a pro team. But 2021 hasn’t been […]
DURHAM — For the first time since Dec. 14, 2007, Duke introduced a new head football coach. While 45 men have served as head coach of other ACC schools over that span, Mike Elko became […]
Duke is turning to Texas A&M defensive coordinator Mike Elko to turn around its football program after a two-year slide and a winless Atlantic Coast Conference record. The school announced Elko’s hiring Friday night, ending […]
David Cutcliffe has shown that it is, in fact, possible to win at Duke, which means that the job he is leaving is much more desirable than the one he inherited. As Duke begins its […]
Just before Christmas 2007, David Cutcliffe walked into the Duke Sports Medicine building and began shaking hands. It was his first week on the job, and back then, Duke football shared a building with sports […]
DURHAM — Duke closed out its home season with an eighth straight loss in what might have been the swan song for the ACC’s longest-tenured coach. David Cutcliffe, who took over what was the nation’s […]
In the classic story “Flowers for Algernon,” a learning-disabled man undergoes an experimental procedure to improve his intelligence. The story tracks him as he gradually transforms into a genius, only to discover that the effects […]
DURHAM — Kenny Pickett threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score as Pittsburgh pulled away to beat Duke 54-29 on Saturday. Pickett threw for 405 yards as the Panthers (7-2, 4-1 ACC, No. […]
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