Come on in! The water’s fine. That seems to be the message that underclassmen from college basketball teams across North Carolina received after considering early entry into the NBA Draft. The NBA allows players to […]
DURHAM — Jon Scheyer took the wheel of the Duke basketball program in April and didn’t take long to make an unexpected sharp turn. The head coach-in-waiting for 11 months while Hall of Fame coach […]
Duke is used to offseason departures and having spots to fill. It’s just usually one-and-done players that are the ones leaving rather than assistant coaches. The Blue Devils opened the 2022 offseason with a pair […]
DURHAM — On a night when they lost their head coach at halftime, the Duke Blue Devils needed a last-second shot to avoid losing the game as well. With coach Mike Krzyzewski absent due to […]
WINSTON-SALEM — For 19½ minutes on Wednesday, Wake Forest looked every bit the part of an up-and-coming basketball team ready to challenge the ACC’s best. Then in the blink of an eye, the Deacons suddenly […]
WINSTON-SALEM — With its head coach out sick, Duke got well, beating Wake Forest 76-64 for the Blue Devils’ first road win of the season. The Blue Devils came to Winston-Salem facing some adversity. Duke […]
Mike Krzyzewski won’t make his final coaching appearance at Wake Forest’s Joel Coliseum tonight after all. Duke’s Hall of Fame coach, who is in his farewell season, will sit out his team’s game against the […]
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 […]
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 […]
DURHAM — Change is tough, especially when someone has done the same thing for more than four decades. For Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, starting the final season of a tenure in Durham that dates back […]
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