Title IX opened the door for countless young women to participate in high school and intercollegiate athletics. It also created coaching and administrative opportunities in sports previously unavailable to females. Fifty years after its passage […]
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 — Nolan Smith knew the day would eventually come. No one, after all — not even an institution such as Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski — can coach forever. That knowledge still didn’t prepare him for […]
DURHAM — Jon Scheyer has won plenty of awards in his basketball career, but the perfect attendance ribbon is not one of them. As he was being introduced Friday morning as the next Blue Devils […]
DURHAM — Mike Krzyzewski plans to coach one more season before turning over control of the Duke basketball program to former Blue Devils point guard and current assistant Jon Scheyer. Still, Wednesday’s announcement that the […]
Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, the winningest coach in college basketball history, plans to retire after one more season with the Blue Devils, the university’s athletic department announced Wednesday. The 74-year-old Hall of Famer has coached at […]
Duke didn’t have to look far to replace athletic director Kevin White. The Blue Devils announced they would be promoting senior deputy director of athletics Nina King to be the next vice president and director […]
While the North Carolina sports world — and most of college basketball — was reeling with the news of Roy Williams’ sudden retirement last Thursday, another college program with a long basketball history made a […]
Kevin White, Duke’s vice president and director of athletics, will retire in August, university officials announced. White has been in the position since 2008. “College athletics will miss Kevin White,” ACC Commissioner John Swofford said. […]
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