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Duke and Texas open the season on Tuesday, meeting in Charlotte. As noted in our preview, the Longhorns are dealing with some injuries: big men Lassina Traore and Matas Vokietaitis both have foot injuries. For Vokietaitis, it’s an ankle sprain and for Traore, it’s a mid-foot sprain. Texas has to be particularly careful with Traore […]
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The Duke Chronicle has two interesting articles up now, with one looking at where Duke recruits have come from in recent years and the other about Darren Harris, his connection to Duke and his transformation from last season. The recruiting article is called Mapping The Brotherhood: The geographies of Duke’s freshman classes and it’s more […]
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To an extent, baseball has lost some luster over the last few decades. Football blew by it in the 1970’s and while baseball is still called the national past time, it’s not what it once was. Kids used to want to be Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. Now, they want to be Ja […]
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With the pre-season games done and the first match that counts just a few days away, it is time for the Duke Basketball Roundup’s annual season preview via the Stats Game. As we do every year, we bring back former co-host Sam Klein to steer us through this discussion of how various players will do […]
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Date 11/3 || Time 8:45 || Venue Spectrum Center || Video ESPN Duke opens the season on Tuesday with Texas in Charlotte and that’s an interesting way to get things started. Texas has been on a bit of a walkabout lately. They fired Rodney Terry after last season and he wasn’t an awful coach. He […]
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The Duke Chronicle has a couple of columns up worth your time. The first is about the gauntlet of a schedule that Jon Scheyer has set up. Duke plays Texas (neutral), Kansas, (neutral), Arkansas (neutral), Florida in Cameron, Michigan State in East Lansing, Texas Tech (neutral) and Michigan (neutral). The Devils will also visit Army, […]
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Duke has been a powerful program for so long that many people either don’t know or can’t believe that it wasn’t always like that for the Blue Devils. The Vic Bubas era was glamorous but relatively brief and the early ‘70’s were a disaster. Bill Foster brought some hope back and got Duke to the […]
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We’re back with DBR Bites 119 to discuss Jon Scheyer landing his second recruit of the Class of 2026! Maxime Meyer made a surprise announcement this afternoon that he was committing to the Blue Devils, and Donald and Jason quickly discuss the addition of Meyer to next year’s roster. The 7’1” Canadian center has been […]
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Duke got a commitment Thursday from 7-1 Canadian Maxime Meyer. The 7-1 Meyer is currently playing for IMG Academy and is generally seen as a four-star prospect. He fits with Scheyer’s preference for taller players. Like a lot of young seven footers (he’s still 17), he’s growing into his body, but he sounds quite promising. […]
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Duke (4-3, 3-1) travels to Death Valley on Saturday to face Clemson (3-4, 2-3) at 12:00 pm with television coverage provided by the ACC Network. Clemson is a 3.5 points favorite. Clemson started the season with National Title aspirations ranked number four in the AP Poll but the season has been a struggle to date […]
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There’s something a bit uncomfortable about early departing players being referred to as alumni of particular colleges. Those players apparently do fit the strict definition of an alumnus if they attended a university for any length of time, and thus can claim affiliation with an institution whether they stopped by for a semester of classes […]
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Babe Ruth retired from professional baseball in 1935, but even 90 years later, he stands as a titan of the game. Everyone knows who he is or at least understands when someone makes a reference to him. He was the dominant player in a glamorous era and still retains an aura. The Sultan of Swat, […]
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ESPN’s mega preview of the upcoming college basketball season is out and Jeff Borzello, Joe Lunardi, Myron Medcalf and Neil Payne mostly hype Purdue, Florida, Michigan and Houston. Only one of them (Lunardi) sees Duke in the Final Four. All four pick Purdue while Houston and Michigan get support from two. Louisville gets some love […]
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The DBR Podcast crew is back with DBR Bites 118 to preview Duke Football’s upcoming trip this weekend to Death Valley to take on Clemson! The Blue Devils are back on the football field this weekend after their final bye week of the season, and we’re headed down to take on the Clemson Tigers in […]
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Following the Duke Chronicle’s player profiles, we now get a look at the coaching staff. As we’ve argued before, the transition from G.O.A.T. Mike Krzyzewski to Jon Scheyer has been incredibly impressive. Duke has maintained its seat at the Blue Blood table, still quite elite. Scheyer loses Jai Lucas from his staff – Lucas takes […]
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As you may have gathered by now, there’s a sense in the media Hubert Davis is on the hot seat. He’s part of the family, but so was Matt Doherty. The bottom line is winning and he hasn’t done enough of that, consistently, to be secure in his position. If you weren’t sure about that, […]
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When we thought about doing World Series stuff during the World Series, we were thinking about highlighting historic plays. We didn’t necessarily expect to see one live. That was the case on Monday night though as the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays had an epic game with an equally epic conclusion. Tuesday’s […]
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We won’t say this is getting repetitious, although we could. Given the readership it’s not likely to be particularly bothersome to see the Duke men’s basketball team again picked to finish atop the ACC. Some habits never grow old. This is the 14th time in the last 26 years ACC media members have seen the […]
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With exhibition season going on and various other interesting stories, including some recruiting news, we thought it would be a good time to put together an early ACC links run. We’re not trying to get everyone and everything but here are some interesting bits of news. UNC NC State Wake Forest Virginia Clemson Pitt Notre […]
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MLB free agency began in 1976 and one of the first major developments of that era was Reggie Jackson leaving the Oakland A’s for the Baltimore Orioles in 1976 only to move to the the New York Yankees in 1977. As an A, Jackson already had Hall of Fame credentials, helping the Athletics win the […]
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Well, that was fun! Duke went on the road to a raucous Tennessee and bested the Volunteers 83-76. The Duke Basketball Roundup has a full breakdown on one of the most impressive pre-season victories in the land as Duke’s Cameron Boozer put up an outragous 20-20 with 24 points and 23 rebounds. But this wasn’t […]
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There have been a ton of stories about Sunday night’s exhibition game between Duke and Tennessee, so here’s some more links. Make sure to read Scott’s story too! Go to the DBR Boards to find Blue Healer Auctions | Drop us a line
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How you view Duke’s performance after two exhibitions says a lot about whether you are a “glass half full” or “glass half empty” fan. The optimistic bunch will be focused on two victories over power conference opponents in games that looked like exhibitions in name only. That, plus two transcendent performances from Cameron Boozer—had Sunday […]
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It wasn’t a perfect game (not that there ever is such a thing), but Duke’s exhibition win over Tennessee, in Knoxville, was highly impressive. Let’s dive back in. First thing first: Cameron Boozer had a tremendous game. He finished with 24 points, 23 rebounds, six assists and two blocks. About the only things you can […]
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The Duke Chronicle’s player profiles concludes with a look at Caleb Foster. Duke’s point guard went through a tough sophomore year last season but he hung in there and by the end, he worked his way back to being a factor for Duke. As we’ve seen in the exhibition season, Foster has improved a lot […]
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