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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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In Sunday’s NBA action, Charlotte, Dallas and Cleveland were in action. Cooper Flagg and Dallas won for the first time, winning 139-129 over Toronto. Flagg finished with 22 points on 8-14/2-6. He also had four rebounds and four assists and no turnovers. Former Blue Devil and current teammate Derrick Lively had four points, seven rebounds, […]
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Before the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series, they had a long and pretty amazing history of futility known as the curse, or, more fully, the Curse of the Bambino, so-called because the Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to New York in 1919 (it was formally announced shortly after New Year’s Day). The […]
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Any questions that may have lingered about Cameron Boozer after Duke’s win over UCF were answered in Knoxville as the freshman stepped up with 24 points and 23 rebounds against one of America’s most physical defenses. It wasn’t a perfect game for Duke but there were some good things as we see Duke’s offense starting […]
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The season hasn’t officially started yet and we don’t have a really good grip on who Tennessee will start. Fortunately, this guy from Rocky Top Insider does, and Ryan Schumpert thinks this is their starting lineup Sunday night: Notably, Okpara is the only returning starter. Both Gillespie and Boswell are transfers, as is Jaylen Carey. […]
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With the Dallas Mavericks opening at 0-2, people are questioning Jason Kidd’s decision to start Duke rookie Cooper Flagg at point guard. Actually, he calls him point forward, but potato potahto. Here’s what he said on his podcast as quoted on the Smoking Cuban: “I wanna go on the record really emphatically. This ‘Flagg playing […]
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We thought given the significance of the NBA gambling scandal, it would be a good idea to put together a links run. This stuff is not good at all. Go to the DBR Boards to find Blue Healer Auctions | Drop us a line
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In 1988, the Los Angeles Dodgers played the Oakland A’s in the World Series. The Dodgers were the underdogs for most of the playoffs, a task made tougher by injuries to star outfielder Kirk Gibson, who had both a left hamstring injury and a swollen right knee. He didn’t play at all in Game 1 […]
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We’re not sure what’s going on with former Duke star Kyle Singler these days, but it can’t be good. Last year he posted some video of himself in apparent mental distress, which worried a lot of people, and now, this: According to Oklahoma TV station KFOR, Singler was arrested Thursday “allegedly threatening to rape his […]
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We’ve only seen a brief glance of what Cameron Boozer brings to the court for Duke in the exhibition game against UCF earlier in the week, but it was pretty good: Boozer finished with 33 points, four assists and 12 rebounds. He’s clearly going to be a major factor for Duke this year and the […]
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