Forty-one years ago Coach K recruited Johnny Dawkins of the D.C. area to play for Duke. I played in the same league as Dawkins. Wasn’t as good – no one was better than Johnny. But I was pretty good. Could have been the ninth man for the Blue Devils. But Coach K never called me. […]
Looking bummed out of their minds, J.J. Redick and Christian Laettner stand at the post-game cocktail party last night in the ballroom inside Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium. “Smells like a stink bomb went off in here,” said Redick. “This room is eerily empty.” Waiters carrying trays offer them fungus-infested salmon, warm beer, and […]
Sports Blogger Reveals Torrid Bromance with Ripley – Believe it or Not While signing hundreds of autographs for fans as he sits at his four-by-four card table at the Army football stadium parking lot, Sammy Sportface notices a guy he’s ferociously jealous of coming out to him. He’s a graduate of Army here in […]
Duke University and the University of North Carolina are separated by only 10 miles along U.S. Highway 15-501 — more commonly known as Tobacco Road. And their college hoops programs are fabulous, folks. The No. 5 Blue Devils of Duke from Durham, NC and the No. 9 Tar Heels of UNC from Chapel Hill, NC […]