From the monthly archives:
As The Scripps National Spelling Bee is aired again on primetime tonight, it’s worth mentioning that two former champions, Pratyush Buddiga and Rebecca Sealfon, are now students at Duke, far removed from their days on the bee circuit.
Buddiga, the 2002 champion, is best known for his brother, Akshay, who fainted in the 2004 Bee before [...]
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Duke seniors Matt Danowski and Zack Greer were two of the five finalists for the Tewaraaton Trophy, college lacrosse’s equivalent of the Heisman Trophy. Danowski, the 2007 winner, is the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer, and Greer is the NCAA’s all-time leading goal scorer. Neither of them won.
Instead, Syracuse’s Mike Leveille took home the award.
Leveille led [...]
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Duke’s season may be over, but seniors Amanda Blumenherst and Jennie Lee and incoming freshman Mina Harigae hit the links once more this morning on the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland for the Curtis Cup. The tournament is held every two years and pits female American amateur golfers against their counterparts from Great Britain [...]
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The News & Observer reports that junior quarterback Thaddeus Lewis and junior cornerback Leon Wright, both 20, were both cited for underage possession of alcohol early Wednesday morning on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. Both players registered a .03 when they were breathalyzed.
A Duke athletics official was not available for comment to The Chronicle. The [...]
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10:58 p.m., Draft Concludes: And that’s all she wrote from Hoboken tonight. Loftus goes undrafted, and we’ll keep you updated with his plans for next year. Overall, four Duke players drafted, all in the first 27 picks. National champion Syracuse led the way with five players.
10:05 p.m., Ward Goes To Denver: Midfielder Michael Ward, another [...]
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None of the 11 Duke seniors with a potential fifth year of eligibility declared for the Major League Lacrosse Draft, an MLL official confirmed to The Chronicle Tuesday morning. The deadline to declare was Tuesday at 9 a.m.
The most intriguing of these players is Zack Greer, already the NCAA’s all-time leading goal scorer with the [...]
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Audio from John Danowski
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Despite the Blue Devils’ obvious disappointment associated with coming up short of the program’s first national championship, head coach John Danowski wasn’t too outwardly upset about the loss.
“The sadness I feel–it’s not losing the game today,” Danowski said. “Listen, I’ve learned in the last two years the games aren’t [...]
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It’s the morning after Duke’s shocking 10-9 loss to Johns Hopkins in the national semifinal, a defeat that the ESPN analysts were fond of calling one of the biggest upsets in lacrosse history. And, on paper, it certainly was–this was a Blue Devil squad that absolutely dismantled Hopkins 17-6 back on April 5. So what [...]
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