From the monthly archives:

November 2008

Football

Portrait of An All-American?

by Ben Cohen on November 30, 2008

Check out a slideshow of Chase Olivieri and Maya Robinson’s photos from Duke’s 28-20 loss to North Carolina by following this link.

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Women's Basketball

Jasmine Thomas Out For Two Weeks

by Ben Cohen on November 30, 2008

Sophomore point guard Jasmine Thomas, who missed Duke’s 59-56 win over Western Kentucky Friday, will be sidelined for about the next two weeks with a sprained MCL.
Thomas’ backup, freshman Chelsea Hopkins, has a meniscus injury, the extent of which was still unknown Sunday night. The two injuries could slow the Blue Devil offense, which would [...]

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NCAA Tournament, Women's Soccer

Duke Falls to UCLA to End Season

by Sabreena Merchant on November 30, 2008

LOS ANGELES — The Blue Devils ended their season on a disappointing note, getting routed by the Bruins 6-1 as they lost in the national quarterfinals for the second straight year.
UCLA dominated play throughout, posting its first tally in the fifth minute en route to its sixth consecutive College Cup final four. Duke was completely [...]

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Football

UNC Tops Duke 28-20 In Finale

by Ben Cohen on November 29, 2008

Quarterback Thaddeus Lewis threw for nearly 300 yards, linebacker Michael Tauiliili recorded a career-high 20 tackles in his last game and the Blue Devils had the ball inside the 10-yard line with a chance to tie in the last minute. But yet again, the combination resulted in another Duke loss.
North Carolina survived another stern test [...]

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Football

No Live Blog Today

by Ben Cohen on November 29, 2008

Just a heads up that technical difficulties will bar us from keeping a live blog of Duke’s matchup with North Carolina today, but we should be good for halftime thoughts and we’ll definitely be here for postgame discussion…

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Last Friday, Duke suffered its worst loss in years when it was upset by unranked Hartford on a neutral court.
This time around, the No. 12 Blue Devils avoided a stunner–but just barely.
Keturah Jackson made two free throws with 10 seconds left as Duke beat Western Kentucky 59-56 in Bowling Green, Kent., surviving a game that [...]

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Men's Basketball

Thomas’ Career Night Powers Duke

by Ben Cohen on November 28, 2008

Not surprisingly, Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith both scored in double digits and controlled the tempo of the game in No. 7 Duke’s 95-72 win over Duquesne Friday in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
But no one could have expected 21 points out of reserve forward Lance Thomas.
The junior forward shot 8-of-8 from the field and 5-of-6 from [...]

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Beyond The Arc, Men's Basketball

Beyond The Arc: Duquesne

by Tim Britton on November 28, 2008

THE CONTENTS: No. 7 Duke battles Duquesne at 3 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium today. You can see the game on ESPN with Bob Picozzi and Jimmy Dykes and hear it on 620 AM.
THE EXPOSITION: Duke (6-0) got a much-needed break after playing four games in eight days. The Blue Devils are coming off their [...]

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Women's Basketball

On Black Friday, Duke Shops For Win

by Harrison Comfort on November 28, 2008

The No. 12 Blue Devils hope Black Friday proves more fruitful than its dark name as they hope to pull out a victory on the day after Thanksgiving away from Cameron Indoor Stadium for the second straight season.
But the road was not friendly to Duke in last weekend’s DePaul Invitational in Chicago. In lieu of [...]

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Football

Cutcliffe Names Four More Captains

by Ben Cohen on November 27, 2008

Classy move on the part of David Cutcliffe, who added four more seniors to Duke’s list of captains Thursday. Not only does the head coach want Greg Akinbiyi, Cameron Goldberg, Eron Riley and Glenn Williams to be honored with the three other senior captains Saturday, but it’s also his way of giving thanks on the [...]

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