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Athletic Director Search

Washington Post sports columnist John Feinstein certainly is not afraid to speak his mind about Duke Athletics, and that’s why we’re fans of him over at The Chronicle. Well that, and he was a two-time sports editor of The Chronicle in the 70s.
Perhaps his favorite target was Joe Alleva, and in a recent interview with [...]

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Newly-hired Director of Athletics Kevin White appears to be as good of a hire as Duke could have wanted: he has past experience as an athletic director (at Notre Dame, no less), has healthy relationships with David Cutcliffe and Mike Krzyzewski, knows how to work the business side of the job and possesses an infectious [...]

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UPDATE: 2:00 p.m. SUNDAY, ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS: We (OK, I) aren’t econ majors here, but we’ll try to offer our best financial analysis of the Notre Dame and Duke athletic departments that our limited knowledge provides. According to the 2006-2007 Notre Dame annual athletics report, the Fighting Irish have a budget of $44.5 million, [...]

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The search for Duke’s next athletic director is “well underway” and the committee plans on making its recommendations to President Richard Brodhead in June, vice-chair Richard Riddell told The Chronicle Thursday.
Riddell, vice president and University secretary, said the committee is moving in a “very expeditious way,” and formed its search criteria early in the process. [...]

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