From the category archives:
So in case you didn’t notice, the Internet can be bizarre—particularly when you’ve been elevated to C-list campus celebrity status and have become increasingly Googleable. As I learned this past October, though, when I wrote the column, “Soulja Roy’s Night Shames Duke’s Blue-White”, the Internet is also a place for “Tar Heels Fans for Meredith [...]
{ 0 comments }
Four years ago, I visited the John Hay Library at Brown University and got to see a selection from its rare books collection. Of the many incredible works I saw that day, the item that facsinated me most was a page from the original manuscript of George Orwell’s classic, 1984. And of the original words Orwell wrote on the page (double-spaced), I think a grand total of seven were not crossed out in red ink. It was at that moment when I realized how brutal and torturous the writing process can be.
It’s in this spirit that I thought I would share with you a ridiculous first draft of my column that ran in The Chronicle this morning. I am not trying to compare myself with Orwelll or my angry rant to 1984, but I thought it would be interesting to share the beginning of a draft that could have been a column. So without further ado, a legitimately crazy excuse for an opinion piece (please don’t try to have me committed):
{ 0 comments }
Interested in re-living Duke’s season through all of The Chronicle’s articles? Today’s your lucky day! Check out the game stories, game analyses, columns, features, photos, videos, audio clips and preview below–and don’t forget to count down the days until next season’s beginning with the clock at the bottom. To navigate back to the main page, [...]
{ 0 comments }
Without daily production the next month, The Sports Blog is ready to roll out some year-end series. A few of our writers will be naming their Top 10 games of the year, but before we get there, we’re happy to announce The Chronicle’s First Annual Duke Sportsman of the Year. We’ll offer our nominations over [...]
{ 1 comment }
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski pointed out after the Blue Devils’ loss to Michigan Saturday that his players had other things on their minds when they traveled to Ann Arbor–namely, the looming exam period, which starts Tuesday.
In that sense, we just wanted to pass along the heads up that updates may be less frequent than [...]
{ 1 comment }
Kyle Singler and Duke cruise to two wins in the 2K Sports Classic, sending them to New York City for a game with Southern Illinois next Thursday and a potential matchup with No. 4 UCLA Friday.
Duke’s freshmen see their first action in the blowouts, and Elliot Williams, in particular, impresses in his debut.
Columnist Meredith Shiner [...]
{ 0 comments }
So in something I’d like to do a bit more frequently, I’m going to use The Chronicle’s Sports Blog to give you, my dear readers, a deeper look at my weekly column and also the chance to ask me questions or sound off on what might be on your mind.
In today’s Chronicle, I wrote “Making [...]
{ 0 comments }
Phillip Fulmer is canned at Tennessee, but David Cutcliffe won’t be the one replacing him.
Mike Krzyzewski was not happy about attendance at his team’s exhibition Wednesday.
In the week that the United States elected its first black president, an organization releases a report saying college football coaches are still overwhelmingly white.
Speaking of President-elect Obama, Reggie Love [...]
{ 0 comments }
The Chronicle released its 28-page ACC basketball pullout today, chock full of Duke-related features, columns, previews and capsules for every ACC team. You can read it in greater detail online tomorrow, but feel free to flip through the PDF below, or check out a larger version by following this link.
In the coming days, we’ll be [...]
{ 2 comments }
On some days, sports have the ability to make the real world seem, well, less real. On other days, sports and the real world become so entangled that it’s impossible to differentiate one from the other.
And then on other days, the real world completely trumps sports. Today is one of those days.
Today–and only today!–we’ll understand [...]
{ 1 comment }
