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Men's Basketball, NCAA Tournament
by Harrison Comfort on March 17, 2010
President Obama filled out his NCAA tournament bracket with ESPN senior writer Andy Katz today at noon on SportsCenter.
The President predicted that Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky and Villanova would all reach the Final Four.
A minor problem for Mr. Obama, however, was his misspelling of “Syracuse” when he chose the Orange to edge out Butler in [...]
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by Gabe Starosta on January 30, 2010
Georgetown 84, Duke 68, 2:10 left: Probably the most telling stat from this game is the field goal percentage disparity. Georgetown is still shooting over 70 percent from the floor, which is absurd, while Duke is stuck at a dismal 35 percent. Singler just fouled out, and the Hoyas just converted another and-one.
We’re done for [...]
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President Barack Obama said he was “both suprised and deeply humbled” after winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. But after blocking personal aide and former Blue Devil Reggie Love, the president was quick to claim bragging rights.
As Fox News’s Anne Marie Riha reported on Thursday, Obama quickly had a photo enlarged to document the lighthearted moment:
White House Press [...]
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In the last week, Mike Krzyzewski has been on a VIP tour of the Northeast media elite. First, he held a TimesTalk with a reporter from The New York Times. Then, it was stops with Charlie Rose and Stephen Colbert. And yesterday morning, Krzyzewski [...]
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Men's Basketball, NCAA Tournament
by Ben Cohen on April 8, 2009
Besides training with the Tar Heels during his campaign, President Barack Obama had another reason to root for North Carolina Monday night: He picked them to win The First Bracket. And when the Tar Heels did make POTUS look like a seer—or someone with about as much common sense as many others—Obama repaid the favor, [...]
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It looks like we might finally have closure on the non-story that turned into a story that dominated the volatile news cycle Wednesday and Thursday.
On Thursday, Mike Krzyzewski’s wife, Mickie, felt compelled to defend her husband after a blown-up brouhaha about his comments on President Barack Obama’s bracket, so Mickie sent a text message to [...]
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Men's Basketball, NCAA Tournament
by Julia Love on March 20, 2009
From The Chronicle’s off-lead story, about President Richard Brodhead’s recent trip to Washington to discuss education and healthcare and meet with Duke-affiliated politicos:
Although their stay on Capitol Hill was brief, Brodhead and Schoenfeld did not forget to lobby for the cause that is perhaps of greatest importance to Duke students this month. Over a nightcap [...]
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In case you’ve been plopped on your couch for the last 24 hours: Barack Obama went on ESPN Wednesday to reveal his bracket. Mike Krzyzewski joked that the president, who eliminated Duke in the Elite 8, should focus on the economy. Matt Drudge blew the story out of proportion. Krzyzewski’s comments became the it story [...]
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Media, Men's Basketball, NCAA Tournament
by Ben Cohen on March 19, 2009
It must be a slow news day.
On Thursday morning, Matt Drudge, the owner of the popular, right-leaning Drudge Report, removed AIG and the stimulus from his lead story, replacing it with a story that hits closer to home for Duke fans. DUKE COACH SLAM DUNKS OBAMA: FOCUS ON ECONOMY NOT NCAA PICKS, read the all-caps, [...]
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Seth Davis, a Sports Illustrated writer and analyst for CBS Sports, picked Pittsburgh to win the National Championship. But the Duke graduate—and former Chronicle writer—is still impressed with the Blue Devils, and he shared his observations with The Chronicle’s Ben Cohen Wednesday. Here are excerpts from that conversation, with a full Q&A running in The [...]
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