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The five must-read stories of this week from The Chronicle and the Sports Blog (in no particular order):
Soulja Roy’s night shames Duke’s Blue-White—and, for a special treat, video proof of Late Night’s superiority.
Athletics feels economic impact and, consequently, seeks “transformational” gifts to compensate—plus a Q&A with Kevin White.
David Cutcliffe welcomes his team to November.
Five-star recruit [...]
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I met with Kevin White, Duke’s first-year athletic director, Monday morning and started talking about books, as we did in our last conversation in June. White told me he had time to read two books on his way to and from Beijing, where he watched Mike Krzyzewski in the Olympics for about five days. He [...]
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Director of Athletics Kevin White promoted veteran Senior Associate Director of Athletics Chris Kennedy to deputy athletic director in a statement Tuesday. Kennedy, an English professor and Duke athletic department member since 1977, served as interim athletic director after Joe Alleva left for Louisiana State University and before White was hired from Notre Dame. Kennedy [...]
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It was no coincidence that newly hired Director of Athletics Kevin White held his first media luncheon today in the Yoh Football Center–the former Notre Dame athletic director understands the need to back David Cutcliffe and his program. Some quick notes from today’s meet-and-greet:
White is a major part of the national scene of athletic directors [...]
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Former athletic director Joe Alleva spent 32 years at Duke, and 10 as Director of Athletics. He considered himself a Blue Devil man, loyal to Duke. But in just two months in the same job at Louisiana State University, Alleva had some choice words that likely won’t sit well with Duke supporters.
“The passion for LSU [...]
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Since last Saturday’s official approval of “Unrivaled Ambition,” the school’s first athletic strategic plan, much has been made in the media about one bullet point in a small section of the 39-page document:
“We need to study the possibility of adding suites to Cameron [Indoor Stadium] as a way to generate additional income.”
That’s it. Other than [...]
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Not really a surprise, but the Board of Trustees officially approved the Department of Athletics’ strategic plan, “Unrivaled Ambition,” Saturday at its meeting.
After the first draft of the plan was presented in February, few changes were made to it, President Richard Brodhead told The Chronicle. The report was written by Interim Director of Athletics Chris [...]
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