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Michael Jordan has promised to make his mark as the new majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, and His Airness went as far as joining in in the team’s shootaround this morning in Charlotte. After the workout, Jordan challenged former Duke guard Gerald Henderson to a friendly game of H-O-R-S-E. But despite what would seem [...]
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Know what I do when Duke loses? I go to YouTube, and I watch Gerald Henderson dunk over people. (OK, maybe this cure was more effective when, you know, Henderson still wore No. 15 for Duke, but let’s not get nitpicky here.) So it was completely fortuitous that I recently ran across Dime’s interview with [...]
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Over the last two weeks, we’ve had our say at The Chronicle naming Duke’s All-Decade Teams. We started with an overall men’s basketball team and went everywhere from naming the Top Villans, Top Individual Seasons, All-NBA Team, All-Disappointment Team, Duke Stories of the Decade (Part I, Part II), Top Clutch Performances, All-Shooters Team, All-Defensive Team, to [...]
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This is the seventh in a series of Duke’s All-Decade teams, as named by various Chronicle writers, past and present. At the end of the series, you will be able to vote for your own All-Decade team, and your votes will determine The Sports Blog’s final choice. Stay tuned over the next two weeks for [...]
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This is the second in a series of Duke’s All-Decade teams, as named by various Chronicle writers, past and present. At the end of the series, you will be able to vote for your own All-Decade team, and your votes will determine The Sports Blog’s final choice. Stay tuned over the next two weeks for [...]
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This week I got the chance to speak to associate head coach Chris Collins about the especially busy off-season for the Blue Devils coaching staff. Below is an edited transcript of our conversation on Wednesday afternoon:
Taylor Doherty: With Gerald Henderson being selected in the lottery of the NBA Draft and Elliot Williams deciding to transfer [...]
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Gerald Henderson was selected by the Charlotte Bobcats with the 12th pick in Thursday night’s NBA Draft. The former Duke co-captain will trade the joys of dunking on Terrapins with the rigors of an 82 game season against the world’s best.
The Chronicle got the chance to (very) briefly interview an elated, and weary, Henderson after he [...]
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Duke lost its prized recruit, John Wall, earlier today. Now, it has officially lost its best player.
After declaring for the NBA Draft last month but not signing with an agent, Gerald Henderson signed with agent Arn Tellem, making him ineligible to return to school for his senior season, the program announced Tuesday.
Henderson is a projected [...]
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This morning, The Chronicle’s independent editorial board published its final editorial of Volume 104, and in keeping with tradition, avoided its typical tune of wonkish policy suggestions. Instead, it published a list of satirical reasons why Gerald Henderson should stay at Duke for his senior season.
Some of my favorites:
G should want to be around [...]
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Gerald Henderson will enter his name into the NBA Draft without an agent, leaving open the possibility of returning for his senior year at Duke, he announced in a statement Saturday. Duke’s leading scorer has until June 16 to pull his name from the draft pool and retain his eligibility.
“Playing in the NBA has been [...]
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