This is the sixth 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
For more of Glen Gutterson’s photos from Duke’s 78-75 overtime win over Miami, check out a slideshow by following this link.
In today’s issue–the first of Vol. 104 and the first of the summer–we lead with Nate James’ hiring as a Duke assistant and off-lead with the men’s lacrosse team’s continuing quest to win the program’s first national championship. Also on the front page is the women’s lacrosse team’s upset win over Georgetown Sunday.
Other sports in [...]
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski has announced that Nate James will fill the open assistant coach spot on the Duke bench. James captained Duke’s 2001 national championship team and is currently the squad’s strength and conditioning coach.
He succeeds former associate head coach Johnny Dawkins, now the head coach at Stanford. He joins fellow former Blue Devils Steve [...]
Some minor updates since our last post about Duke’s effort to replace former associate head coach Johnny Dawkins on the sidelines:
Jason Williams told WRAL he was not interested in the post, opting to remain with the “freedom” of TV as a CBS analyst.
Nate James told WRAL that he is extremely interested in the position. “It [...]
Phoenix Suns head coach Mike D’Antoni (or, per SI.com, former Phoenix Suns head coach) works under Mike Krzyzewski on Team USA and had a major influence on this year’s Duke team. After a summer with D’Antoni, Krzyzewski incorporated some of the NBA coach’s innovative offensive techniques to allow Duke to spread the floor and maximize [...]
Given Johnny Dawkins’ departure from the Duke bench, the one question that immediately comes to mind is obvious: Who will replace Dawkins on Duke’s coaching staff? Here are a few names The Chronicle thinks you should keep your eyes on:
THE FAVORITE: Nate James. James, who played at Duke from 1997-2001, was on the sideline last [...]