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It’s official: Mike Krzyzewski is going for gold again.
As was reported two weeks ago, Krzyzewski has agreed to try to lead Team USA to another gold medal at the 2010 World Championships in Turkey and the 2012 Olympics in London. He guided the United States to a gold in Beijing, and after Managing Director Jerry [...]
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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who led Team USA to a gold medal in Beijing last summer, will try to do the same in London in 2012, multiple media outlets are reporting.
Multiple unnamed sources told The Boston Globe and ESPN that USA Basketball will make the official announcement at a mini-camp later this month, [...]
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On Wednesday, The Chronicle received its advance copy of “The Gold Standard: Building a World-Class Team,” Mike Krzyzewski’s forthcoming memoir about coaching Team USA to an Olympic gold medal in Beijing. We’ll have a full review up in a few days, but before then, we’ll try to post a few pertinent excerpts.
This paragraph, from the [...]
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Mike Krzyzewski probably wasn’t in the best mood Sunday after his team’s fourth loss in six games. But the Blue Devils’ 80-74 loss to Boston College had no bearing on a video he recorded to congratulate Team USA on its gold medal in Beijing. The message was aired at halftime of the NBA All-Star Game, [...]
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Most Duke sports fans have probably forgotten about Becca Ward by now, if they even knew about her in the fist place. The Olympics ended a full semester ago, a sign congratulating her on her considerable achievements no longer hangs outside of Wilson Gymnasium and the Duke Fencing team has a pretty low profile in [...]
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NEW YORK — Mike Krzyzewski may reprise his role as Team USA head coach, but he won’t make any sort of decision until after the season, he said Friday after Duke’s win in the 2K Sports Classic.
“It’s too early to make any commitments for players or coaches,” Krzyzewski said. “We’re all in season. That would [...]
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Back in August, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said he would likely stay on as a consultant to USA Basketball after he led the Olympic team to a gold medal in Beijing.
According to recent reports, though, Krzyzewski’s involvement with the team could be much more direct. Yahoo! Sport’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that USA Basketball’s Jerry [...]
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Mike Krzyzewski did his part in hyping his forthcoming book when he led Team USA to a gold medal in the Beijing Olympics. Now the heavy lifting rests with his daughter and co-author, Jamie K. Spatola, for the book, entitled “The Gold Standard,” the head coach announced at his preseason press conference Monday.
Spatola, who majored [...]
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When he’s not going by King, LeBron James has been dubbed The Chosen One—or at least, he has since Sports Illustrated pegged him with that title when the King-in-waiting was only a high school junior in 2002. Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski coached James this summer as he guided Team USA to a gold medal [...]
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