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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:
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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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The President of the United States likes Duke to get to the NCAA Tournament’s Elite 8–but even his allegiance to his body man, Reggie Love, couldn’t convince him that the Blue Devils would advance any farther.
Obama, who isn’t shy about voicing his opinions about sports, released his bracket to ESPN’s Andy Katz Wednesday. Obama picked [...]
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Duke-UNC games are special in their own right, but analyzing the media’s coverage of Duke’s games against, say, Georgetown and Maryland is just as fruitful because of the wide range of media outlets that cover the games. For contests in the Tobacco Road rivalry, we have local newspapers and national Web sites. When Duke plays [...]
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The Twittersphere has erupted with users in the last two weeks, but it truly exploded Wednesday night when Gerald Henderson decided he wanted to reprise his recurring role on SportsCenter’s top plays. Search “Henderson” on Twitter, and you’ll see at least two pages of lauding Tweets, with descriptions of the junior’s dunk ranging from “redonkulous” [...]
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