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In this week’s issue of GoDuke Weekly, a number of Blue Devil athletes personally wish everyone a great holiday season and take some time to talk about their favorite holiday traditions.
Women’s basketball player Joy Cheek shares her favorite Christmas song, and Ryan McDaniel—who is a member of the men’s soccer team—even tries a little singing [...]
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Vernon set school single-season records for pass receptions (55), receiving yards (746) and 100-yard receiving games (3) by a freshman in 2009.
The 6-foot-2, 195-pound is a Miami, Fl. native and was consistently one of quarterback Thaddeus Lewis’ favorite targets. Vernon scored three touchdowns on the season, including a crucial 42-yard score that put the Blue Devils [...]
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When Duke and Wake Forest square off tomorrow in Durham, it will mark the first ACC game ever between two quarterbacks with more than 9,000 career passing yards. I saw that statistical tidbit the other day. It made me feel like a super-senior at a freshman rager, as I remember the first duel between Thaddeus [...]
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A tough couple of weeks for Duke got even tougher Monday with the news that backup quarterback Sean Renfree and starting offensive lineman Mitchell Lederman will miss the rest of the season.
Lederman suffered a broken toe against North Carolina Nov. 7 and did not play Saturdy against Georgia Tech. He had played in all [...]
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Duke 10, Georgia Tech 49 (4:48 4th): If the game wasn’t over before, it certainly is now. Georgia Tech’s seventh unanswered touchdown puts them up 39 on a seven yard TD run by Richard Watson. We’re going to call it a game here at the Sports Blog as the band plays Cascada, to the delight [...]
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Head coach David Cutcliffe has already made noticeable changes to the Duke football program on the field. His off-the-field work, however, is becoming equally impressive.
On Wednesday, Cutcliffe continued “Cokes with Cut”, a half-hour session in which Cutcliffe interacts with Duke students and goes over tape from the most recent game. The head coach opened by [...]
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Duke 28, Virginia 17, FINAL: A huge, huge win for Duke tonight. Three straight conference wins for the Blue Devils, the first time that’s happened since… I’m not sure, I’ll find out, though. Now, looking forward, Duke has North Carolina next week, then Georgia Tech, Miami, and Wake Forest. It needs to win two out [...]
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If last Saturday’s contest with Virginia looked like a giant mudbath because of the weather, head coach David Cutcliffe expects this week’s game at Virginia to more closely resemble a wrestling match.
At his weekly media luncheon Tuesday, Cutcliffe praised the Cavaliers (3-4) for their toughness and physicality, especially on the defensive side of the ball.
“When [...]
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