Stephanie Sparks, the Golf Channel personality who hosted The Big Break, has died. The Duke All-America golfer was 50. Please click here for more.
Category Archives: Duke
Duke’s Jeremy Roach to leave Blue Devils, enter transfer portal
Jeremy Roach’s time with Duke basketball is done. After four seasons with the Blue Devils, including two as a captain, Roach announced Tuesday his plans to declare for the 2024 NBA Draft while entering the transfer portal for the possibility of using his fifth year of eligibility elsewhere. Please click here for more.
Proctor Reportedly To Return For His Junior Season at Duke
Tyrese Proctor is going to be back for his junior season, according to ZagsBlog. A 6-5 point guard with exceptional defensive instincts, Proctor gives Duke and coach Jon Scheyer a reliable presence in the backcourt. We haven’t heard anything conclusive yet about Jared McCain or Caleb Foster’s plans yet, but this gives Duke a really solid starting point for the backcourt. Please click here for more.
2025 March Madness odds: Duke opens as early favorite, UNC next
Immediately following the UConn-Purdue matchup, Duke, at +1000, opened atop the betting board as the favorites to win it all next year. Second on the board were North Carolina, Kansas and the Huskies, all at +1400. Please click here for more.
Duke’s Mitchell enters transfer portal
Mark Mitchell has decided to enter the transfer portal. A starter for two years, Mitchell faces a lot of competition for playing time next year as Cooper Flagg, Khaman Maluach, Isaiah Evans, Patrick Ngongba, Kon Knueppel and Darren Harris. Please click here for more.
How Duke basketball advanced in NCAA Tournament without Filipowski making a field goal
Duke basketball’s Kyle Filipowski didn’t offer his first field-goal attempt until the 4-minute mark of the first half. The All-American center didn’t take another shot. But the 7-foot, 247-pound sophomore was hardly invisible during No. 4 Duke’s gritty, 64-47 victory over No. 13 Vermont in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Please click here for more.
DJ Horne, NC State basketball knock off No. 11 Duke at ACC Tournament
NC State basketball is making some noise at the 2024 ACC Tournament. Needing to win the ACC championship to secure a bid in the NCAA Tournament, the Wolfpack, led by DJ Horne, kept those hopes alive with a 74-69 win against reigning ACC champion Duke on Thursday at Capital One Arena. Please click here for more.
‘RJ, you f*cker, I wanna kill you’ – silence is deafening
Duke coach Jon Scheyer completely ignored water bottles and debris being thrown at players but pleaded for the same group of students to accept his apology for the performance of his team. The optics of this are horrible. What could be worse? Death threats without consequences. Some are saying the heckler says, “I’m gonna kill you” rather than “I wanna kill you.” Listen for yourself. Please click here for more.
Blue Devils going after their own Crazies
Duke sports website had this to say about the Cameron Crazies following their latest antics against Carolina: After we heard some of what was said, amazingly, we had to side with those players – against you. Our reaction would have been much the same. You can’t treat people that way. You just can’t. Those guys, to their credit, kept their composure and responded only after they won the game. Please click here for more.
Duke ‘Crazies’ Throw Drinks, Gum Balls At North Carolina Players Following Loss
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that North Carolina players were excited when the clock hit zero, rushing out onto the court to celebrate the win, but also give a little bit of that taunting back to the Duke student section. This is when things took a turn, leading to students throwing drinks, cups and even a gumball at North Carolina players. Please click here for more.