CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM The seniors on the Duke women’s basketball team get one more shot at this tonight — at least during a regular season. Photo by Chris BairdTricia Liston drives on Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis. The game they may have been dreaming about is here, since they’re undefeated and ranked No. 2 in the nation heading […]
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Duke runs into a buzzsaw; FSU earns spot in National Championship
Photo by Al BirdDuke’s Jamison Crowder looks for running room as FSU players including Nick Waisome (14) pursue. BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM/CHARLOTTE So the big chance Duke football has been looking for all these years is right here. Tonight at Bank of America Stadium, the No. 20 Blue Devils (10-2) will take on No. 1 […]
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Blue Devils get the chance of a football lifetime tonight
File photo by Chris BairdDuke WR Jamison Crowder gets a big chance on the national stage tonight. It is said that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, and in this case that has to be correct. I never heard anybody predict Duke was going to finish this regular season 10-2 and as ACC Coastal Division […]
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Duke gets its biggest football victory since the FDR era
Photo by Chris BairdDuke coach David Cutcliffe celebrates the win in Chapel Hill. KENAN STADIUM/CHAPEL HILL Duke plays its biggest football game in 72 seasons today. Mind-boggling, isn’t it? But the last time the Blue Devils played a game this important was that Rose Bowl in Durham following the 1941 season. With a win over […]
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Duke plays its most important football game in Kenan since 1941 today
Time was when the annual season-ending battle between Duke and UNC was the biggest football game of the year in the Triangle. And this time, the “Battle of the Blues” for the coveted Victory Bell is back, although it has a little different twist.This time it’s the Tar Heels’ turn to play spoiler. No. 24 […]
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Wolfpack foils Tulane for first big win of Moore’s tenure
Photo by Alexis BairdLakeesa Daniel drives to the hoop against Tulane’s Chinwe Duru. State’s No. 3 is Miah Spencer. REYNOLDS COLISEUM/RALEIGH This time it gets serious. N.C. State has been able to coast through its first four women’s basketball games of the season, beating outgunned opposition by an average of 32 points. The Wolfpack won’t […]
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ECU gets an historic win while Wolfpack woes get even worse
Photo by Chris BairdECU’s Damon Magazu lowers the boom on State’s Rashard Smith. The Pirates’ No. 53 is Jeremy Grove. CARTER-FINLEY STADIUM/RALEIGH It has been a tale of two seasons for North Carolina’s two Easternmost FBS football teams. For East Carolina (8-2) it has all been a pretty good dream. The Pirates already have a […]
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Huge games galore for Triangle grid squads this afternoon
File photo by Chris BairdDuke is going for one of its best seasons in school history, while N.C. State is looking to avoid one of its worst. Any way you slice it this is a very, very big day for college football in the Triangle. Everybody has a game with more meaning to it than […]
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Burke’s 23 leads easy Wolfpack win over Morgan State
REYNOLDS COLISEUM/RALEIGH N.C. State continues its early-season run of home games against Division I opponents from outside the “power conferences” as first-year mentor Wes Moore starts his tenure at the helm. Tonight’s foe is Morgan State of the MEAC, which lost its opener at home to Lincoln (Pa.) of the CIAA. File photo by Greg […]
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Burke leads four in double figures as Wolfpack rolls
REYNOLDS COLISEUM/RALEIGH N.C. State continues its early-season run of home games against Division I opponents from outside the “power conferences” as first-year mentor Wes Moore starts his tenure at the helm. Tonight’s foe is Morgan State of the MEAC, which lost its opener at home to Lincoln (Pa.) of the CIAA. The Wolfpack is 3-0, […]