So it’s been a busy couple of days if you’re a Columbus Crew fan. It all started on Monday afternoon, when it was tweeted, facebooked, etc., etc., that the Columbus Crew had a big announcement to make Tuesday. Now, that could have meant a number of things. But the fact that Hunt Sports Group Chairman Clark [...]
Last week, the ACC held its annual media day, with media members voting on the 2013 ACC Preseason Polls. The media expects the ACC Championship to be a matchup of Clemson and Miami (55 votes). Duke, despite having a solid 2012 season and reaching their first bowl game in awhile, was picked to finish last [...]
Tonight caps off the NBA All-Star Weekend, but it actually started on Friday night with both the Celebrity Game and the Rising Stars Challenge. Former Duke players were scattered throughout the entire weekend (including guard Kyrie Irving who will be starting his first All-Star Game tonight for the Eastern Conference). There were two former Blue [...]
Last week, the ACC held its annual media day, with media members voting on the 2013 ACC Preseason Polls. The media expects the ACC Championship to be a matchup of Clemson and Miami (55 votes). Duke, despite having a solid 2012 season and reaching their first bowl game in awhile, was picked to finish last [...]
Twice this morning, within the space of 15 minutes, I heard both Ryan Dempster and Jeff Samardzija described as “aces” by a certain Chicago sports anchor. He night as well have dragged his nails down a chalkboard or made that noise when the eraser is worn down on a pencil and you scratch the paper [...]
All good things must come to an end. After starting the 2014 season 2-0, the Duke baseball team lost their finale at home to Binghamton by a 7-6 final. The Blue Devils still won the series, 2-1. Through five innings, the Blue Devils had collected just two hits off Binghamton starter Jake Cryts (though he [...]
After battling back to tie the game at 6-6 in the 8th inning, the Duke baseball team lost in 12 innings to host UNC-Greensboro, 9-8. The Blue Devils actually led 3-1, but a UNC-G five run 4th inning put them ahead. They retook the lead in the top of the 12th on a Jordan Betts [...]
There wasn’t a whole bunch of offense from either team today, but a three-run homer from Kyle Martin helped push South Carolina past this visiting Blue Hose for a 4-0 victory at Carolina Stadium. Despite both teams having runners on base and in scoring position, the game was scoreless until the sixth inning, when the [...]
This year’s Combine takes place from February 19–25 in Indianapolis. To prepare you, here are some things that could totally happen. 1. Snow day. The entire combine will be canceled due to the Polar Vortex and teams will draft players based on the time-honored method, “closing your eyes and pointing.” 2. Players will be given bonus [...]
The Duke men’s basketball team used a huge first half and held on to beat host Georgia Tech,68-51. They jumped out to a 12-3 lead less than four minutes into the game. The Blue Devils led 43-27 at the half behind 58.6% shooting (17-of-29). The Yellow Jackets never got closer than six points and that [...]
