I did a lot of work around the house the past two days, so I was able to keep my eye close on the sports world (well, at least, the NFL, tennis and college basketball.) It was a great weekend in my opinion.
NFL
The Super Bowl is now set.

A year after Peyton reached his first [...]

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It’s true. But who cares? The ACC basketball season has begun!
Duke tips off their ACC season on Sunday night as Virginia comes to Cameron, so I need to go on record with my ACC record prediction for the Blue Devils. Last year I thought I was being a bit pessimistic when I [...]

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My self-imposed official cutoff for my favorite albums of the year was Thanksgiving, so I’m in the process of determining what my favorites list this year will look like. Anyway, look for that in a couple of weeks, probably mid-December. And I’ll probably post my favorite books list around the same time.
Therefore, this [...]

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
No, I’m not talking about the rapidly approaching Christmas season. College basketball season officially tipped off this week, and it is king in my sports world.
The road the the Final Four is already off to an interesting start. With college football seeing so many early upsets [...]

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I came across a Duke Chronicle article a while back titled The Last Basketball Dynasty. It begins with the call from Vern Lundquist:
There’s the pass to Laettner… puts it up… YESSSSSSS!

“Welcome To Kentucky…where Duke Sucks”
Two years before that call, in the 1990 East Regional final, Christian Laettner, with Duke behind by one in overtime, [...]

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Breaking News Update 4:00pm: Tubby Smith leaving Kentucky for Minnesota. Who’s next at Kentucky? My guess is they’ll call Billy Donovan first. I think he’ll stay at Florida, so who’s their next choice? Back to the original post…

This is not what I’d originally planned, but here’s a few things as [...]

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For the Duke haters, who’ve been out in full force for the past week, with all of their irrationality in full bloom. I didn’t notice this until this morning when I saw a replay, but Dwyane Wade’s injury a few weeks ago was at the hands of none other than former Duke player Shane [...]

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Did anyone want to win the ACC regular season?
This has been a wild week. Mid-week, Virginia Tech and UNC both lost. Granted, that gave Virginia a share of the regular season title, so they already had that wrapped up. However, they could have won the regular season outright yesterday with a win [...]

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The end of the regular season is almost here, and there were some good college basketball games over the weekend. I was obviously pleased with the Duke-St. John’s outcome. Any road win for this team is good, and hopefully will continue build confidence. Blowing SJU out (it was 34-10 at the half) [...]

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There was talk after the Maryland loss - their fourth in a row - that Duke was dead. It was over. Goodbye NCAA, hello NIT. It was said they would finish 6-10 in the ACC. They won’t win on the road and will probably lose their home games.
Three games [...]

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