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Let the One-derful Upsets Roll

Long ago, somewhere around the time you broke your first New Year's resolution in a flurry of Haagen-Dazz and Oreos, dangerous stopped being an adequate word to describe college basketball's pole position.Asking Jim Calhoun about his W-2s is dangerous. Tailgating LenDale White is dangerous. Taking tax advice from Barry...

Too Good to Be Blue?

This time, the gloves came off. So too, did the jacket. Then Mike Krzyzewski's stoic demeanor, that steel-melting stare that's equal parts Rodin and Rambo, wound up discarded behind the bench like an empty Gatorade cup. And by the time Duke's 101-91 track meet of a victory over Wake Forest finished with an emotional...

Against Wake, Duke Faces No. 1 Test

There's not much novel about the Blue Devils being No. 1. In fact, they've done it more times than Tiger Woods has won golf tournaments, than Detroit Lion fans have brown-bagged it to Ford Field and almost as many times as Mike Krzyzewski advised you on your choice of credit card, insurance or any of the other products...

Gaudio Builds Wake Forest Legacy One Defensive Stop at a Time

Were Wake Forest ever to erect its own coaching Mount Rushmore, exactly two faces, Bones McKinney and Skip Prosser, would qualify for a place in oversized granite. Every one else would get patted down for so much as trying to get into the souvenir shop.McKinney, who led the Deacons to their only Final Four appearance in...

The Peach Basket Brief: 01.19.07

USC 80, (12) Arizona 73. A road conference loss to a quality opponent is not the end of the world. If course, two losses in a row and three of the last four, however ... that might be something to worry about. So they're either in real trouble with that road game at UCLA looming, or it's a chance to get their balls...