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Give Them the Damn Ball: College Basketball's Needs-More-Shots Team

Sometimes, attention simply needs to be demanded. Try a Keyshawn Johnson-styled rant, learn Twitter etiquette from LeBron James (and later claim not to know what the word "etiquette" means) or give Brett Favre your cell phone number. Whatever the move, these 10 players need more attention -- and a lot more face-time with...

Kyrie Irving Stars on Duke's Banner Night

DURHAM, N.C. -- For a player with better advance billing than a Scorsese film, Kyrie Irving set his expectations for his first few moments as a player inside Cameron Indoor Stadium surprisingly low. "I was thinking," Irving said, beaming like a kid that woke up in a candy store following the Blue Devils Countdown to...

Ignore the Stereotype, Duke, Butler Plenty Athletic

INDIANAPOLIS -- Among the many cliches, myths and misconceptions that will accompany Duke and Butler into Monday's NCAA championship game, the most stubborn might be the one that no one will call out by name. It's best known, instead, by euphemism. Athletic. Neither the Bulldogs nor Blue Devils, the last teams standing...

Stakes Sizzling as Duke Meets Maryland

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The sexy sound bite of the week from Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski was, "I don't look at any of our games in the ACC as a rivalry game'' -- two days before his team was to play at Maryland with the conference regular-season championship on the line, and five days before playing North Carolina.The more...

Fields Is Mr. Madness, But Fear Villanova

BOSTON -- He looks like a chew toy, or something out of a puppet show. His dreads flop over a headband that would stand out more prominently if not for a midsection best described as doughy. His name is Levance Fields, and sometimes, he'll drive you to exasperation with reckless dribbling into traffic and corkscrew...

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04/25/12 Boys Basketball: The day that put Glenbrook North on... Source: Northbrook Star - Northbrook IL On March 11, 2005, the members of the powerhouse Glenbrook North boys basketball team watched closely as a layup spun around the net at the sectional.
03/29/12 Aliyah over for Scheyer Source: The Chronicle - Duke Univ - Durham NC The Hebrew term means ascent but in context refers to a Jewish person's immigration to Israel.
03/24/12 Experience in Israel Fuels Scheyer's N.B.A. Hopes Source: The New York Times - New York NY Scheyer, a 6-foot-5 guard, helped lead Duke to a national championship two years ago, but his N.B.A. aspirations were delayed by a devastating eye injury sustained during a 2010 summer league game.
03/22/12 International Alumni Update: March 22 Source: FOX Sports One more game on Sunday saw Karima Christmas and Bnot Hasharon finish their regular season with a 78-73 win over Hapoel Petah-Tikva.
03/20/12 Jon Scheyer leaves Maccabi Tel Aviv Source: The Chronicle - Duke Univ - Durham NC Former Duke basketball standout Jon Scheyer has left Maccabi Tel Aviv and returned to the United States, citing "personal reasons."