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IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY FOR HOOPS

Basketball season is months away, but ACC Now is previewing the season now. Expect big things from UNC and Duke. Part I | Part II | Part III

BCS isn't a mess

The Triangle's three ACC football coaches hope to coach their football teams to national championships one day. And they're happy to do it under the current BCS format.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 5:33 AM | Full story

ACC looks for vindication

Despite recognition of its top players in the NFL draft, the expanded ACC has come up short on the field in competition against heavyweight conferences such as the SEC.

Updated: Jul. 22, 2008 5:10 AM | Full story

Simmons is latest to choose Duke

Sanderson High coach Jason Tindal calls Duke's in-state football recruiting "turbo-charged."

Updated: Jul. 22, 2008 1:44 AM | Full story






Elder Glennon tutors brother

Freshman quarterback Mike Glennon should be well prepared when he reports to N.C. State after working out this summer with his brother, Sean Glennon, a quarterback who helped lead Virginia Tech to an ACC championship last season.

Updated: Jul. 21, 2008 5:30 AM | Full story

Clemson picked to win ACC

Clemson is the preseason pick by the media to win the ACC. The Tigers, who went 9-4 in 2007, received 51 of the 65 votes to win the ACC Championship Game.

Updated: Jul. 21, 2008 3:27 PM | Full story

Cutcliffe cuts up with area coaches

Duke coach David Cutcliffe was the new man on the dais this year and showed no signs of stage fright sitting with N.C. State's Tom O'Brien, UNC's Butch Davis and N.C. Central's Mose Rison.

Updated: Jul. 18, 2008 7:19 AM | Full story

Nelson auditions for NBA

Knocking on all the doors that might lead to an NBA roster spot could take longer than a few months for former Duke standout DeMarcus Nelson.

Updated: Jul. 16, 2008 2:05 AM | Full story

Eight reasons to watch ACC football

The ACC has lost eight straight BCS bowl games and no ACC team is considered a serious national championship contender. But the conference always is entertaining, even when it doesn’t make a splash nationally.

Updated: Jul. 11, 2008 5:19 PM | Full story

Ex-Duke football, PGA player dies

Years before Al Geiberger became golf's famous "Mr. 59" in 1977, there was Mike Souchak, the PGA Tour's "Mr. 60" for almost a quarter of a century.

Updated: Jul. 11, 2008 5:37 AM | Full story

Duke ruling NBA free agency

Every NBA free-agent move this offseason has involved a former Duke player or at least it seems that way.

Updated: Jul. 10, 2008 1:38 PM | Full story

Duke's Cragg promoted

Administrator rewarded for 21 years of service to school.

Updated: Jul. 10, 2008 1:00 AM | Full story

Looking at the winners, losers in ACC hoops schedule

Expansion killed the round-robin in basketball and created an unbalanced schedule. Each team plays five opponents twice — two of which are the designated partner (i.e. UNC's partners are Duke and N.C. State) — and then three home games and three road games.

Updated: Jul. 9, 2008 11:47 AM | Full story

Duke AD pushes renovation of football stadium

New Duke athletic director Kevin White says renovations for Wallace Wade Stadium need to be so extensive that he doesn't even know where to start in talking about them.

Updated: Jul. 8, 2008 3:17 PM | Full story

Former Devil will play for New Zealand

Former Duke player Rebecca Smith has been chosen for the New Zealand women's soccer team that will compete in the Beijing Games.

Updated: Jul. 8, 2008 1:04 AM | Full story

Olympics matter to Collins family

Doug Collins a member of 1972 team; son Chris a coach in 2008.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2008 2:22 AM | Full story

Krzyzewski not worrying about future recruits

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski loves the luxury of coaching NBA stars as he guides the U.S. men's basketball team to the Beijing Olympics.

Updated: Jul. 3, 2008 4:52 AM | Full story

College coaches scout ACC programs

Offer football coaches anonymity and the candor flows. That's what Athlon did for its football preview magazine, which includes a scouting section from unnamed opposing coaches.

Updated: Jul. 2, 2008 12:56 PM | Full story

Easy scheduling key to building program

Unless you're Michigan, the easiest way to find wins — and build a program — in college football is to schedule Division I-AA teams. No one understands this better than the Big 12, specifically Kansas and Kansas State.

Updated: Jul. 1, 2008 1:16 PM | Full story

A shot at redemption for U.S. cagers

Carlos Boozer and other 2004 Olympians want more than a bronze medal in basketball this time.

Updated: Jul. 1, 2008 3:57 AM | Full story

Coach K bears an Olympic burden

Caulton Tudor:Having never put more emphasis on the downside than potential reward, Mike Krzyzewski didn't look around for a grassy-knoll conspiracy when he was selected to coach the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team.

Updated: Jul. 1, 2008 4:01 AM | Full story

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