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Digest: Duke extends John Danowski's contract through 2018

2013-06-14 23:34:00

Et cetera Duke extends John Danowski's contract through 2018 The contract of Duke men's lacrosse coach John Danowski has been extended through the 2018 season. Last month, Danowski guided the Blue Devils to the 2013 NCAA championship with a 16-10...

Maryland's John Tillman 'happy' for Duke's run to NCAA championship

2013-06-03 06:00:00

One might think that seventh-seeded Duke’s 16-10 rout of top-seeded Syracuse in last week’s NCAA tournament final at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia would not sit well with the Blue Devils’ Atlantic Coast Conference rivals...

Terps Trio: 2015 football schedule, ACC vendetta, Kai Locksley's recruitment

2013-05-31 09:50:00

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports. Maryland’s 2015 Big Ten football schedule is set to be released Monday. What do you anticipate?...

Duke's Brendan Fowler out of predecessor's shadow and into spotlight

2013-05-22 12:11:00

Brendan Fowler won more than 55 percent of his faceoffs and scooped up at least 34 ground balls in each of his first two seasons at Duke, but still was not making much of a dent in terms of playing time. Then again, considering that C.J. Costabile...

Cornell defense overlooked, but unit playing its best lacrosse

2013-05-21 11:31:00

When you play on Cornell but are not part of an offense headlined by two-time Tewaaraton Award finalist Rob Pannell and fellow senior attackman Steve Mock, it is easy to be overlooked. And that is just fine, according to senior defenseman Jason Noble....

Q&A with ESPN's Mark Dixon

2013-05-20 11:13:00

ESPN analyst Mark Dixon was in the network’s studio in Charlotte providing his perspective on each of the four games in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals this past weekend, and he will do the same this Saturday before appearing in person at Monday&...

Salisbury transfer Law lifts Denver past North Carolina

2013-05-19 17:37:00

Salisbury transfer Eric Law picked up a rebound on the edge of the crease and scored with 13.4 seconds left to cap a historic comeback and give No. 4 seed Denver a 12-11 win over fifth-seeded North Carolina in the NCAA men's lacrosse tournament...

Perfect Terps surge past Duke, 14-9, to move to women's lacrosse final four

2013-05-18 14:04:00

In February, Duke coach Kerstin Kimel said she wasn't sure any women's lacrosse team was better than Maryland. After Saturday's NCAA quarterfinal, she seemed pretty well convinced. The No. 1 Terps (21-0) had their lethal offense rolling and also...

Parity has arrived in college men's lacrosse

2013-05-13 12:29:00

There has been talk about parity in college lacrosse for years, but finally there is evidence in the NCAA Division I tournament, a place where some thought it might not be on display for another decade. As the tournament moves into the quarterfinal...

Duke and Syracuse set for unlikely matchup in championship game

2013-05-26 16:55:00

At the conclusion of Monday's NCAA tournament final between the Syracuse and Duke men's lacrosse teams, the winning squad will exult and exhale at the same time. Both programs have taken long and arduous paths to this stage of the postseason, but one...

Syracuse unfazed by disadvantage at faceoffs

2013-05-26 11:56:00

All season, Syracuse has dealt with a decided disadvantage at faceoffs. So why should Monday’s NCAA tournament final against seventh-seeded Duke at Lincoln Financial Field here be any different? The top-seeded Orange (16-3) will attempt to capture...

Duke paying attention to playing full 60 minutes against Syracuse

2013-05-26 10:30:00

Duke is less than 24 hours away from tangling with top-seeded Syracuse in Monday’s NCAA tournament final. But it is one 60-minute session that concerns the seventh-seeded Blue Devils. Duke (15-5) powered past Cornell, 16-14, in Saturday’s...

The Blue Devils (9-4) are hot, having beaten Loyola and North Carolina during a seven-game winning streak. Under coach John Danowski, Duke has owned this series, winning 11 of the past 12 against its Atlantic Coast Conference rival.

2013-04-11 21:07:00

An All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection as a freshman, Rix led the Eagles to the upset of the week, scoring four goals in a 10-9 home win over then-No. 5 Duke.

2013-04-06 00:00:00

Duke Blue Devils guard Rasheed Sulaimon goes up for a slam dunk against the Michigan State Spartans in the second half during their Midwest Regional NCAA men's basketball game.

2013-03-29 21:16:33