Coach K needs no introduction, although there was that one night at the Emily K Center

PHOTO: Coach K's final media gathering Thursday before his last game Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium in 42 years as Duke's head coach. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN DURHAM – Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski entered the meeting room Thursday afternoon at Coach K Tower, officially known as Scharf Hall. The stride was labored but natural for a 75-year-old man relying on artificial knees and hips and a back surgically repaired a little more than…

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How Bobby Knight took the fun out of the Army-Navy Game

Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN The road trip of the year for the West Point Corps of Cadets is to the Army-Navy Game. They board a bus for the round trip from West Point to the site of the game, traditionally Philadelphia. Obviously, it’s not an Animal House Road Trip with Otter commandeering Flounder’s big Lincoln and wrecking it. The Corps of Cadets have duties -- formal and informal. There is the March On. Army’s…

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Griffin’s high school injuries raised questions but not with Coach K

PHOTO: A.J. Griffin in the Countdown to Craziness exhibition game against Jeremy Roach (3). Visit my websitehome page, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN Duke freshman A.J. Griffin arrived on campus confident in his basketball talent for plenty of good reasons, even though injuries limited his high school playing time the previous 24 months. First of all, he possessed the genes. His father, Adrian Griffin, played in the NBA and is now an assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors. Recruiting…

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