Elko and coaches discuss state of ACC rivalries and college football’s unstable future

PHOTO: Mike Elko is new to Duke football, but he his familiar with in-state rivalries. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN CARY, N.C. – Name, Image and Likeness combined with the transfer portal to further unsettle coach football, but if you’re looking for a glimpse of tradition, Mike Elko provided one. Duke’s new football coach attended his first Bill Dooley Chapter of the National Football Foundation Pigskin Preview Friday at the Embassy Suites in suburban Raleigh.…

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Davis puts to rest the Heels-Devils handshake controversy

By TOM SHANAHAN PHOTO: Hubert Davis. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN There apparently won’t be a Round II in the handshake line if North Carolina and Duke meet in the ACC Tournament this week in Brooklyn. North Carolina coach Hubert Davis was asked in his Tuesday media session on Zoom about the kerfuffle that developed after the Tar Heels won Saturday at Duke. A video circulated that showed Duke assistant coach Chris Carrawell blowing past…

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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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