Dan Hurley left the White House South Lawn on Sunday with one idea in mind: to put a basketball court where the Octagon was. The UConn head coach was among the guests at UFC Freedom 250, the first professional sporting event ever held on the South Lawn, a seven-fight card on Paramount+ that coincided with…
Die Dallas Mavericks haben auch einen Monat nach der Trennung von Jason Kidd noch keinen neuen Head Coach präsentiert. Ein Kandidat soll dabei weiterhin Duke-Coach Jon Scheyer sein, der eine enge Verbindung zu Top-Talent Cooper Flagg pflegt.
Duke’s recent announcement that three games, including its Dec. 21 tilt against Michigan at Madison Square Garden, will be broadcast on Amazon’s Prime Video does not appear to be as rock-solid as it was initially presented. In April, the school announced a landmark agreement with Prime Video, giving the streaming service broadcast rights for three Duke…
Die NBA-Lottery steht kurz bevor und damit auch die Entscheidung über die Draft-Reihenfolge. In einem als hochkarätig eingeschätzten Jahrgang können sich gleich mehrere Youngster Chancen auf den Toppick ausmalen. Wir stellen die Kandidaten vor.
On the 550th Sporticast episode, hosts Eben Novy-Williams and Jacob Feldman are joined by colleague Lev Akabas to discuss a number of current sports business topics, including the backlash to Duke’s new basketball streaming deal with Amazon. The Blue Devils announced last week a new multiyear partnership, under which Amazon will live stream three Duke […]
Nearly a week out from the original announcement, and Duke’s landmark deal with Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service for a package of three regular-season men’s basketball games next season is still the talk of the sports media town square. Rightfully so. The deal could portend a sea change in how colleges approach the packaging and…
Joseph Savarino, the grandson of Duke legend Mike Krzyzewski, who coached the Blue Devils to five national championships, was arrested over the weekend in relation to a fatal DWI crash that claimed the life of a 15-year-old boy. According to TMZ, the tragic accident occurred around 9 PM in Durham, North Carolina on Saturday, when…
The Connecticut Huskies are in the Final Four after stunning Duke 73-72 in the Elite Eight. And ahead of the Huskies’ Final Four game vs. Illinois, Andrea Hurley, the wife of UConn head coach Dan Hurley, expressed disappointment in St. John’s Red Storm fans for rooting for Duke against UConn in the Elite Eight. Hurley…
Cameron Boozer hat sich nach einer herausragenden Saison bei Duke Blue Devils die nächste große Auszeichnung gesichert. Der Freshman wurde zum AP Player of the Year gewählt und reiht sich damit in eine exklusive Liste ein.
Although it’s been a few days now, it’s still hard to believe what we all witnessed during Sunday’s Elite 8 game between the Connecticut Huskies and Duke Blue Devils. It was one of the wildest, most memorable endings to an NCAA Tournament game, and fittingly, it was lead announcer Ian Eagle who was at the…
The Connecticut Huskies stunned the Duke Blue Devils with a 73-72 victory in the Elite Eight that featured an incredible last-second three-point shot from Braylon Mullins. What most college basketball fans didn’t notice in the moment was something that has since gone viral. UConn head coach Dan Hurley appeared to bump heads with referee Roger…
Nachdem Arizona und Illinois bereits ihre Tickets gelöst hatten, komplettieren nun UConn und Michigan das Final Four in Indianapolis. Dabei liefern die Huskies ein Spiel für die Ewigkeit, während Michigan Tennessee klar die Grenzen aufzeigt.
The Connecticut Huskies erased a 19-point deficit to stun the top-seeded Duke Blue Devils with a 73-72 victory in the 2026 NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight on Sunday to advance to the Final Four. UConn’s Braylon Mullins nailed a last-second three-pointer from the logo on a chaotic possession that created an instant March Madness classic. UCONN Read more...
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The Connecticut Huskies are going to the Final Four for the third time in four seasons, and the way they made it happen in the 2026 NCAA Tournament was the most stunning yet. Dan Hurley’s UConn squad overcame a 19-point deficit to the tournament’s top-seeded Duke Blue Devils to emerge with a 73-72 victory in Read more...
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The top-seeded Duke Blue Devils held off a valiant effort from No. 5 seed St. John’s in an 80-75 victory in the 2026 NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 on Friday night in Washington, D.C. After the game, St. John’s head coach Rick Pitino expressed frustration over the NCAA Tournament’s press conference protocols. Specifically, Pitino explained why Read more...
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Die Texas Longhorns mit dem deutschen Jugendnationalspieler Declan Duru schreiben weiter an der großen Cinderella-Story der laufenden March Madness. Derweil fegte Duke über TCU hinweg und Nebraska schrieb Geschichte - hatte dabei aber das nötige Glück auf seiner Seite.
When Sean McManus and David Levy hashed out a $10.8 billion deal for CBS and Turner Broadcasting to share the TV rights to the men’s NCAA Tournament in April 2010, cable subscriptions were about as commonplace as toasters. The primary ad-supported networks in Levy’s portfolio, TBS and TNT, were beamed into 101 million U.S. households, […]
Zum Auftakt des NCAA-Turnieres, besser bekannt als March Madness, stehen die Ohio State Buckeyes mit dem deutschen Duo Christoph Tilly und Mathieu Grujicic den TCU Horned Frogs gegenüber.
Duke’s Cameron Boozer has had one of the most impressive freshman seasons in the history of college basketball. The son of former NBA journeyman Carlos Boozer, Cameron averaged a double-double this season on tremendous efficiency. Boozer is expected to lead the Blue Devils on a deep run in the NCAA tournament this season. And despite Read more...
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The Duke Blue Devils are the No. 1 overall seed in this year’s men’s March Madness tournament. They are also by far the biggest financial powerhouse of the four No. 1 seeds, with a budget of $25.4 million in the most recent season with data available. Duke’s expenses were the second-highest in the country, with […]
On paper, it was the best college basketball game of the year. A top 3 matchup with ESPN’s College Gameday in attendance. It was competitive, and the ratings were even better, registering as ESPN’s most-watched regular-season college basketball game in seven years. When the smoke cleared, No. 3 Duke defeated No. 1 Michigan, vaulting them Read more...
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On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including a recent Sportico article about the results of a risk assessment that Duke University commissioned in 2022 to assess the threat of athlete unionization. At the time the National Labor Relations Board […]
An unusual late-season non-conference showcase became a huge victory for ESPN and the sport of college basketball, as a February game between the Duke Blue Devils and Michigan Wolverines led the network to a record day. Duke and Michigan met in Washington, D.C. for a neutral-site game, a rare occasion in the home stretch of Read more...
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It isn’t even March yet, but it might well feel like early April this weekend—at least, in the nation’s capital. Thanks to some shrewd planning and a healthy dose of good fortune, the spotlight will be on men’s college basketball this Saturday when No. 1 Michigan meets No. 3 Duke at Washington, D.C.’s Capital One […]
The top rivalry in college basketball delivered in a big way on Saturday night with No. 14 North Carolina taking down No. 4 Duke 71-68 in Chapel Hill. It was a crazy finish that featured a buzzer-beating three-pointer, two court-storming incidents, and a celebratory coaching legend in the stands. ESPN did an excellent job capturing Read more...
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