That team eventually started beating the other top instate teams by lopsided margins before playing more games in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts, and word began to spread about Cooper’s talent. Bedard recalled when the team competed in the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League...
whom she had gone to college with but had subsequently lost contact with. He had gotten her number from Amy Vachon, the current women’s basketball head coach at the University of Maine and expressed interest in having her sons join the youth team he was coaching, which also included his o...
No wonder people resent Duke. Everyone hates the local rival school, but Duke is one of the few basketball programs that inspires nationwide emotion. Many fans admire and root for Duke and Coach Mike Krzyzewski for running a clean, championship program in the manner that should serve as the c...
“They are in the national championship mix every year. Under Coach K, they have been the New England Patriots of college basketball. Like the sun coming up in the morning, you can rely on Duke money.”