With several top-ranked teams across a variety of men’s and women’s sports, several Blue Devil squads are poised to embark on potentially-championship-winning runs. The Chronicle discusses the possibility of an 18th Duke national championship in our latest Take of the week.

Despite what earlier headlines might’ve said about Duke forward Cooper Flagg, it didn’t take him long to figure out college basketball. Previously lower splits

It was one of those nights, when someone like Khaman Malauch could overhydrate himself and download all that Gatorade under the basket, when an overheated student was

Duke’s Cooper Flagg is the obvious No. 1 pick. He’s lived up to the hype during his freshman year with the Blue Devils, and will be expected to be an All-NBA player by the time he reaches his prime. Behind Flagg, there are a number of prospects who have a pathway to NBA stardom but also have scary downside scenarios if they don’t hit.

While it's unclear which organization he was talking about, both the New York Jets and the New York Giants are among the teams that could target a signal-caller in April's draft. The Giants select No. 3 overall, while the Jets sit at No. 7.

Joe Lyberger, a quality control coach working with Ohio State's linebackers, was placed on paid administrative leave last month by the university.

Despite the direction of each program’s season, UNC-Duke was named college basketball analyst Andy Katz’ Game of the Week. There’s a few other watch-worthy matchups on Katz’ Top 10 list, such as Florida – Tennessee and Kentucky -Ole Miss, but none that create the hype the Tobacco Road Rivalry can.

The Texas A&M softball team is ranked eighth in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association preseason top 25 poll, which is the program’s highest ranking since being sixth in 2018.

The Nets (14-33) sit just two games back of the Hornets (12-31) in the Cooper Flagg Sweepstakes, and if Ball doesn’t play Wednesday, it makes it more likely that the Nets will beat them. Charlotte could also lose more games going forward if Ball, their leading scorer, misses extended time.

Vanderbilt enters AP Top 25 at No. 23, Tennessee coach returns after giving birth, conference breakdown, and upcoming games of the week highlighted in the article.

As we approach the midpoint of conference play, let's take a closer look at some teams rising up the rankings thanks to their defense.

Guerrieri represents the continuity option. He's a Knowles guy through and through, initially coming with him to Ohio State as a senior analyst back in 2022. After a year apart at Indiana in 2023, Knowles missed him so much that he convinced Day to bring him back to Columbus, where he spent this past season as safeties coach.