HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 | History Defined

Bet on it: It’s all in a day’s work at casinos, sportsbooks

Generous bettors show their appreciation for janitors and custodians who’ve seen everything.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 10, 2022

Great coaches spurred Dick Vermeil but John Wooden's advice fueled Hall-of-Fame career

Dick Vermeil, who Saturday will be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, considers himself a connoisseur of coaches.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 5, 2022

Title IX: Ann Meyers Drysdale shares how law shaped her life

Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman to receive an athletic scholarship at UCLA

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022

Dick Vitale Picks Coach K Over John Wooden as Greatest College Basketball Coach

He weighed in on the GOAT debate between Coach K and John Wooden.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 1, 2022

John Clay: With Final Four approaching, just who qualifies as an actual basketball blue blood?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — You’ve probably read the story line. Saturday’s Final Four is full of basketball blue bloods. Duke and North Carolina meet in one national semifinal. Kansas plays Villanova in the other. Blue bloods all.

Tribune News Service · Mar 31, 2022

With Final Four in Hand, Coach K and Duke Have a Truly Epic Ending Within Reach

Three weeks ago, the Coach K Farewell Tour seemed to overwhelm the Blue Devils. Now, they may be the team to beat.

Sports Illustrated · Mar 27, 2022

Luke DeCock: Duke dispenses with drama and embraces celebration as it crosses bridge to Final Four

SAN FRANCISCO — There was, nearing the end but not at the end of this final season, finally a net for Mike Krzyzewski to cut down. He ascended the ladder a little more cautiously than he did six years ago, one rung at a time, but he swung the detached…

Tribune News Service · Mar 27, 2022

Duke players go wild after clinching a Final Four berth in Coach K’s last season

A Final Four in his last season. Goosebumps all around.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 27, 2022

J. Brady McDollough: Coach K still shows the fire that launched him into John Wooden’s orbit

DURHAM, N.C. — Mike Krzyzewski’s last order to a Duke basketball player at Cameron Indoor Stadium was telling guard Jeremy Roach to stop fouling North Carolina with 22.8 seconds left.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 6, 2022

Paul Zeise: Coach K is the greatest college basketball coach of all time

Discussions about the greatest coach in any sport are often subjective and based on some arbitrary metric suited to fit an argument someone is making on behalf of a given coach. It is a fun game to play, but there generally isn't a right answer as there are multiple coaches…

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2022