Luke DeCock
@lukedecock.bsky.social
News & Observer sports columnist | USBWA past president | ldecock@newsobserver.com | he/him | Nobody knows anybody, not that well | COYB
What you do you must do on your own.
The main thing is to write
for the joy of it.
— Seamus Heaney, Station Island
What you do you must do on your own.
The main thing is to write
for the joy of it.
— Seamus Heaney, Station Island
Reposted by Luke DeCock
Duke is no military academy, but so much of Mike Krzyzewski’s Army background is baked into what the Blue Devils do in basketball, even now.
Tuesday’s game at West Point isn’t just a tribute to him; it’s an acknowledgement of a shared lineage that endures.
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Tuesday’s game at West Point isn’t just a tribute to him; it’s an acknowledgement of a shared lineage that endures.
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Duke’s trip to West Point brings together two programs that share unexpected DNA
Duke is no military academy, but there’s so much of Mike Krzyzewski’s Army background baked into what the Blue Devils do, even now.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Duke is no military academy, but so much of Mike Krzyzewski’s Army background is baked into what the Blue Devils do in basketball, even now.
Tuesday’s game at West Point isn’t just a tribute to him; it’s an acknowledgement of a shared lineage that endures.
www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...
Tuesday’s game at West Point isn’t just a tribute to him; it’s an acknowledgement of a shared lineage that endures.
www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...
Good morning from West Point, where many of Mike Krzyzewski’s Army classmates and former Army players have gathered to see him honored before Duke’s Veterans Day visit tonight.
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Good morning from West Point, where many of Mike Krzyzewski’s Army classmates and former Army players have gathered to see him honored before Duke’s Veterans Day visit tonight.
I would argue … it’s pretty much everyone’s fault BUT Duke’s!
The ACC’s College Football Playoff hopes might be cooked — and it could all be Duke’s fault linktr.ee/ogtriangleme...
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I would argue … it’s pretty much everyone’s fault BUT Duke’s!
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Jon Scheyer: “Our program through the years has replicated or represented, I think, the discipline that you see at West Point or in our military. And that definitely comes from his background.”
Duke travels to West Point to play Army on Veterans Day.
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Duke travels to West Point to play Army on Veterans Day.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Jon Scheyer: “Our program through the years has replicated or represented, I think, the discipline that you see at West Point or in our military. And that definitely comes from his background.”
Duke travels to West Point to play Army on Veterans Day.
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Duke travels to West Point to play Army on Veterans Day.
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Coaches and QBs and even owners change, the Panthers’ postgame after a division loss never does.
Dave Canales: "Missed opportunities."
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Coaches and QBs and even owners change, the Panthers’ postgame after a division loss never does.
Jon Scheyer: “Our program through the years has replicated or represented, I think, the discipline that you see at West Point or in our military. And that definitely comes from his background.”
Duke travels to West Point to play Army on Veterans Day.
www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...
Duke travels to West Point to play Army on Veterans Day.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Jon Scheyer: “Our program through the years has replicated or represented, I think, the discipline that you see at West Point or in our military. And that definitely comes from his background.”
Duke travels to West Point to play Army on Veterans Day.
www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...
Duke travels to West Point to play Army on Veterans Day.
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Reposted by Luke DeCock
Pump fake for Rico on that celebration
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Pump fake for Rico on that celebration
Another huge noncon game today as NC State plays Southern Cal in Charlotte (3 pm, ESPN).
As the new season dawns, the state of the women’s game in the Triangle may never have been stronger. Unquestionably, expectations haven’t been this high in a generation.
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A new golden era of women’s basketball in the Triangle has dawned
Duke, N.C. State and North Carolina are all in the top 11 nationally and 1-2-3 in the ACC preseason poll for the first time in 25 years.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Another huge noncon game today as NC State plays Southern Cal in Charlotte (3 pm, ESPN).
Using the Sagarin ratings as a proxy, potential ACC champions Duke and Virginia are both currently trailing the leaders of the American (USF) and Sun Belt (JMU).
There’s a nightmare CFP scenario out there for the ACC that isn’t going away after yesterday’s results.
There’s a nightmare CFP scenario out there for the ACC that isn’t going away after yesterday’s results.
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Using the Sagarin ratings as a proxy, potential ACC champions Duke and Virginia are both currently trailing the leaders of the American (USF) and Sun Belt (JMU).
There’s a nightmare CFP scenario out there for the ACC that isn’t going away after yesterday’s results.
There’s a nightmare CFP scenario out there for the ACC that isn’t going away after yesterday’s results.
Duke is no military academy, but so much of Mike Krzyzewski’s Army background is baked into what the Blue Devils do in basketball, even now.
Tuesday’s game at West Point isn’t just a tribute to him; it’s an acknowledgement of a shared lineage that endures.
www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...
Tuesday’s game at West Point isn’t just a tribute to him; it’s an acknowledgement of a shared lineage that endures.
www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...
Duke’s trip to West Point brings together two programs that share unexpected DNA
Duke is no military academy, but there’s so much of Mike Krzyzewski’s Army background baked into what the Blue Devils do, even now.
www.newsobserver.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Duke is no military academy, but so much of Mike Krzyzewski’s Army background is baked into what the Blue Devils do in basketball, even now.
Tuesday’s game at West Point isn’t just a tribute to him; it’s an acknowledgement of a shared lineage that endures.
www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...
Tuesday’s game at West Point isn’t just a tribute to him; it’s an acknowledgement of a shared lineage that endures.
www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...
Reposted by Luke DeCock
Hingle McCringleberry his own self stopped by the Panthers team meeting Friday for a rules clarification, and had a special surprise for Rico Dowdle.
www.youtube.com/shorts/lS-kq...
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Keegan-Michael Key Surprises The Team! 👀
YouTube video by Carolina Panthers
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November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Hingle McCringleberry his own self stopped by the Panthers team meeting Friday for a rules clarification, and had a special surprise for Rico Dowdle.
www.youtube.com/shorts/lS-kq...
www.youtube.com/shorts/lS-kq...
When it’s your year it’s your year.
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
When it’s your year it’s your year.
Said this last year. Wouldn’t change a thing this year, other than pointing out spending a jillion bucks on Bill Belichick didn’t change a thing.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Said this last year. Wouldn’t change a thing this year, other than pointing out spending a jillion bucks on Bill Belichick didn’t change a thing.
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And when Andre Dawson hits one over the fence, he hits it over a Tru-Link fence.
And when Andre Dawson hits one over the fence, he hits it over a Tru-Link fence.
November 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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And when Andre Dawson hits one over the fence, he hits it over a Tru-Link fence.
And when Andre Dawson hits one over the fence, he hits it over a Tru-Link fence.
No one has ever gotten the assignment more than — with two techs in two games — Will Wade.
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
No one has ever gotten the assignment more than — with two techs in two games — Will Wade.
Not surprised UNC won, a little surprised how UNC won. That’s a big one.
Roy never beat Kansas. Now Hubert has.
Roy never beat Kansas. Now Hubert has.
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Not surprised UNC won, a little surprised how UNC won. That’s a big one.
Roy never beat Kansas. Now Hubert has.
Roy never beat Kansas. Now Hubert has.
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Amusing that UNC has been begging for a fun player like Caleb Wilson, who proceeds to want fun things like a white out, only for their own social team to be the fun police. While it appears there will be a white out vs Kansas tonight, pretty telling the initial brand activation took priority.
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Amusing that UNC has been begging for a fun player like Caleb Wilson, who proceeds to want fun things like a white out, only for their own social team to be the fun police. While it appears there will be a white out vs Kansas tonight, pretty telling the initial brand activation took priority.
Always here to support newspaper folks like Eric’s father, who has a two-Pulitzer lead on me.
Pre-order here and cut Amazon out of the loop:
bookshop.org/p/books/inju...
Pre-order here and cut Amazon out of the loop:
bookshop.org/p/books/inju...
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Always here to support newspaper folks like Eric’s father, who has a two-Pulitzer lead on me.
Pre-order here and cut Amazon out of the loop:
bookshop.org/p/books/inju...
Pre-order here and cut Amazon out of the loop:
bookshop.org/p/books/inju...
With the right hand to Pitlick’s nose:
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
With the right hand to Pitlick’s nose:
Reposted by Luke DeCock
What we learned: A few preseason suspicions matured into conclusions in the first 48 hours of college basketball season, feat. Darrion Williams, Caleb Wilson and Maliq Brown.
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Suspicions matured into confirmations after an opening 48 hours of college hoops
What we learned about N.C. State, North Carolina and Duke after all three opened the season with wins.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
What we learned: A few preseason suspicions matured into conclusions in the first 48 hours of college basketball season, feat. Darrion Williams, Caleb Wilson and Maliq Brown.
www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...
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I thought he was dead!
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I thought he was dead!
What we learned: A few preseason suspicions matured into conclusions in the first 48 hours of college basketball season, feat. Darrion Williams, Caleb Wilson and Maliq Brown.
www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...
www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...
Suspicions matured into confirmations after an opening 48 hours of college hoops
What we learned about N.C. State, North Carolina and Duke after all three opened the season with wins.
www.newsobserver.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
What we learned: A few preseason suspicions matured into conclusions in the first 48 hours of college basketball season, feat. Darrion Williams, Caleb Wilson and Maliq Brown.
www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...
www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...
Reposted by Luke DeCock
Not all that much time has passed since Duke declared itself, in court, the worst football program in the country.
Thanks to some prescient hires and smart investment, the Blue Devils are the most stable and most consistently competitive team in the Triangle.
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Thanks to some prescient hires and smart investment, the Blue Devils are the most stable and most consistently competitive team in the Triangle.
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No one is shocked that Duke is in the ACC title race. History says we should be
Duke isn’t far removed from claiming in court it had the worst football team in the NCAA. Now it has the most stable program in the state.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Not all that much time has passed since Duke declared itself, in court, the worst football program in the country.
Thanks to some prescient hires and smart investment, the Blue Devils are the most stable and most consistently competitive team in the Triangle.
www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...
Thanks to some prescient hires and smart investment, the Blue Devils are the most stable and most consistently competitive team in the Triangle.
www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...
