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With Duke football headed to a fourth straight bowl game and Duke basketball taking aim at the ACC opener, both on New Year’s Eve, our holiday episode features director of athletics Nina King’s quarterly appearance as well as an in-depth conversation with linebacker Luke Mergott, the former backup who contributed some of the signature defensive plays down the stretch for the ACC champion Blue Devils. For calls of the month, we have a few of national scoring leader Cam Boozer’s best moves during the nonconference portion of the hoops schedule. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Coinciding with Duke’s announcement of the Robert “Hap” Zarzour Athletic Training Endowment, the long-time Blue Devil trainer stops by to talk about the honor and his 33-year tenure of caring for the Blue Devils. We also visit with former first-round NFL draft pick quarterback Daniel Jones of the Indianapolis Colts during his recent weekend in Durham. And we hear from two current standout student-athletes — sophomore women’s tennis player Irina Balus from Slovakia and junior forward Mia Minestrella, the leading scorer for the women's soccer team as it makes another deep run in the NCAA Tournament. Our calls of the month highlight the connection between the dynamic passing duo of Duke football, QB Darian Mensah and WR Cooper Barkate. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A new season of Blue Devil 360 begins with the leader of Duke Athletics, Nina King, and her frank opinions on many of the business issues that are front and center in college sports as she enters her 18th year at Duke. Sophomore field hockey standout Madison Beach also joins the program to talk about her experiences with the U21 USA National Team and her deep family heritage in the sport. The "calls of the month" zoom in on a much-improved running back corps for the Blue Devil football team at the halfway point of the season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The final edition of 2024-25 features a conversation with Nina King that highlights some of the memorable moments of Duke Athletics for the past year and looks ahead at the changing landscape of college sports. Plus, we have introductory comments from new Duke baseball head coach Corey Muscara, a renowned pitching coach who takes over a program that finished the 2025 campaign one win away from the College World Series. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

While most Duke teams completed the 2024-25 campaign in their respective NCAA tournaments, we’re focusing this month on two programs still alive in postseason play. Sophomore men’s golfer Bryan Kim is in California May 23-26 competing as an individual in NCAA nationals, while track & field freshman sprinters Joseph Taylor and Braelyn Baker are taking aim at the NCAA East Regional May 28-31 in Jacksonville, Florida, to continue their exceptional freshman seasons. Taylor recently was one of the top scorers when the Duke men’s program won the ACC outdoor team championship for the first time in program history. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the runup to Duke University’s 2025 commencement exercises on May 11, we visit with two inspirational soon-to-be Blue Devil graduates. Star defensive end and Durham native VJ Anthony completed his African and African American Studies degree requirements in only three-and-a-half years and is locked in on one final college football campaign in the fall. Senior women’s tennis standout Ellie Coleman, an Environmental Sciences major, enjoyed an undefeated ACC singles season this spring and helped her team to an undefeated conference record and regular season championship. She’s eyeing a final run in the NCAA Tournament this month. And while both have been at the top of their games athletically, their Duke experiences have also included game-changing moments beyond the spotlight of competition. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As the Duke basketball program makes its 18th NCAA Final Four appearance, director of athletics Nina King underscores the visionary leadership displayed by head coach Jon Scheyer from the interview process through his first three seasons at the helm. One of Scheyer’s former Duke teammates and classmates, Brian Zoubek, reflects on the 15th anniversary of the 2010 national title; associate head coach Chris Carrawell puts the achievement of reaching the Final Four in perspective; and radio broadcasters David Shumate and John Roth recap the road to the Final Four through some of the highlight moments of the season. Plus, a conversation with recent track & field alumna Moorea Mitchell, who will play a part in the singing of the national anthem before Saturday’s games in San Antonio. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s time to meet Duke’s newest NCAA champion. Simen Guttormsen, a graduate student from Norway, recently won the national title in the men’s pole vault at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field meet, following up a record-setting performance to claim gold at the ACC Championships a couple weeks prior. A two-time Norwegian national champ who competed at the Paris Olympics last summer alongside his older brother, Simen began is collegiate career at Princeton before moving to Duke for grad school and winning the Blue Devils’ first national track crown since Curtis Beach (heptathlon, 2012, 2104). Also, our calls of the month feature Duke’s dual men’s and women’s ACC Tournament basketball triumphs. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duke vice president and director of athletics Nina King makes her quarterly appearance with a candid conversation on several of the major issues facing all of intercollegiate athletics during these changing times. Also stopping by is a former member of her executive leadership team at Duke, Art Chase, who recently was named director of athletics at The Citadel. He shares highlights of his 25 years at Duke as well as some ambitions for his new position. And speaking of highlights, our calls of the month feature the fastbreak attack of Duke Basketball over an explosive couple of weeks as the regular season winds down. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you have time for some midseason reading, this episode features a pair of interesting author interviews. Former director of athletics and university vice president Dr. Kevin White talks about his new book, “The Good Sport: Reflections On A Full Life In College Sports” which was just released in January 2025, while Duke alum John Feinstein (Class of 1977) discusses the latest on his long list of titles, “Five Banners: Inside The Duke Basketball Dynasty” which was published in October by Duke University Press. Also, we visit with Emily Durham, the program director of Duke’s unique Rubenstein Student-Athlete Civic Engagement endeavor, which turns 10 years old this year. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As Duke Football heads to Jacksonville to take on Ole Miss in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Jan. 2, this edition of Blue Devil 360 is primed to set the stage with a conversation between Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer and football coach Manny Diaz. Radio analyst Dave Harding, who served as one of the captains for the only Blue Devil squad (so far) to win 10 games, shares his thoughts on this 9-win (so far) season, while his broadcast partner David Shumate sits down with two of Duke’s very disruptive defensive ends, VJ Anthony and Wes Williams. Our Calls of the Month focus on wide receiver Eli Pancol’s stunning performance on Senior Night, followed by a chat with the sixth-year Blue Devil on the evening he was presented with the ACC’s 2024 Brian Piccolo Award. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

From the Thanksgiving weekend holiday we feature ACC defensive player of the year Cameron Roller of the Duke women’s soccer team, Cameron Indoor Stadium fan favorite Spencer Hubbard of the Duke men’s basketball team, and Duke women’s golf alum Leona Maguire, who will be inducted in the WGCA Hall of Fame in December. Our plays of the month come with a twist, as play-by-play voice David Shumate and football coach Manny Diaz rate some of the top moments of the season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After an action packed weekend that included prime-time football, a charity exhibition basketball game and induction ceremonies for the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame, we feature an array of interesting guests including long-time Hall of Famer Bobby Hurley and new Hall of Famer Becca Ward. New director of player development John Battle details his role within the Duke football program, field hockey co-captain Paige Bitting shares her sisterhood story as her top-10 Blue Devils wrap up the regular season and look ahead to postseason play, and we have some exciting calls of the month. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Vice president and director of athletics Nina King makes her first quarterly appearance of 2024-25 to kick off the opening edition of Blue Devil 360 for this academic year. Guests include defensive tackle Kendy Charles, a grad transfer from Liberty who shares his interesting origin story; director of football nutrition Tori Brown, whose team handled a challenging situation in re-fueling the Blue Devils during a lengthy weather delay at Middle Tennessee; and former two-sport standout Quinton McCracken, a long-time major league baseball player who is among the nine new inductees in the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame this fall. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our vacation edition begins with a compilation of Duke highlights from 2023-24 and features VP/AD Nina King’s in-depth review of the past year (note: heavy emphasis on spring sports as every Duke team competed in NCAA postseason play), along with her look ahead to next season and an overview of the rapidly changing college sports landscape. Then buckle up for a journey into the world of America’s fastest-growing sport, pickleball, with expert/ambassador and co-owner of the Las Vegas pro franchise Kaitlyn Kerr, a former Duke soccer All-American now known as the Pickleball Chick. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.