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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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