The Duke Blue Devils face underwhelming expectations for the 2026 season after losing key starters to the transfer portal, including the controversial exit of star quarterback Darian Mensah, which led to a lawsuit but was later settled.
The Duke Blue Devils certainly will not be a team with lofty expectations heading into the 2026 season. Head coach Manny Diaz has exceeded expectations in both seasons he has been in Durham.
Like a lot of promising prospects, Kager Knueppel has been at Peach Jam this week. As Duke fans know, he committed to Duke in late June. It’s going to be interesting, because he follows his brother, Kon, to Durham.
We thought we’d put together a nice Saturday Peach Jam links run you can check out over coffee and whatever else you might indulge in. Enjoy! Duke Basketball:
Beatlemania swept the world in the early 1960s, but at least some of it was by chance. John Lennon was 16 and leading his first band, the Quarrymen, when he met Paul McCartney, who was, even then, obviously immensely gifted.
Head coach Manny Diaz and the rest of the Duke football program could quickly become one of the more intriguing teams in all of college football this season.
Cameron Boozer and the Memphis Grizzlies have shown they are a force to be reckoned with in NBA Summer League play, but what they did to Atlanta on Thursday night was exceptional.
This is the third straight year the Duke basketball program has brought in the No. 1-ranked high school recruiting class, yet this incoming 2026 group feels like it's not quite getting the same recognition as previous classes.
Here’s a fun idea: rank all of Duke’s five-star prospects since 2010. That’s nearly 50 players (it’s actually 47), and the lowest-rated one on the list is an NBA All-Star.
Fall camp is just around the corner for college football and the Duke Blue Devils. The defending ACC Champions are looking to repeat if things go their way this fall under head coach Manny Diaz.
In the 1980’s and into the 1990’s, the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers defined and completely revived the NBA. The primary stars of that rivalry, of course, were Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, but both teams were full of great players.
Through his grit and loyalty, Caleb Foster has carved out a special place of affection for Duke fans. He could have left, like others, when things got difficult.
Here’s some more Peach Jam links and videos. It sounds like it’s been an interesting event so far, with Duke target Beckham Black making his mark, among others.
Part of the joy of the World Cup being mostly in the U.S. has been getting a sense of the various national fan bases. The people in Boston are still pining for the Scots and want them to come back as soon as possible.
With each day that passes by, we get closer and closer to the Duke football program kicking off its 2026 training camp ahead of the regular season. As we have discussed throughout this series, expectations around the Blue Devils are pretty low, but feel eerily similar to head coach Manny Diaz's first year in Durham in 2024.
The Duke football program isn't expected to make much noise in 2026. After the transfer portal and NFL Draft depleted the Blue Devils of much of their production from last season's ACC title team, head coach Manny Diaz and Co.
Darian Mensah shocked the college football world this offseason with his transfer from the Duke Blue Devils to the Miami Hurricanes. The move says a lot about college football today.
The Duke football program is inching closer to beginning their 2026 training camp ahead of a regular season filled with tons of uncertainty for the Blue Devils.
When we heard that JoJo Boumtje Boumtje said the following on the Brotherhood Podcast, we knew it wouldn’t go unnoticed. If you missed it, here’s what he said about choosing Duke over UNC: “Really just my gut feeling.
Peach Jam is underway, and that means that everyone is beating a path to North Augusta to take in the show. It’s a bit different this year since live evaluation returned to EYBL in Vegas last week for the first time in several years, and that’s some serious competition.
Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff made a ton of major moves this offseason to build the Blue Devils into a heavyweight national title contender heading into the 2026-27 season.
The NBA has begun sending out green room invitations for the 2026 draft. According to ESPN’s Jeremy Woo, the league has invited 14 draft prospects to attend the event so far, with additional invitations expected to be issued in the coming days.