Associated Press sports/college hoops writer. Based in ACC country. Fan of dogs, fantasy football, Diet Coke, David Lynch, good stories and quality people.
Media had some fun poking at @DukeMBB coach Jon Scheyer today. Backstory: as a Cubs fan, he was jokingly distracted a while back at one of his pressers by a White Sox hat. So today, most of us came with hats repping Cardinals, Mets, Red Sox, Orioles, etc. This was his reaction.😂
Our @MarkAnderson_AP and @WillieGRamirez have you covered from Las Vegas for Cup final Games 3 & 4.
Will be following from home, of course.
Spurs-Knicks NBA Finals Games 3 & 4 in New York up next here.
Setting up Game 3 of the #StanleyCup Final
“I don’t think you can ask any more of a playoff series.” Carolina made it one. https://t.co/R6N5NokZEp
Torts likes where Vegas is at: https://t.co/H4abbmgeQ2
@aaronbeardap on the Hurricanes: https://t.co/aCd3okpoGY
#StanleyCup Game 2 stories
Canes rally to win in OT https://t.co/KHXUbodHhz
Torts' failed challenge https://t.co/GycvnZEzVS
McNabb puck to face https://t.co/5naFmCrFQj
How the final 15 minutes unfolded https://t.co/92Y7EArCh2
@aaronbeardap on Carolina https://t.co/tb7hnfZHUa
Duke has announced two new hires to its staff.
K.J. Conklin as assistant coach and Alexander Powell to a newly created position -- executive director of basketball.
Quotes from Jon Scheyer and info on both:
Jim Valvano taught us to enjoy life and to cherish every moment.
As we continue this journey, we’re reminded that the Stanley Cup Final is about more than hockey. It’s about people, purpose, sacrifice, and appreciating the moments that bring us together.
John Tortorella coached a team to the Stanley Cup two years before Rod Brind'Amour won it as a captain.
Now coaches in the final, their experience levels are different, but their similarities run far deeper:
https://t.co/BQHuFHyYvj
(AP) The Carolina Hurricanes' breakthrough to the Stanley Cup Final is a moment to savor for the longtime roster holdovers from an 8-year playoff run that included three losses in the Eastern Conference Final: https://t.co/FLoSD267VY
(AP) Frederik Andersen has been huge in Carolina's run to the Stanley Cup Final. That included another steady showing in the Hurricanes' Eastern Conference clincher on an emotional night after the death of his agent and former NHL great Claude Lemieux: https://t.co/Hen4yQbx6k