A salute to Marshall Plumlee, younger brother of Mason and Miles Plumlee and the most recent NBA player known to have served in the U.S. military.
After playing for the Knicks and Bucks, Plumlee served as an Army infantry officer with the 75th Ranger Regiment. He graduated from Ranger School in 2019 and deployed twice to Afghanistan.
He later earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and now works in Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities group.
Happy Veterans Day to all who have served 🫡
Coach Scheyer: "Congrats to Michigan State... They out-competed us. They played more together. Fears controlled the whole game... We weren’t connected. Just the bottom line, we weren’t connected, and we’re going to fix it... That wasn't Duke Basketball."
Need to search the memory banks and this is probably incorrect but believe this is the first Duke regular season loss I’ve witnessed in person since at Chapel Hill in 2003
Perhaps the scheduler makers are playing 3D chess with Veterans Day tomorrow but a 6 pm start time on a Tuesday for the 2* vs 5 teams in the nation seems too early in the day - or a great deference to the eastern time zone
Duke University’s endowment reached an all-time high in fiscal year 2026, with the highest single-year return in the last five years. Here’s what the endowment is invested in and how it compares to its peers:
https://t.co/ExEQFx8bro
On this day in North Carolina history October 26, 1895.
North Carolina helped change football forever, and it happened because a desperate player broke the rules.
UNC was playing Georgia in Atlanta when fullback Joel Whitaker faced a Georgia rush that threatened to block his punt. Instead of kicking the ball, he threw it forward to teammate George Stephens.
Stephens caught it and ran 70 yards for a touchdown.
Georgia's coach, legendary Pop Warner, protested. The forward pass was illegal, but the referee never saw the throw. The touchdown stood, and UNC won 6 to 0.
The forward pass wouldn't become legal until 1906.
Think about that the next time you watch a quarterback throw a touchdown. A play that helped shape modern football started with a desperate decision by a Tar Heel.
North Carolina history is full of stories like this one. 🏈