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Duquesne introduces new athletic mascot
Duquesne will have a new Duquesne Duke mascot to greet athletes and fans when it moves the athletic department into UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse this year. The university’s athletic department introduced the mascot on its Twitter account. Behind the design. @changeupinc • #GoDukes pic.twitter.com/NQ95L0KN8N— Duquesne Athletics (@GoDuquesne) January 13, 2021 The...
Despite challenges, Keith Dambrot believes his Dukes can win
Duquesne has reached a point in this covid-ravaged season of upheaval where coach Keith Dambrot hopes to set aside what has gone before it and focus on the future. Most of the team tested positive for covid-19 at one point or another, but Dambrot said Tuesday all results have been...
Duquesne’s Keith Dambrot respects players’ choice to kneel during anthem
Several Duquesne players knelt, others stood while the national anthem was played before the game against Fordham at La Roche University on Saturday. Coach Keith Dambrot said he respects both points of view. “I believe in the First Amendment. I believe in people’s right for choice,” he said. “I understand...
Source: Duquesne’s Sincere Carry plans to transfer
After missing what would have been his 64th start in less than three seasons Saturday, Duquesne junior point guard Sincere Carry is planning to transfer, a source told the Tribune-Review. Carry has been one of the team’s most important players for the past two seasons, plus the first five games...
Duquesne loses 2 more players but defeats Fordham
Keith Dambrot has experienced a variety of emotions in what might be the strangest week of his 23-year coaching career. His Duquesne team lost two of its past three games, barely salvaging a 48-45 victory against Fordham on Saturday at La Roche University. Yet, the dominant issue six games into...
Duquesne guards Sincere Carry, Maceo Austin leave team
Duquesne is playing short-handed Saturday afternoon against Fordham after starting guards Sincere Carry and Maceo Austin left the team. It is not clear if the players’ absences are permanent. A Duquesne spokesman said Carry “has decided to take time away from the program.” Austin has “stepped away for personal reasons,”...
Duquesne grabs Friday night prime-time slot on ESPN2
Duquesne’s men’s basketball team will appear on an ESPN network for the first time in more than four years Jan. 15 when the Dukes travel to St. Bonaventure. The game, originally scheduled for Jan. 16, will be televised on ESPN2 and will be part of the A-10 Friday Night Showcase....
Duquesne returns ‘home,’ falls flat against Davidson
If he was prone to making excuses and covering up for his team’s problems, Keith Dambrot could have blamed fatigue and a crowded schedule for Duquesne’s 61-48 loss to Davidson on Tuesday night. After shedding the cloak of covid-19 that canceled or postponed multiple practices and games last month, the...
Duquesne junior guard Lamar Norman Jr. announces plans to transfer
After starting the first four games and averaging the fourth-most minutes on the team, Duquesne junior guard Lamar Norman Jr. has decided to transfer. He announced his decision on Twitter about two hours before the Dukes were scheduled to play Davidson on Tuesday at La Roche. i would like to...
Duquesne rallies, but ends up shouldering tough loss to George Washington
For an instant, Duquesne appeared to have a difficult victory nailed down Sunday against George Washington. But that instant lasted no more than a second or two, and the Dukes were forced to shoulder a 75-73 defeat in the second of two games in two days at the Charles E....
Duquesne men’s basketball team back in action, defeats George Washington
Even after a month of covid-related inactivity, no one should be surprised Duquesne defeated George Washington, 75-63, on Saturday in its first game since Dec. 2. There is experience in the starting lineup and depth on the bench, a fact proven by 43 points from four players who didn’t start....
After weeks of inactivity, Duquesne faces 3 games in 4 days
In a normal season, Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot would welcome the presence of four players who already have earned their college degrees. Marcus Weathers, Michael Hughes, Tavian Dunn-Martin and Pitt transfer Ryan Murphy can be mentors for young players and important liaisons between the locker room and the coach’s office....
Duquesne picks up extra game with George Washington
For the first time in the 105-year history of the Duquesne men’s basketball program, the Dukes will face the same opponent on consecutive days this weekend. After a regularly scheduled game at George Washington at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Duquesne will stay in Washington to pick up another game against the...
Duquesne game at Saint Louis postponed after covid outbreak among Billikens
Duquesne’s misfortune with the coronavirus continued Wednesday morning when Saint Louis postponed its game with the Dukes after a covid-19 outbreak within the Billikens team. The Atlantic 10 opener for both teams, scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m. Wednesday, is the Dukes’ fifth that has been canceled or postponed...
After a month of battling coronavirus, Duquesne ready to resume season
Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot doesn’t need to guess how his players touched by the coronavirus are coping and recovering. “You look in their eyes, and you can see they’ve been sick,” he said. “It’s not like anything I’ve seen before. It takes them two, three days to even resemble themselves...
In the face of team’s covid outbreak, Duquesne’s Keith Dambrot sends players home for Christmas
The basketball coach who has lived inside Keith Dambrot for the better part of four decades says his team needs to practice. But the human side of Duquesne’s coach seized control during what has been a turbulent, covid-ravaged month of December. With all but three of 18 players testing positive...
Tim Benz: Wanna blame Notre Dame for College Football Playoff mess? Me too, but we can’t
The easiest thing in the sports world to do is to hate Notre Dame. The arrogance. The individualism. The hype. The specially catered ACC membership rules. The money. The independent television network deal. So when the Fighting Irish were drubbed 34-10 by Clemson in the ACC Championship Game, that resulted...
Tim Benz: Adopt the 2020 chaos! Include Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina in College Football Playoff.
The most overused phrase of 2020 is, “Hey, it’s 2020!” Well, allow me to employ it one more time while discussing college football. Hey, it’s 2020! So what better year to bust the College Football Playoff norms than this year? The selection committee should embrace the chaos and admit either...
Duquesne hopes to resume practice next Sunday
Forced to practice sporadically since a game with Winthrop was canceled Dec. 4, Duquesne men’s basketball coach Keith Dambrot said Sunday he hopes to resume workouts Dec. 20. The Dukes (1-1) haven’t played a game since defeating UNC-Greensboro on Dec. 2. Their trip to Indianapolis was canceled Saturday after a...
Duquesne basketball cancels trip to Indianapolis after player, assistant test positive for covid-19
Duquesne’s men’s basketball team received the bad news on the bus. Moments before departing Saturday for Indianapolis to play two games Monday and Wednesday, the trip was canceled when covid-19 test results came back positive for a player and coach. Games against Southern Illinois and Loyola-Chicago would have been the...
With only 2 games in the books, Keith Dambrot knows Duquesne must ‘battle and fight’ to get ready
A year ago, Duquesne was 8-0 and feeling good about its prospects for a winning season. This year, 62-year-old coach Keith Dambrot is running practice with the help of only one grad assistant while covid-19 protocols have forced some staff members into temporary quarantine. “I’m no spring chicken anymore,” Dambrot...
Duquesne plans return to action next week against 2 Missouri Valley opponents
Idle since Dec. 2, Duquesne plans to resume its nonconference schedule next week in Indianapolis with games against two Missouri Valley Conference opponents. The Dukes (1-1) will play Southern Illinois (2-0) at 4 p.m. Monday and Loyola-Chicago (2-0) at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Indiana Convention Center. Southern Illinois is...
Stoic WPIAL grad Amanda Kalin enjoys moment in the sun at Duquesne
By Amanda Kalin’s standards, it was an emotional outburst. I mean, the normally stoic Duquesne guard jumped up and down. Twice! On a buzzer-beating drive to the hoop against St. Francis on Wednesday, Kalin’s shot was batted right back into her hands. Undaunted, Kalin forced a second opportunity over 6-foot-4...
Former WPIAL hoop stars Kalin, Marisa come through in clutch for Duquesne, Penn State
Amanda Kalin and Makenna Marisa were exceptional talents when they played basketball in the WPIAL. They were all-around players who could shoot it, drive it and defend it — Kalin at Pine-Richland and Marisa at Peters Township. But they also had something else in common: They both were clutch. Their...
Duquesne cancels Friday’s game after 2 staff members test positive for covid-19
The Duquesne men’s basketball team will not play its game Friday against Winthrop at the Wade Houston Tipoff Classic in Louisville after two staff members tested positive for covid-19. The school will return to Pittsburgh on Friday and put its program on pause for an undetermined time period while players,...


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