Duke Lacrosse: Autograph Session

The back of the line was further than one could see. Little kids with lacrosse sticks, balls, hats, posters, anything they could find that was signable, were in line waiting for the Duke men’s lacrosse team. Between the DII and DIII national championship games, the NCAA hosted an autograph session for the two DI finalist teams: Johns Hopkins and Duke. I’m not sure how many showed up, but it was in the 100’s, approaching a thousand.As Duke resurfaces from the false allegations in Spring 2006, it was a great to see the outpouring of support from fans. Parents wanted their children to meet and have their picture taken with the players. Fans also flocked around Coach Danowski. They gave him their support and asked questions like “How do you prepare your team for a title game.” Tonight there is a team meeting at 9:30. The guys are going to watch film from the Cornell game. Tomorrow of course is the big game. [Autograph gallery]

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Duke Lacrosse: Practice and Media Events

We arrived yesterday around 5pm but today was the first full day of events. We departed the hotel at 11am and arrived at M&T Bank Stadium shortly after for practice at 11:30am. There are already about four TV cameras on the field filming practice. Afterwards a few of the players and Coach Danowski had a meeting with the media.At 4pm, we came back to the stadium as Matt Danowski, Zach Greer and Colin Sherwood were filmed by ESPN doing a coaching clinic with ESPN lacrosse analyst Quint Kessenich. I think it took a 100 takes to finally get everything down, but look for the final product tomorrow during the semifinals.So far everything has been great here. The weather has certainly been warm. Coach Danowski has also been really friendly; he has taken to calling me “Peyton Manning”.

ESPN Clinic photo gallery

Practice photo gallery

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Sold my soul to the Devil

…the Blue Devils actually. After beating my Heels Sunday, the Duke men’s lacrosse team is heading to Baltimore for the Final Four. The opportunity has come up for me to travel with the team and photograph the behind-the-scenes as they head to the semifinals and possibly the national championship. The …

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Sold my soul to the Devil

…the Blue Devils actually. After beating my Heels Sunday, the Duke men’s lacrosse team is heading to Baltimore for the Final Four. The opportunity has come up for me to travel with the team and photograph the behind-the-scenes as they head to the semifinals and possibly the national championship. The …

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Dino part deux?

Inside Lacrosse is reporting that the NCAA will consider granting members of the 2006 Duke lacrosse team another year of eligibility after having their 2006 season canceled. Oh man, just when I thought having  Zach Greer and company was going be tough enough for the Heels to beat next year, …

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