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The sight of supporters of President Trump storming the US Capitol have sparked horror and outrage across the sports world, but hit especially hard for a West Point graduate watching from home. Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski launched into an extended tirade about the riot at the Capitol. Alternating between saddened, perplexed and outraged, he discussed Wednesday’s events, the COVID-19 pandemic and current political situation: The sorriest day — I’m 73 years old — outside of 9/11, shootings at schools where kids have gotten shot and killed. And by the way, I know everyone went under desks and that at...

The ESPN special filmed on Penn State's University Park campus earlier this month is set to air at 8 p.m. tonight on ESPN, followed by a 9 p.m. showing on ESPNU. The special features Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski and is titled "Difference Makers: Life Lessons with Paterno and Krzyzewski". State football coach Joe Paterno, left, and Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski meet at Penn State in State College, Pa., for the taping of an ESPN show "Difference Makers: Life Lessons with Paterno and Krzyzewski." The show was filmed in front of a...

Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski isn't thrilled his team got snubbed by the leader of the free world. "Somebody said that we're not in President Obama's Final Four, and as much as I respect what he's doing, really, the economy is something that he should focus on, probably more than the brackets," Krzyzewski told a reporter from the Associated Press on Wednesday.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski recently completed a three-week family vacation to a secluded stretch of North Carolina coastline, only occasionally crossing paths with fellow beachgoers during his daily one-hour walks. Krzyzewski took the time to greet those who recognized him, but he didn’t take the chance of posing for a photograph. “I’d rather not take a picture with somebody on the beach, especially in today’s world,” Krzyzewski said. “It’s like, ‘Here’s Coach K ... with his new family. Where’s Mickie? There’s something wrong. He went to the beach and he has eight kids and this 23-year-old wife. How did that...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Dozens of tax records -- including those of Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski -- were recently found in a Dumpster in Durham. Troy Simpson found the files when he came to drop off some trash. "One of them was open," Simpson said. "On the top, I saw a tax return so I just saw that and it caught my eye." Simpson found Krzyzewski's 1985 tax return, along with returns of dozens of other people piled in a Dumpster at a Durham trash collection center. Krzyzewski's file includes information about beach property he purchased, stock receipts and business...

Krzyzewski Is Burned for Showing a Political Bent By SELENA ROBERTS It wasn't as if the coach whose reputation could pass a white-glove test threw a campus keg party, but Mike Krzyzewski's campaign bash on Duke grounds left him scolded just the same. It wasn't as if the coach who rinses Cascade clean raised money to buy off recruits, but his fund-raiser for the Republican Elizabeth Dole was turned into an ethical violation in the Tar Heel State. It wasn't as if the coach with the nasally voice of a man in need of Nyquil shouted "Blue Devils for Dole!"...