Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world on April 29, 1899 inWashington, D.C. Duke’s parents, Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James EdwardEllington, served as ideal role models for young Duke, and ...

taking the lead on Saturday. It has been nearly a century since Duke Ellington’s orchestra became the house band at the Cotton Club on 142nd Street. Even there, where Ellington and his group of ...

The competition attracts the crème de la crème of school jazz bands from across North America, who gather at the Lincoln Centre in Manhattan to play Duke Ellington tracks and other big band ...

Duke Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer has been extremely successful in his promoted role with the program. Scheyer took over as the head coach at Duke in 2022 and has since led the program to ...

The Duke Blue Devils and head coach Jon Scheyer were just one win away from making it to the national championship last season. Unfortunately, they came up short to the Houston Cougars.

Duke basketball continues to land the top recruits — from near and far. Dame Sarr, a 6-6 shooting guard from Italy who played last season with FC Barcelona in the EuroLeague and is rated the No ...

On April 5, 1975, eight young women crossed over the burning sands into the Lambda Omega Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority and stepped into history as the first African American sorority at ...

Duke’s signature song, “Everytime We Touch,” got plenty of airtime and there were plenty of home plate celebrations as the softball team cruised to an NCAA Tournament regional win. The Blue ...

One of the transfers committed to Duke men’s basketball may never play on campus. Cedric Coward committed to the Blue Devils at the end of April. The former Washington State guard entered his ...

Duke softball is back in the NCAA Tournament, hoping for consecutive trips to the Women's College World Series. The Blue Devils are the No. 14 overall seed, it was announced May 11, which means ...

For the first time since 2019, Duke basketball is set to have a completely new starting lineup. Entering Jon Scheyer’s fourth season as head coach, the Blue Devils have to replace a trio of ...