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  • CarCar_and_OrsDog/IMGP5864.JPG Women win over LaSalle behind Vendemia and Szecsi

    Vendemia and Szecsi both record career-high points

    Four Dukes scored in double digits as the Duquesne women's basketball team trumped La Salle 82-52 Saturday afternoon.

  • web2/IMGP5399.jpg Men win 10th game at home

    Duquesne walked on to their home court and hung on against the Fordham Rams (9-15, 2-9) Wednesday. The Dukes (15-10, 6-5) triumphed over the Rams 77-67 after letting the lead slip late.

  • web2/IMGP5273.jpg Duquesne will settle position in final stretch

    On Wednesday night, the Dukes did what has come to be expected from them this season. They beat a team they should beat, but it came down to a closer finish than they may have liked, as they let a 17-point lead slip to 1-point midway through the second half.

  • Cros-Check Cros-Check: Unique NBA season worth watching

    It's no secret that the NBA isn't Pittsburgh's favorite league. But the Association has produced something it hasn't had in years, which could pull in even the most defiant Pittsburgh sports fan: underdogs.

  • WEBZ BRAH/IMG_2032ps.jpg Gensler ties record as Dukes dominate 49ers

    On a snowy Saturday afternoon in Pittsburgh, fans dusted off their cars, donned their pink Dukes T-shirts for breast cancer awareness and bore witness to the Dukes 81-53 trouncing of the Charlotte 49ers. The Dukes (17-8, 5-5) improved to 6-1 all-time on national TV under coach Suzie McConnell-Serio. 

  • WEB/evans.jpg Men’s basketball playing with new passion

    Following two tough losses at the hands of Saint Louis and La Salle, the Duquesne men's basketball team has rebounded to earn two impressive victories and have gained something they've lacked all season: swagger.

  • WEB/johnson.jpg Dukes easily escape from Spiders’ web

    Richmond had won last 14 since joining the Atlantic 10

    It took 14 attempts, but coach Ron Everhart and his seniors Eric Evans and B.J. Monteiro finally claimed the program's first win against Richmond since the Spiders joined the Atlantic 10 in 2001. The Dukes struck gold in their 14th matchup, 81-72 in the Chuck Cooper Classic Saturday night.

  • WEB/field goal.jpg The Art of: Kicking a field goal

    My last endeavor into the art of kicking a football ended with me spending New Year's 2008 in the ER after falling in Charlie Brown fashion and getting a concussion.

  • An Added Word: Hockey's head problems something to worry about

    Sidney Crosby could have died. When it was announced on Jan. 28 that he might have had a C1/C2 fracture in his neck, Internet message boards immediately took to it. Posters began talking about how some have died from C1/C2 fractures and the peril behind them. 

  • Web/gensler.jpg Women fall short against Bonnies again

    It was inevitable that a record would be broken during the women's basketball game Wednesday night, but it was unclear if it would be the Dukes' 11-0 home record or St. Bonaventure's 7-0 Atlantic 10 record.