After an action packed weekend that included prime-time football, a charity exhibition basketball game and induction ceremonies for the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame, we feature an array of interesting guests including long-time Hall of Famer Bobby Hurley and new Hall of Famer Becca Ward. New director of player development John Battle details his role within the Duke football program, field hockey co-captain Paige Bitting shares her sisterhood story as her top-10 Blue Devils wrap up the regular season and look ahead to postseason play, and we have some exciting calls of the month.

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Vice president and director of athletics Nina King makes her first quarterly appearance of 2024-25 to kick off the opening edition of Blue Devil 360 for this academic year. Guests include defensive tackle Kendy Charles, a grad transfer from Liberty who shares his interesting origin story; director of football nutrition Tori Brown, whose team handled a challenging situation in re-fueling the Blue Devils during a lengthy weather delay at Middle Tennessee; and former two-sport standout Quinton McCracken, a long-time major league baseball player who is among the nine new inductees in the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame this fall.

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Our vacation edition begins with a compilation of Duke highlights from 2023-24 and features VP/AD Nina King’s in-depth review of the past year (note: heavy emphasis on spring sports as every Duke team competed in NCAA postseason play), along with her look ahead to next season and an overview of the rapidly changing college sports landscape. Then buckle up for a journey into the world of America’s fastest-growing sport, pickleball, with expert/ambassador and co-owner of the Las Vegas pro franchise Kaitlyn Kerr, a former Duke soccer All-American now known as the Pickleball Chick.

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