Shawn Krest

4 weeks ago | nsjonline.com | Shawn Krest

For 20 minutes, the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals exchanged haymakers on offense in a game three that looked like it would be decided by which goalie blinked first. Instead, the Canes turned up the defensive pressure, while goaltender Frederik Andersen refused to blink in a 4-0 win. The victory gave Carolina a two games to one lead in the best of seven series. The teams played a scoreless first period, although it wasn’t for lack of opportunity.

1 month ago | nsjonline.com | Shawn Krest

The NFL Draft starts this Thursday night in Green Bay, and there’s a good chance the Carolina Panthers will break with recent tradition. Not since the team took Jaycee Horn in the first round in 2021 has Carolina used one of its top two draft picks on a defensive player.

2 months ago | nsjonline.com | Shawn Krest

SAN ANTONIO — The Duke Blue Devils suffered a stunning collapse in the national semifinal, losing to Houston, 70-67. “We were all in on bringing banner number six back to Cameron,” said Sion James. “It hurts that we didn’t get the chance.”Duke led for nearly 35 minutes of the game and had its largest lead of the game—14 points—with 8:17 to play.

2 months ago | nsjonline.com | Shawn Krest

SAN ANTONIO — The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame unveiled its class of 2025 at the Final Four in San Antonio. With the national semifinal games tipping off later in the day, the topic of conversation with the new hall of famers eventually turned to the teams that would be playing for the title, as well as to the best player in college basketball this season, Cooper Flagg.

2 months ago | nsjonline.com | Shawn Krest

They generally don’t get onto the floor with fans in the stands until near the end of blowouts. Fortunately for Duke’s bench players, however, there have been plenty of opportunities for that this season. Victory cigarAs a Blue Devil win gets out of hand, the crowd will begin its chant, calling for Spencer Hubbard to get into the game. Coach Jon Scheyer has joked that the starters are jealous, because the 5-foot-8 walk-on gets a bigger ovation than any of them.