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Thursday's news that defenseman Casey Carroll will not play this season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee is somewhat of a blow to the national title aspirations of Duke. Carroll, a redshirt senior who served five years as an Army Ranger after playing for the Blue Devils from 2004-07, was expected to fortify a unit that had graduated starter Michael Manley after last season. But Duke has a number of candidates who can immediately step in, including junior Luke Duprey, senior Bill Conners and freshman Jamie Ikeda.

Duke men's lacrosse head coach John Danowski announced Thursday that redshirt senior defenseman Casey Carroll will miss the 2013 season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. The procedure was performed Monday by Dr. Claude T. Moorman III , Duke's director of sports medicine. Carroll returned to the Blue Devils for a fifth year of eligibility after serving five years as an Army Ranger. He previously played for Duke from 2004-07, earning first team All-America honors his senior season.

After its stunning, 27-point loss at Miami on Wednesday night, Duke is going to have additional motivation Saturday against Maryland. The Blue Devils, who will still be No. 1 until the next poll comes out, have defeated the Terps five times in a row. “Duke is going to be ready to go,” said Maryland coach Mark Turgeon, who said today he is hopeful his team can “hang around.” Turgeon hadn't yet watched first-place Miami's 90-63 win over...

It was a busy night for the Angel of Death on the latest episode of "American Horror Story. "  The last time we saw the merciful Angel, she was coming to Monsignor Timothy Howard's rescue after he was nailed to a cross. But she didn't come to relieve the monsignor of his life. “You have more work to do,” she tells him. “The devil is at Briarcliff and the nun has to cast her out.” Instead the monsignor casts the devil out himself by throwing the demonized Mary Eunice three floors to her death.

Venus Theatre owner Deb Randall has done it again with another insightful and entertaining production, "Devil Dog Six," that she not only directs and produces but stars in as well. Randall and five other actors play numerous roles in the show, from trainers and jockeys to horses that neigh, stomp and race around a circular platform in high-stakes races played out on stage. The play, which runs through Oct. 28 at the C Street theater, takes the audience on a dramatic journey, where the supernatural, a bit of mystery and themes of racism, sexism and gambling addiction come to life in often-times explosive ways.

Steve Wojciechowski still looks like the pugnacious point guard who came out of Cardinal Gibbons nearly two decades ago and proved those wrong who said he wouldn't make an impact at Duke. He's spent the past 13 years as an assistant and now associate head coach wunder the legendary Mike Krzyzewski and the past six helping Krzyzewski's staff for the U.S. Olympic team. In describing his role with the national team, Wojciechowski said he, fellow Duke associate coach Chris Collins and Syracuse associate head coach Mike Hopkins help prepare scouting reports on upcoming opponents as well as get on the court during practice to run drills for the likes of LeBron James and Kobe Bryant.

NHL Capitals to open at home against Devils The Washington Capitals unveiled their regular-season schedule for 2012-13 on Thursday. It begins Oct. 12 at home against the New Jersey Devils at 7 p.m. Washington faces the other teams in the Southeast Division six times each and the remaining Eastern Conference opponents four times each. The Capitals play each team in the Western Conference at least once, with two games each against the Nashville Predators, Los Angeles Kings and Dallas Stars.

For the second time in the last two years, these Atlantic Coast Conference rivals will meet for a third time in the season. Maryland is 59-20 against Duke. The two sides split their earlier contests with the Terps winning, 10-7, on March 3, and the Blue Devils returning the favor with a 6-5 decision in the ACC tournament semifinal on April 20. No. 3 seed Duke (15-4) defeated Syracuse, 12-9, in the first round and Colgate, 17-6, in the quarterfinals. Maryland (11-5) upended No. 7 seed Lehigh, 10-9, in the first round and No. 2 seed Johns Hopkins, 11-5, in the quarterfinals.

John Haus hasn't heard from his younger brother this week. Of course, the Maryland men's lacrosse midfielder hasn't exactly tried to reach out to him either. No hard feelings. It's just the nature of sports. "It's game week," said Will Haus, a freshman starting on Duke's defensive midfield, "so there's not much talking going on. " John's Terps will face Will's Blue Devils in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament Saturday night at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - It's April, so it is time for Duke's men's lacrosse team to start its annual march toward the NCAA championship. The Blue Devils, behind stellar defense and three goals effort from sophomore attackman Josh Dionne, won their ninth straight game Friday, beating Maryland 6-5 in the ACC semifinalsat Klockner Stadium. The fourth-seeded Terps (7-3) had two good scoring opportunities in the last 13 seconds, but Duke goalie Dan Wigrizer saved both as time expired.