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Duke's Andre Dawkins and Sean Kelly used his year away from basketball to build close bond
Posted by Laura Keeley on October 10, 2013
It’s a friendship that started in stereotypically male fashion: video games and golf.
Sean Kelly, a Duke basketball manager, didn’t particularly care for his freshman dorm, so he would go hang out with his big brother, Ryan, at his off-campus apartment. Ryan, then a junior on the basketball team, lived with teammate Andre Dawkins. Round-robin tournaments with a version of the NBA 2K game for Xbox were frequent between the three, but the younger Kelly and Dawkins shared another hobby.
“It started with golf,” Kelly said. “We were both beginners, and we were both embarrassed to play with anyone else good, so we just started playing golf a lot and just hanging out, and it developed a lot last year, especially in the fall.”
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DeCock: Weedon made NC State legends, then became one himself
Posted by Luke DeCock - staff columnist on September 3, 2013
Frank Weedon, who died Monday at 82, spent five decades in NC State’s athletic department but will be remembered as much for his devotion to the school as his longevity. “He loved NC State and he loved his mother,” former football coach Lou Holtz said.
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