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ACC Now podcast: Nina King on Duke’s position as college sports landscape evolves

Nina King reacts to the applause from the audience during a press conference where King was introduced as Duke’s new athletic director at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C., Friday, May 21, 2021.
Nina King reacts to the applause from the audience during a press conference where King was introduced as Duke’s new athletic director at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C., Friday, May 21, 2021. ehyman@newsobserver.com

Duke athletic director Nina King joins the N&O’s Steve Wiseman to talk about the changing state of college athletics and where the ACC and Duke stand. In her first year on the job, and the first year where college athletes have been able to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL), King has hired the Duke basketball program’s first general manager, parted ways with longtime football coach David Cutcliffe, hired Mike Elko and invested more in the school’s football program.

You can also listen to this episode of the ACC Now podcast, and others, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Audible, TuneIn and Stitcher.

This story was originally published August 2, 2022 at 5:10 AM.

Steve Wiseman
The News & Observer
Steve Wiseman was named Raleigh News & Observer and Durham Herald-Sun sports editor in May 2025. He covered Duke athletics, beginning in 2010, prior to his current assignment. In the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest, he placed in the top 10 in beat writing in 2019, 2021 and 2022, breaking news in 2019, event coverage in 2025 and explanatory writing in 2018. Before coming to Durham in 2010, Steve worked for The State (Columbia, SC), Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.), The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.), Charlotte Observer and Hickory (NC) Daily Record covering beats including the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints, University of South Carolina athletics and the S.C. General Assembly. He’s won numerous state-level press association awards. Steve graduated from Illinois State University in 1989. 
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