Duke head coach Mike Elko acknowledges the crowd following the Blue Devils 30-0 victory over Temple at Wallace Wade Stadium on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, in Durham, N.C.
Kaitlin McKeown
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Durham
Former Duke offensive lineman and current Blue Devils radio broadcaster Dave Harding joins The N&O’s Steve Wiseman to discuss the impact Mike Elko has made on the Duke football program in his first season and break down Saturday’s rivalry game between Duke and UNC at Wallace Wade Stadium.
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.