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As a child, Steve Thompson displayed outsized reactions to ordinary events and intense mood swings. By age 12, doctors diagnosed him with bipolar disorder. The idea that he had a chronic mental illness - one typically marked in adulthood by manic periods followed by depression - frightened him. "It's something you think you'll have your entire life," said Thompson, a 23-year-old student at Massasoit Community College in Brockton. But over the past year, with the help of his longtime psychiatrist, he has weaned himself off mood-altering medication.

Duke paid coach Mike Krzyzewski roughly $7.2 million during the year of his most recent national championship. The school's most recent IRS documents obtained Thursday cover the 2010 calendar year. They show Krzyzewski received a base salary of roughly $2 million, more than $3.7 million in bonuses and incentives, and $1.4 million in retirement and other deferred compensation. That year, Duke claimed its fourth national title under Krzyzewski. The winningest men's basketball coach in Division I history annually ranks as the school's highest-paid employee.

WASHINGTON - Back at his alma mater, back in the NCAAs, Bob Huggins looked and sounded just like the Bob Huggins everyone remembers. He yelled. He groused. He drew an early technical foul. And he willed seventh-seeded West Virginia past second-seeded Duke. Playing tough man-to-man defense and grabbing what seemed like every loose ball, West Virginia used Joe Alexander's 22 points and 11 rebounds and all sorts of contributions from unlikely sources for a 73-67 victory over Duke yesterday, getting to the NCAA Tournament's round of 16 in Huggins's first season.

BOTTOM LINE: Duke Energy Corp.'s earnings fell 42 percent in the first quarter because of cost overruns at a coal plant under construction in Indiana. THE NUMBERS: Duke earned $295 million, or 22 cents per share, down from $511 million, or 38 cents per share, a year ago. Revenue slipped to $3.63 billion from $3.66 billion a year ago. BIG PICTURE: The company's underlying earnings grew slightly, despite a mild winter that reduced electric power demand. The company said its planned merger with Progress Energy, which would create the biggest U.S. utility, is on track to be completed...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyrie Irving zipped down the floor toward an empty frontcourt and fired a pass to a teammate for an easy basket. Even during a simple drill with the reserves, the electrifying point guard once again had Duke off and running. Now the Blue Devils will find out how well he’ll have them rolling in a game — and on college basketball’s biggest stage. No. 1 seed Duke’s NCAA Tournament opener against No. 16 seed Hampton today in the West Regional will mark Irving’s return to the court.

No. 3 Connecticut traveled to Cameron Indoor Stadium and made itself right at home inside No. 5 Duke's famously noisy arena. Again. UConn, the last visiting team to win at Cameron, snapped the Blue Devils' 34-game home winning streak with a 61-45 victory last night, forcing Duke to miss 19 consecutive shots during one stretch. The Huskies made the Blue Devils look panicked and uncomfortable while holding them to a season-low 24.6 percent shooting and keeping them without a basket for roughly 12 minutes en route to their 10th straight win. Bria Hartley scored 15...

HOUSTON — This is more like it for Coach K and Duke. The top-seeded Blue Devils returned to the round of eight for the first time since 2004, with Kyle Singler and Jon Scheyer helping them pull away in the second half last night for a 70-57 win over Purdue in the South Regional semifinals. Singler scored 24 points and Scheyer added 18, snapping out of a shooting slump just in time. Duke (32-5) will play third-seeded Baylor in tomorrow’s regional final after clearing a nagging hurdle that had some wondering if the mighty program was losing its edge.

Standout thoroughbred Duke of Magenta, jockey Shelby “Pike’’ Barnes, and trainer Matthew Byrnes have been selected for the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame. One of the greatest sons of the legendary sire Lexington, Duke of Magenta was foaled in 1875 and won 11 of 12 starts as a 3-year-old, including the Preakness, Withers, Belmont, Travers, Kenner and Jerome. Only Hall of Famers Man o’ War and Native Dancer have duplicated the feat since. Barnes was one of the top black jockeys in history and the first jockey to top 200 wins in a season (1888)

ATLANTA — Florida State lost a 10-point lead in the second half before recovering to beat Duke 62-59 on Saturday, sending the Seminoles to only the second ACC tournament championship game in the program's history. Michael Snaer scored 16 points, including a 3-pointer with 3:27 remaining that gave the Seminoles the lead for good. But No. 17 Florida State (23-9) had to survive some last minute scares — including missed 3-point attempts by Duke's Austin Rivers and Seth Curry in the final six seconds.

WASHINGTON - There it was, plain as could be on the overhead scoreboard, orange numbering on a black background: As the closing seconds ticked away last night, Belmont was beating Duke. Read that again, slowly: No. 15-seeded Belmont was beating No. 2 Duke. Belmont, the Atlantic Sun Conference school with zero NCAA Tournament wins to its credit, was leading Duke, the Atlantic Coast Conference school with three national championships on its résumé. And yet it was not to be. Using every last one of Gerald Henderson's 21 points, including the go-ahead basket with 11.9 seconds...

Duke Energy Corp. says its net income fell 42 percent in the first quarter because of cost overruns at a coal plant under construction in Indiana. The company said its underlying earnings grew slightly, though, despite a warm winter that reduced electric power demand and earnings at electric utilities nationwide. Duke's earnings were boosted by higher electric rates in the Carolinas, reduced costs, and higher power sales and rates in Brazil. The North Carolina-based power company said Friday that it earned $295 million, or 22 cents per share, in the three months ended March 31....

Buckingham, Browne & Nichols coach Rory Morton recalls watching Chris Coadyin the Division 1 East final at Harvard Stadium two years ago. The sturdy St. John's Prep defenseman was quick with his hands, whether he was scooping up a ground ball or throwing a spear of a check into the chest of an opposing attack, forcing a turnover. He was never one to shy away from using his monstrous frame to send a foe to the turf. Morton liked what he saw. A short time later, he was pleased to learn that Coady, determined to play collegiate at an elite Division 1 program,...

Ken Duke and Cameron Tringale topped the Zurich Classic leaderboard at 7-under 65 on Thursday, leaving defending champion Bubba Watson six strokes back at TPC Louisiana in his first tournament since winning the Masters. Tringale birdied the final four holes and finished the round with eight birdies and a bogey. Duke had seven birdies in a bogey-free round. Both players are winless on the PGA Tour. "My game felt really nice for quite some time and don't know how to explain it," Tringale said.

Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers says he is OK with his son Austin's decision to go pro after one year at Duke. The younger Rivers announced his decision on Monday to hire an agent and enter the NBA draft. Doc Rivers said on Wednesday that Austin was recruited as a "one-and-done" player by Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. Still, Doc Rivers says Austin almost stayed because he liked Coach K. so much. The Celtics coach says he won't pressure general manager Danny Ainge to draft Austin.

Nnemkadi Ogwumike will end her sensational senior season right where she has the rest: at the Final Four. Ogwumike made it happen on both ends of the floor with 29 points and nine rebounds Monday night despite constant double-teams, sending top-seeded Stanford past No. 2 seed Duke 81-69 in the Fresno Regional final for the Cardinal's fifth straight Final Four berth. Little sister, Chiney, did plenty to seal the Denver trip, too — along with everybody else. Chiney Ogwumike grabbed 17 rebounds to go with 12 points and freshman Amber Orrange came through with 13 points and four...

Austin Rivers is leaving Duke after one season for the NBA draft. The freshman guard announced his decision and plans to hire an agent on Monday after team officials said he spent the weekend discussing his future plans with his family at their home outside Orlando, Fla. "Duke has prepared me for the challenges that are ahead both on and off the court," Rivers said in a statement issued by the school. "I have learned so much from the coaching staff and my teammates that will help me succeed at the next level.

Not this time. Not against a Duke team that already has had its share of being upset, and of near misses because of lapses. When Boston College trotted onto the court at Conte Forum last night for its Atlantic Coast Conference meeting with Duke, the Eagles were greeted by a sold-out crowd, with more students in the stands than at any home game this season. The added support helped for the first 3:39 as BC made its first five shots and took a 13-7 lead. Visions of the Eagles' upset of Florida State danced in the heads of BC fans among the 8,606 who filled the place for the first time this season.

GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Lehigh Mountain Hawks said they weren't afraid of mighty Duke. Maybe no one believed them at the time, but the Patriot League champions proved they were serious. C.J. McCollum scored 30 points and Lehigh upset Duke, 75-70, to become the second No. 15 seed to beat a No. 2 during a wild Friday in the NCAA Tournament. "It means a lot as a team, a family, and as the Patriot League in general," McCollum said. "We wanted to come out here and protect this team and this family, get the win and we did that tonight.

Early on, it looked as though St. John's would keep rolling along through March. Then, Duke switched to a zone defense and the Red Storm were all but done. Da'Shena Stevens scored 19 points in her final game for St. John's in a season that began late after knee surgery, but the Red Storm couldn't overcome 34.5 percent shooting overall and 29 percent in the second half of a 74-47 loss to No. 2 seed Duke on Saturday night in the Fresno Regional semifinals. The third-seeded Red Storm (24-10)

Shay Selby is the one who slept on the cross-country flight to get herself adjusted to West Coast time. She's the one who kept reminding her teammates this was a business trip and not just a chance to enjoy In-N-Out Burger. Second-seeded Duke rode its lone senior starter yet again Saturday night, moving within a victory of the program's first Final Four since 2006 with a 74-47 rout of No. 3 seed St. John's in the Fresno Regional semifinals. Selby dished off and knocked down jumpers, taking charge in the second half to finish with 18 points, seven...