J.J. Redick

Sports: Don't hate Duke star; hate his game: "Redick has been writing poetry since junior high school. He's a churchgoer with a wry sense of humor. In the words of Mickie Krzyzewski, Redick is the boy next door.

'He's everything you could put together in a package and never think people would hate,' the coach's wife said. 'I'm astonished that of all people in the ACC, J.J. has been the one vilified. I don't get it.'

Is it that he's too good for his own good?

'We have guys just as good as me, if not better, who don't get heckled,' he said. 'I think it's my persona, my character, on the court.'"