Blue Devil basketball legend Grant Hill on overcoming injuries, his grandfather's legacy, and speaking at Duke's 2025 commencement

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Blue Devil basketball legend Grant Hill on overcoming injuries, his grandfather's legacy, and speaking at Duke's 2025 commencement

By Jeff Tiberii,

Published May 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM EDT

Grant Hill has earned many titles over the years, including NBA All-Star, Olympic champion, sports broadcaster, art collector, and two-time national champion with the Duke Blue Devils men鈥檚 basketball team. Now, add Duke University 2025 commencement speaker to the list.

Due South鈥檚 Jeff Tiberii got a chance to talk with Hill as he prepared to deliver the commencement address at Duke, 100 years after the first class graduated.

Guest

Grant Hill, 1994 graduate of Duke University, former member of the Duke Men鈥檚 Basketball Team, seven-time NBA All-Star, broadcaster, 2025 Duke University Commencement speaker

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Jeff Tiberii

Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of 深夜福利's "Due South." Jeff joined 深夜福利 in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and 深夜福利鈥檚 Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary 鈥淩ight Turn,鈥� launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.

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Rachel McCarthy

Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at 深夜福利 as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.

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