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Sources: Knicks to hire Saint Joseph’s Lange
The New York Knicks are expected to hire Saint Joseph’s head coach Billy Lange for a role with the franchise, sources told ESPN.
Lange was set to start his seventh season in charge of the Hawks. He went 81-104 during his time at St. Joe’s but won more than 20 games in each of the past two seasons.
He led the Hawks to the NIT in 2024 and 2025 while also seeing forward Rasheer Fleming become the first Saint Joseph’s player selected in the NBA draft since 2016. Fleming was the first pick of the second round by the Oklahoma City Thunder in June.
Prior to replacing Phil Martelli in 2019, Lange was an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers for six years. He was also the head coach at Navy for seven seasons and spent time as an assistant under Jay Wright at Villanova for five years over two separate stints.
The Knicks fired Tom Thibodeau in June after five seasons, replacing him a month later with two-time NBA Coach of the Year Mike Brown.
Saint Joseph’s announced Wednesday that Steve Donahue, who joined the staff as associate head coach in the spring, will become the program’s next head coach.
The school said Donahue “will lead the Hawks into the 2025-26 season and beyond.”
“Coach Donahue has had an incredible impact on collegiate basketball up and down the East Coast and on the national stage,” athletic director Jill Bodensteiner said. “He is a rare and accomplished coach who is as respected for his basketball acumen as he is for his character.”
Other notable assistant coach hires by the Knicks since Brown took over include former Charlotte Hornets assistant Chris Jent and T.J. Saint, who was the head coach of the G League’s Birmingham Squadron.
Spanish authorities are recommending a Real Oviedo fan to be fined €4,000 ($4,625) for allegedly directing racist abuse at Barcelona forward Marcus Rashford.
The government’s anti-violence commission said in a statement on Thursday that during Barcelona’s 3-1 league win at Real Oviedo on Sept. 25, an Oviedo fan was heard making a racial slur in Spanish at Rashford.
“La Liga detected the images on social media and filed a complaint with the National Police,” the statement said.
“Subsequently, analysis of footage from the stadium’s Organizational Control Unit (UCO) cameras allowed for the identification of the alleged perpetrator. The processing of this proposal will be contingent upon the final decisions made in the criminal proceedings.”
The authorities are yet to confirm when a final decision will be taken.
Rashford, 27, is currently on a season-long loan at Barcelona from Manchester United.
The England forward has suffered racist abuse throughout his career.
In 2021, a man was jailed in England for racially abusing Rashford on social media after the striker had missed a penalty in England’s Euro 2020 final shoot-out defeat.
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- Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for enterprise writing in 2018.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson returned to action Thursday night after missing two games with a hamstring injury, and his team’s slim playoff chances depended on him returning to his MVP form against the Miami Dolphins.
The Ravens started the season 1-5, and since the first NFL postseason in 1933, only four of 358 teams — which amounts to 1.1% — made the playoffs after starting 1-5 or worse, according to ESPN Research. But the Ravens are hopeful the return of Jackson and a wide-open AFC North will help them become the fifth team to achieve the feat.
Tyler Huntley played in place of Jackson and helped the Ravens beat the Chicago Bears last week.
The Dolphins, meanwhile, also are coming off a win as their victory over the Atlanta Falcons snapped a three-game losing streak.
Stay with this file as Ravens reporter Jamison Hensley and Dolphins reporter Marcel Louis-Jacques provide all of the highlights and key plays Thursday night.
The 20-year-old native of Serbia, drafted 12th overall in 2024, began getting treatment following a biopsy earlier this month.
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