Duke’s Danowski to return as U.S. men’s lacrosse coach

Duke men’s lacrosse coach John Danowski will return for a second term as the United States men’s senior national team coach after leading the U.S. to gold at the Federation of International Lacrosse World Championships this past summer. This will be the first time in the history of the U.S. men’s program that a coach will serve for more than one term. Sue Stahl, Wendy Kridel and Ricky Fried all won multiple titles with the U.S. women’s program. Under Danowski, the U.S. returned to the top of the podium this past summer with a 9-8 last-second victory over Canada in Israel. The next world championship event will be in 2022 in Coquitlam, British Columbia. COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Towson redshirt junior quarterback TomFlacco was named the Colonial Athletic Association Offensive Player of the Year. Tigers junior returner Shane Simpson was picked Special Teams Player of the Year. Flacco and Simpson were joined on the All-CAA firstteam by junior wide receiver Shane Leatherbury, senior offensive lineman Matt Kauffman and junior kicker Aidan O’Neill. Junior linebacker Robert Heyward, senior linebacker Diondre Wallace and offensive l i neman Aaron Grzymkowski earned third-team honors. NBA G LEAGUE: Chasson Randle of the Capital City Go-Go will participate in FIBA World Cup Qualifying training camp and games Nov. 23 to Dec. 2. Randle will begin training in Houston at the Rockets’ practice facility from Nov. 23-25 before traveling with the team to face Argentina in La Rioja on Nov. 29 and Uruguay on Dec. 2 in Montevideo. The Go-Go have re-acquired Devin Sweetney to fill the roster void during Randle’s10 days with Team USA. —