T25 MEN'S BASKETBALL-SCHEDULE
Duke visits Virginia
UNDATED (AP) — No. 2 Duke visits No. 3 Virginia tonight in the weekend's marquee game in the ACC.
The rematch with Virginia starts a challenging stretch run for the Duke that includes two meetings with top-10 rival North Carolina plus four other road games against current Top 25 teams.
Duke is the best second-half team in the country. The Blue Devils outscore opponents by an average of 11.6 points after halftime.
Duke and No. 4 Gonzaga — at 11.5 points — are the only teams in the nation whose average second-half margin is in double figures. The Blue Devils have trailed at halftime in five games, but only once — in an 89-87 loss to those Bulldogs in the Maui Invitational final in November — has that deficit been larger than two points.
Three other games on the Top 25 men's basketball schedule feature two ranked teams: No. 7 Michigan vs. No. 19 Wisconsin, No. 10 Marquette vs. No. 14 Villanova, and No. 16 Louisville at No. 22 Florida State. All are afternoon games.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL-CLEMSON-ASSISTANTS
Clemson's offensive coordinators join million-dollar club
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Clemson's offensive coordinators Tony Elliott and Jeff Scott are now in the million-dollar club.
The offense's co-leaders received raises that increased their yearly salary to $1 million, giving the national champion Tigers three assistants making at least that much.
The school's board of trustees approved salary increases for several Clemson assistants and staffers Friday.
The move comes a month after Clemson completed a 15-0 season by beating Alabama 44-16 in the national championship game. Elliott and Scott each made $850,000 last season and received raises of $150,000 to reach the million-dollar mark.
The two join Clemson's defensive coordinator Brent Venables at that lofty level. Venables earns $2.2 million a year. He received a new contract last July that pays him $11.6 million over five seasons.
BRAZIL-SOCCER TEAM-FIRE
Brazil's Flamengo criticized for licensing issues after fire
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's soccer club Flamengo is under criticism for licensing issues at the academy where 10 people died in a fire.
Rio de Janeiro's city hall said in a statement Friday night the club was fined 30 times because of infractions at the Ninho do Urubu training ground, which had to be closed in October 2017.
The current permit issued for the grounds is valid until March 8.
Rio's city hall also said the sleeping quarters where Flamengo's teenage players died was irregularly licensed as a parking lot.
Flamengo did not respond to a request for comment.
The cause of the fire is unknown, but authorities are looking at a possible short circuit.
SKI-WORLDS
Norwegian great edged out by teammate in his last race
ARE, Sweden (AP) — Kjetil (SHET'-il) Jansrud narrowly beat Norwegian teammate Aksel Lund Svindal in the final race of Svindal's career.
Amid a crowd of thousands of flag-waving Norwegian fans at the Alpine skiing world championships in Sweden, Jansrud finished 0.02 seconds ahead of Svindal in the men's downhill. Vincent Kriechmayr of Austria came third, 0.33 behind.
Svindal, the two-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion, announced last month that he would retire after this race.
Jansrud was racing with a broken left hand following a fall in training in Kitzbuehel, Austria, 2 1/2 weeks ago. Already an Olympic champion in super-G at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, this is Jansrud's first world title.
TOBOGGAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Slippery slope: Competitors seek glory on a toboggan chute
CAMDEN, Maine (AP) — The celebration of a hard-fought Super Bowl victory on the gridiron is over. Now it's time to celebrate a bunch of goofballs who're seeking glory on a slippery toboggan chute.
The National Toboggan Championships kick off Saturday with more than 400 registered teams zooming at speeds approaching 40 mph on a toboggan chute in Camden, Maine.
Some of the competitors are serious. But others are out to have fun, as evidenced by the team names like "Slippery Goggles," ''Redneck Rockets" and "Beavis and Buttsled."
The competition features old-school wooden toboggans. The 400-foot toboggan chute was built in 1930s and has been rebuilt twice, most recently in 1990. The competition raises money for the Camden Snow Bowl, a nonprofit, municipally owned ski area.
