In brief: Lysacek won’t skate at nationals

Ice skating: Olympic champion Evan Lysacek will still be at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Jan. 27 in Greensboro, N.C.

For the first time since 1998, however, he won’t be competing.

Lysacek said Tuesday that his role in the “Stars on Ice” 25th anniversary tour will prevent him from competing for the rest of the year. He left for the “Stars” shows in Japan. The U.S. portion of the tour begins Feb. 18 in San Jose, Calif.

“That’s a huge honor to be part of the 25th anniversary tour,” Lysacek said. “My parents took me to see it when I was 6 and 7 years old – before I started skating – and I loved it.”

Lysacek, the first U.S. man to win the Olympic title since Brian Boitano in 1988, will still be at nationals to promote “RISE,” U.S. Figure Skating’s movie on the 1961 plane crash that killed the entire U.S. world team, and the impact it has had on American skating. He’ll also skate in the Jan. 30 exhibition.

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Saints put Ivory on injured list

NFL: Rookie running back Chris Ivory was placed on injured reserve by the New Orleans Saints with a left foot injury.

Ivory, the team’s leading rusher with 716 yards, was injured in Sunday’s season finale. He is an undrafted player from Tiffin University after transferring from Washington State.

To replace Ivory, the Saints signed DeShawn Wynn.

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Carroll center wins Rimington

College football: Carroll College senior Andy Fjeseth was named the Rimington Trophy winner for the NAIA.

The Rimington Trophy is given to the best center.

Fjeseth has been a three-year starter at Carroll, which won the 2010 NAIA national championship with a 10-7 win over Sioux Falls.

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