IN BRIEF

BASEBALL

Athletics, Duchscherer reach one-year deal

The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms on a $3.9 million, one-year contract Saturday with right-hander Justin Duchscherer, the club's last remaining roster player eligible for arbitration.

Duchscherer, a two-time All-Star who was sidelined by a strained right hip late in the season, went 10-8 with a 2.54 ERA in 22 starts for Oakland. It was his first year as a full-time starter.

Also: Brandon Lyon agreed to a $4.25 million, one-year contract with the Detroit Tigers. Lyon, who had 26 saves for the Diamondbacks last season, will have a chance to replace the retired Todd Jones at the end of Detroit's games.

FIGURE SKATING

Veteran Czisny lands women's national title

Alissa Czisny made a rebound for the ages, winning the women's title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Cleveland.

The 21-year-old, who just last year finished a disastrous ninth, wasn't perfect, falling on one jump and watering down another. But her elegant program was still superior to the highly touted up-and-comers who were supposed to turn these nationals into their coming out party.

Czisny finished with 178.06 points, easily beating reigning world junior champion Rachael Flatt.

UNLV

Men's tennis team breezes to two wins

The UNLV men's tennis team opened the season by winning two matches, beating Missouri-Kansas City 6-1 before shutting out Weber State 7-0 at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

Against Weber State, the Rebels took two of three doubles matches for the first point, then won all six singles matches in straight sets. Elliot Wronski posted a 6-4, 6-1 win over Sasche Kiehne at the No. 1 slot.

Against Missouri-Kansas City, UNLV won all six singles matches.

Freshman Mehdi Bouras, substituting for Wronski at the top slot, beat Bret Berryman 6-2, 6-2, and UNLV lost just one set in singles play.

Also: The UNLV women's tennis team beat New Mexico State 7-0 in its season opener at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

The Rebels swept the three doubles matches for the first point, then won all six singles matches, led by Kristina Nedeltcheva's 6-3, 6-2 win over Sophia Marks at the top spot.

MISCELLANEOUS

Schottenheimer to stay as assistant with Jets

Brian Schottenheimer is sticking around to run the New York Jets' offense, despite losing out to Rex Ryan for the head coaching job.

Schottenheimer, 35, has been the offensive coordinator the past three seasons, but it was uncertain if he would stay after Ryan was hired. After meeting with Ryan and owner Woody Johnson, Schottenheimer decided to return.

Also: Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio hired former Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator Mel Tucker to fill the same role in Jacksonville.

Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Jonathan Dekker was arrested early Saturday in Alexandria, Va., and charged with obstruction of justice. Dekker, who spent the season on injured reserve, was released on $1,000 bond, police said.

Seattle Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill was arrested on charges of misdemeanor marijuana possession in Atlanta.

Quarterback Pat White passed for 95 yards and a touchdown to lead the South to a 35-18 win over the North at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala.

A Philadelphia Flyers minor league enforcer was discharged from a hospital a day after having a seizure following a bloody fight -- just weeks after the death of an amateur player who hit his head on the ice while fighting.

Garrett Klotz, a hulking 20-year-old right wing in his first season with the American Hockey League's Philadelphia Phantoms, was taken off the ice on a stretcher Friday night in the opening seconds of a 2-1 victory over Manchester.

Mexico's Gus Vildosola Jr. took the lead in the premier Trophy-Truck division in the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge after the first day of racing at the Laughlin Events Center.

Vildosola overtook NASCAR's Robby Gordon on the seventh of eight laps over a 6.25-mile course.

Harley Letner of Orange, Calif., stands first in unlimited Class 1 and eighth overall.

Racing will resume at 7 a.m. today, with Trophy-Trucks beginning at 1 p.m. and Class 1 at 3.

John Conte of Oceanside, N.Y., won the $500,000 first prize in the $1 million National Handicapping Championship at Red Rock.

Conte rallied in the final race of the two-day tournament to move from 11th place to first. He used Raiding Party in race 11 at Santa Anita, and the 22-1 long shot won, paying $46.60 to win and $13 to place.

Fedor Emelianenko retained his World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts heavyweight title with a first-round stoppage of Andrei Arlovski in the main event of an Affliction MMA card in Anaheim, Calif.

Emelianenko knocked out Arlovski 3:14 into the first round.