Louisville suspends offensive coordinator.
Louisville suspended Lonnie Galloway for the Citrus Bowl following a review of how the co-offensive coordinator handled Wake Forest game plans he received from fired Demon Deacons broadcaster Tommy Elrod.
Athletic director Tom Jurich announced Galloway’s suspension Friday after reviewing the assistant coach’s receipt and handling of inside information from Elrod. Jurich said that information shouldn’t have been shared by Wake Forest “and it should not have been received by anyone at the University of Louisville.” The AD reiterated that head coach Bobby Petrino has been firm in asserting he didn’t know about information being provided.
Jurich says while the school did not seek the information, “We did not do what should have been done.”
SKELETON
Olympic champion Alexander Tretiakov of Russia won the gold medal at a World Cup men’s race Friday in Lake Placid, N.Y., holding off Matt Antoine of Prairie du Chien. Tretiakov finished his two runs at Mount Van Hoevenberg in 1 minute 46.49 seconds. It was the first competition since international officials elected to pull this season’s world bobsled and skeleton championships out of Russia, where Tretiakov won his Olympic gold in 2014. Antoine was second in 1:46.92. South Korea’s Yun
Sungbin was third in 1:46.94.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
UW-Whitewater defensive lineman John Flood was a first-team selection to the Associated Press’ Little All-American team, which honors the top players in NCAA Division II and III and NAIA. The senior had 27 tackles and three sacks. UW-Platteville receiver Dan Arnold and UWOshkosh linebacker Reese Dziedzic made the third team.
James Madison 27, North Dakota State 17: Khalid Abdullah had 180 yards rushing and added 51 yards receiving and a touchdown as the Dukes snapped the Bison’s 22-game postseason win streak with a victory in an FCS semifinal in Fargo, N.D.
James Madison (13-1) will play Youngstown State or Eastern Washington for the FCS national title Jan. 7 in Frisco, Texas.
SKIING
Olympic champion Kjetil Jansrud and Norwegian teammate Aleksander Aamodt Kilde finished 1-2 in a super-G in Val Gardena, Italy.
Jansrud clocked 1:31.99 down the Saslong course, finishing 0.06 of second ahead of Kilde.
Olympic combined champion Sandro Viletta was airlifted off the course by helicopter to a local hospital after crashing and sliding into the safety netting backward. Race organizers said Viletta injured his right knee.
Women: Ilka Stuhec moved from third to first and won a World Cup Alpine combined race in Val D’Isere, France.
Sitting third after the downhill run, the Slovenian finished 0.12 of a second ahead of Michelle Gisin and 0.16 clear of Soffia Goggia.