IN BRIEF

BASEBALL:

Indians threetime All-Star SS Francisco Lindor likely will miss the start of the season with a strained right calf. Lindor, who suffered the injury recently while working out in Orlando, Fla., is expected to return in early April . ... The Mets and switch-hitting INF Danny Espinosa agreed to a minor-league contract with an invitation to big-league spring training. Espinosa, 31, spent last season in Triple A with the Blue Jays, Dodgers and Phillies

COLLEGES:

Ohio State QB Justin Fields received a waiver from the NCAA and will be eligible to play next season. The waiver allows Fields, who as a freshman last season saw limited action for Georgia, to forgo the one-year waiting period for a transfer . ... National champ Clemson gave offensive coordinators Tony Elliott and Jeff Scott raises, increasing their annual salaries to $1 million. Defensive coordinator Brent Venables earns $2.2 million a year . ... Ohio State AD Gene Smith will step down from the College Football Playoff selection committee to focus on helping first-year coach Ryan Day. Smith, who spent the last two seasons on the committee, will be replaced by Iowa AD Gary Barta . ... Former Vanderbilt AD David Williams II died. He was 71. The cause wasn’t disclosed. Williams, who retired Jan. 31, was the first black AD in the SEC when he took the job in July 2003.

SOCCER:

Fire tore through the sleeping quarters of an academy for one of Brazil’s most popular professional clubs, killing 10 people and injuring three, most likely teenage players, authorities said. Firefighters were called just after 5 a.m. to the sprawling Ninho de Urubu training grounds of the Flamengo club in Rio de Janeiro’s western region. The cause of the fire wasn’t known.

ALSO:

Former champ Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic fought off two match points and earned a 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 7-5 victory over Filip Krajinovic of Serbia to reach the semifinal round of the Open Sud de France in Montpellier.