Butler High School will host a pair of WPIAL Class AA basketball playoff games tonight.

Ford City and Center will face off at 6:30 p.m. in a girls contest while Beaver Falls will meet Burrell in a boys game at 8 p.m.

NORTH CANTON, Ohio — The top scorer in Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball history doesn't mind that his record is about to fall.J.J. Redick of Duke needs 31 points to pass the 2,587 that Dick Hemric scored while at Wake Forest from 1952-55. Redick, a senior guard on the nation's top-ranked team, plays again Wednesday night at Georgia Tech."I don't feel any bittersweet feelings," the 72-year-old Hemric, who lives in North Canton, told The Repository. "When I set the record, it kind of went into the file. I'm getting more ink about it now than ever."

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — The Jets designated defensive end John Abraham as their franchise player, as expected.Abraham was the team's franchise player last year and was unhappy with the situation. He waited until the end of training camp to sign his one-year tender, then played in all 16 games and had 10.5 sacks.

DENVER — Seven-time Pro Bowl safety John Lynch signed a two-year contract extension with the Denver Broncos through the 2008 season.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Top-seeded Andy Roddick opened the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships with a victory, outlasting hard-serving Mardy Fish 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2) in a match that had only one service break.

OTTAWA — Ottawa Senators goalie Dominik Hasek said there's "very little chance" he'll be able to play when the NHL resumes March 1 and isn't sure when he'll return from a groin injury that forced him to withdraw from the Olympics.Hasek was hurt in the first period of the Czech Republic's opening game last week.