BASKETBALL: Sixers sign A.I.

In a move that appeared farfetched after their acrimonious split in 2006, the Philadelphia 76ers reunited with the briefly retired Allen Iverson yesterday in a move designed to spike sagging attendance and fill in for the injured Lou Williams. Coach Eddie Jordan said Iverson will likely start and stay the entire season. “I told him I would like for him to start, and that’s where it sort of ended,” Jordan said. “And he was really like a kid at Christmas.”

Iverson will make his debut Monday night at home against Denver. Iverson reportedly was offered a one-year, non-guaranteed contract Tuesday. He accepted the deal early yesterday. The Sixers would owe just under $650,000 if they guarantee his contract for the remainder of the season on Jan. 10.

* Trevon Hughes scored 19 of his career-high 26 points in the second half and Wisconsin held on to beat No. 6 Duke 73-69, snapping the Blue Devils’ perfect record in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

* Jerome Dyson scored 22 points and No. 14 Connecticut bounced back from its first loss of the season with a 92-64 rout at home of Boston University

* Jayvaughn Pinkston, The Post preseason Player of the Year, will announce today his intention to attend Villanova, he told The Post last night. The 6-foot-6 Bishop Loughlin senior is the seventh-ranked power forward in the nation, according to Scout.com. — Dylan Butler

FOOTBALL: Browns lose Lewis

Cleveland Browns running back Jamal Lewis was placed on injured reserve with post-concussion symptoms, a premature and unceremonious ending to his illustrious NFL career.

* Gary Patterson agreed to a new contract intended to keep him as TCU coach through 2016.

* Foge Fazio, who succeeded Jackie Sherrill as the football coach at Pittsburgh, his alma mater, and later was a defensive coordinator for the NFL’s Vikings and Browns, died last night following a lengthy battle with leukemia. He was 71.