THE HOT CORNER

1 PRO BASEBALL: CC Sabathia could be on the New York Yankees’ roster for the AL Championship Series after missing the previous round with an achy left shoulder. The left-hander sat out New York’s three-game sweep of Minnesota in the AL Division Series, but manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday that Sabathia is feeling “considerably better.” New York had planned to use Sabathia as a reliever in the ALDS before the shoulder woes. The 19-year veteran plans to retire after the season. Boone also said OF Aaron Hicks has recovered from a right elbow flexor strain but there is “trepidation” about activating him because he hasn’t played in a game since Aug. 3. New York will face either Houston or Tampa Bay, which plays a winner-take-all Game 5 tonight.

2 COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun, 77, has been accused of sexual discrimination by a former associate athletic director at the University of Saint Joseph, the Division III school where Calhoun is men’s basketball coach. Jaclyn Piscitelli filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court alleging she was fired after complaining about the conduct of men in the athletic department, including Calhoun.

3 SOCCER: Lionel Messi said in a radio interview he considered leaving Barcelona after being targeted by Spanish tax authorities. Messi’s problems started in the 2013-14 season and he eventually received a suspended 21-month jail sentence after being found guilty of defrauding authorities of 4.1 million euros (then $4.6 million).

4 SOCCER: Forward Neymar, 27, will play his 100th game with Brazil in a friendly against Senegal in Singapore today.

5 CYCLING: The International Cycling Union imposed two-year bans on Slovenians Kristijan Koren and Borut Bozic, who were part of an international doping ring.