THE HOT CORNER

1 COLLEGE BASKETBALL: North Carolina State’s DJ Funderburk plans to return to the Wolfpack for his senior season after considering whether to leave school for a pro career, the school announced Friday. The 6-foot-10 forward averaged 12.8 points and 6.1 rebounds as a redshirt junior last year. He also averaged a team-best 13.4 points against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents and shot nearly 61% from the field last season.

2 PRO GOLF: Overnight leader Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez of Spain held off a spirited challenge from England’s Sam Horsfield to retain a share of the lead at the Hero Open on Friday at the halfway mark of the European Tour’s latest stop in England.

3 COLLEGE ATHLETICS: Citing the economic impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, George Washington University on Friday announced the elimination of seven sports teams following the 2020-21 academic year. The cuts are to three NCAA sports (men’s indoor track, men’s tennis and women’s water polo) and four non-NCAA sports (men’s rowing, men’s and women’s squash, and sailing). The moves, the university said, help offset an estimated $200 million deficit in athletics.

4 PRO FOOTBALL: Jayron Kearse of the Detroit Lions has been suspended by the NFL for the first three games of the 2020 regular season for violating league policy on substance abuse. Kearse will be allowed to return to the Lions’ active roster Monday, Sept. 28, following the team’s Week 3 game at Arizona.

5 PRO GOLF: Danielle Kang went six months without competing and looked as though she had never been away, playing bogeyfree at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, for a 6-under 66 and a one-shot lead in the LPGA Drive On Championship, the tour’s first event since the shutdown.