THE HOT CORNER

1 PRO BASKETBALL: Stephen Curry scored a career- high 62 points Sunday as the Golden State Warriors beat Portland 137- 122 in San Francisco. Curry delivered the highest- scoring game in the NBA this season, finishing 18 for 31 and 8 for 16 on 3- pointers.

PRO SOCCER: The Premier 2 League will continue play during the latest lockdown in England, which Prime Minister Boris Johnson said would start Wednesday and last until at least mid- February. But the government said elite athletes will be allowed to compete and train. That means there will be no suspension of the Premier League. English soccer was suspended for more than three months when the pandemic was declared in March.

3 PRO BASEBALL: RHP Phil Hughes retired, more than two years after his last pitch. A World Series champion with the Yankees in 2009, Hughes, 34, was 88- 79 with a 4.52 ERA in 211 starts and 79 relief appearances over 12 seasons with New York ( 200713), Minnesota ( 2014- 18) and San Diego ( 2018).

4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Marshall coach Doc Holliday is out after 11 seasons with the Thundering Herd, following the school’s announcement that it would not renew his contract. Holliday was named Conference USA coach of the year, but Marshall lost its final three games after starting 7- 0. Holliday, 63, was 85- 54 at Marshall.

OLYMPICS: The countdown clock 5 for the postponed Tokyo Olympics hit 200 days to go Monday, the same day Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he’d consider calling a state of emergency as coronavirus cases surge to record numbers in Tokyo. It’s nearing deadline time for Tokyo Olympic organizers, the International Olympic Committee and various Japanese government entities as they try to pull off the Games in the middle of a pandemic.