THE HOT CORNER

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PRO SOCCER: Bob Bradley was hired Wednesday as Toronto FC’S head coach and sporting director, six days after he left as coach of Los Angeles FC. Bradley, 63, is the father of Toronto captain Michael Bradley. Toronto fired coach Chris Armas in July. Bradley is the second-winningest coach in MLS history. He had 58 wins, 34 losses and 32 draws in Los Angeles’ first four seasons.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: A.J. Hoggard hit the go-ahead free throws with 30.3 seconds left, and Michigan State scored the final nine points to push past No. 22 Connecticut 64-60 in Thursday’s semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis, earning a trip to today’s championship game at Paradise Island, Bahamas. 3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Minnesota running back Mohamed Ibrahim will return for a sixth year in 2022, after suffering a seasonending lower leg injury in the first game this year. Ibrahim revealed his decision Wednesday on Twitter. Ibrahim was picked as a preseason Associated Press second team All-american for 2021, before getting hurt against Ohio State on Sept. 2. He had 163 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries in that game. 4 PRO SOCCER: Manchester

United has turned to renowned German coach Ralf Rangnick about rescuing the team’s season by taking temporary charge. No final agreement has been reached but discussions with United are ongoing about the former Leipzig coach leaving his role as head of sports and development at Lokomotiv Moscow, The Associated Press reported Thursday. 5 PRO GOLF: The inaugural season of the DP World Tour (formerly the European Tour) started on Thursday with Angel Hidalgo of Spain shooting 6-under 65 to lead the first round of the Joburg Open before play was suspended because of bad weather.