THE HOT CORNER

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: A combination of cancellations and holidays made for a quiet week in The Associated Press poll. Baylor (11-0) remained No. 1 and the top five remained the same from last week, with Duke, Purdue, Gonzaga and UCLA behind Baylor. OLYMPIC HOCKEY: David Quinn was supposed to be an assistant on Mike Sullivan’s coaching staff for the U.S. men’s team at the Olympics. After the NHL decided not to send players to Beijing, Quinn is now in charge as U.S. coach and John Vanbiesbrouck is the latest general manager in USA Hockey’s first shift to plan B for another Olympics without the best players in the world.

PRO SOCCER: Barcelona completed the signing of Ferran Torres from Manchester City for a reported fee of $62.25 million, around double what the English champs paid for the Spain forward 16 months ago. Torres signed a five-year deal and will have a buyout clause of $1.13 billion . ... West Ham ended a five-match winless run with a 4-1 in the Premier League victory over a depleted Watford team playing its first game in 16 days because of coronavirus cases . ... The 20th Premier League round was reduced to seven fixtures when the Everton-newcastle match was postponed because of a pileup of COVID-19 cases and injuries for Newcastle. CYCLING: Dutch champion Amy

Pieters will remain in a medically induced coma after surgery to relieve pressure on her brain following a training accident last week in Spain. Pieters, 30, has been hospitalized since a crash Thursday, according to her SD Worx team. She was airlifted to a hospital for surgery. PRO HOCKEY: Lightning star center Brayden Point was expected to return to the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Canadiens after missing 14 games with an upper-body injury.