THE HOT CORNER

1 PRO BASEBALL: Shohei Ohtani hit two three-run homers and drove in a career-high eight runs, but the Angels lost 12-11 in 11 innings Tuesday night in Anaheim. Ohtani crushed a 423-foot homer in the sixth and a tying, 438-foot shot in the ninth, giving him the biggest RBI game of his five-year stateside career. The AL MVP then set the single-game major league record for RBIS by a Japanese-born player with a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning.

SOCCER: Russian appeals

2 against bans from international soccer because of the country’s war in Ukraine are set to be heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in July. The court on July 5 will hear the Russian soccer federation’s appeal against FIFA and UEFA’S joint decision to suspend its national and club teams days after Russia invaded Ukraine in February.

PRO FOOTBALL:

The NFL and 3 six of its teams have filed for arbitration in the lawsuit that alleges they engaged in racial discrimination. If the league’s request is successful, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell would be the arbitrator. The league and the teams filed papers late Tuesday with a judge presiding over a lawsuit that was filed by Brian Flores after he was fired in January as head coach of the Miami Dolphins.

TENNIS: Vancouver and Berlin 4 will be upcoming hosts for the Laver Cup men’s tennis team event. It will be at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena on Sept. 22-24, 2023, and at Berlin’s Mercedesbenz Arena on Sept. 20-22, 2024.

PRO HOCKEY: Paul Maurice

5 and the Florida Panthers are in the process of finalizing a deal to make him the club’s new coach, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Maurice will replace Panthers interim coach Andrew Brunette.