THE HOT CORNER

1 PRO FOOTBALL: The Minnesota Vikings started their salary cap purge by terminating the contract of veteran linebacker Eric Kendricks to end his eightyear run with the team. Kendricks totaled 857 tackles, 51 passes defensed and nine interceptions. The move saves $9.5 million against Minnesota’s cap.

2 PRO FOOTBALL: The New York Giants, who made the playoffs for the first time since 2016, said Monday that Jeff Nixon was hired as running backs coach and Chris Smith will take over as assistant offensive line coach. Stephen Thomas was hired as a new assistant special teams coach. Coach Brian Daboll’s son, Christian, will be an offensive assistant.

3 PRO BASKETBALL: The NBA adjusted the statistics from Sunday night’s Milwaukee-Washington game and erased Giannis Antetokounmpo’s final rebound, which would have given him a triple-double. He grabbed a defensive rebound with about nine seconds left, knowing that left him one rebound short of 10. He hustled the ball downcourt, got near the rim at which the Bucks were shooting, threw the ball intentionally into the bottom of the rim and caught it. The NBA disallowed it Monday.

4 PRO HOCKEY: Toronto Maple Leafs center Ryan O’reilly is out for several weeks with a broken finger. Coach Sheldon Keefe said O’reilly is going on long-term injured reserve. That means the 32-year-old must miss the next 10 games. He won’t be eligible to return until Toronto’s game March 29 against Florida at the earliest.

5 SOCCER: A soccer player in Ivory Coast died after collapsing on the field during a league game. The Ivory Coast soccer federation said Moustapha Sylla, 21, died as he was being rushed to the hospital on Sunday. Officials decided to continue with the game after Sylla was taken off the field.