THE HOT CORNER

PRO BASKETBALL: Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman has signed a multiyear contract extension. Details were not immediately available Friday. The 37-year-old Altman signed a three-year contract in 2017, not long after he took over when the club parted ways with previous GM David Griffin. Altman will continue to oversee a rebuild that began when LeBron James left as a free agent in 2017 after leading Cleveland to its fourth straight NBA Finals appearance.

AUTO RACING: Denny Hamlin is racing for a NASCAR championship with a torn labrum in his left shoulder that will require offseason surgery. Hamlin said Friday he has had shoulder issues for years, and really doesn’t know what caused them. He said it hasn’t affected his driving the No. 11 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing.

AUTO RACING: Formula One and ESPN have agreed to a new threeyear deal to keep the series on the network and on ABC in the United States. The deal, announced ahead of the U.S. Grand Prix, also makes ESPN Deportes the Spanish-language home of F1. COLLEGE SPORTS: Selling alcohol has worked well enough at football games that Vanderbilt is expanding alcohol sales to basketball games and baseball games next spring. Vanderbilt Athletic Director Malcolm Turner wrote on Twitter that fans welcomed alcohol sales that started this season with football as a “great enhancement” to their game-day experience. COLLEGE BASKETBALL:

Michigan State forward Thomas Kithier has a broken nose that is not expected to keep him out of the season-opening game. Kithier was injured by an inadvertent elbow at practice but has been cleared to play. The top-ranked Spartans face No. 2 Kentucky on Tuesday in New York.