The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
THE HOT CORNER
1 MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Zach Edey scored a career-high 38 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, helping No. 1 Purdue beat visiting Michigan State 77-61 Sunday. The Big Ten-leading Boilermakers won their eighth straight.
2 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Abbey Ellis’ season-high five 3-pointers helped Purdue earn its first top-five road victory in program history, beating No. 2 Ohio State 73-65. The Buckeyes (19-3, 8-3) lost their third consecutive game. ... Aliyah Boston had 16 points and 12 rebounds and Bree Hall scored a career-high 18 to lead No. 1 South Carolina to a 65-52 road win over Alabama.
3 PRO BASEBALL: The Yankees agreed to a one-year contract with 2B Gleyber Torres, avoiding an arbitration hearing. Torres hit .257 with 24 homers and 76 RBIS in 140 games for the AL East champs last year. Torres had asked for a raise from $6.25 million to $10.2 million in arbitration, and the Yankees offered $9.7 million.
4 PRO FOOTBALL: The Dolphins reportedly got their top choice to fill the defensive coordinator role. Vic Fangio and the Dolphins are in agreement on a deal that makes him the NFL’S highest-paid defensive coordinator, according to NFL Network. The report said the contract is a three-year deal with a fourth-year team option. Fangio, 64, was head coach of the Broncos from 2019 to 2021 and is a defensive consultant for the Eagles this season.
5 MEN’S SKIING: Swiss skier Marco Odermatt overcame a tricky course setting in Cortina D’ampezzo, Italy, to win a men’s World Cup super-g for his second victory in two days, just over a week before the start of the world championships. Odermatt extended his lead in both the overall and super-g standings. Home favorite Dominik Paris was 0.76 seconds behind in second. Austrian Daniel Hemetsberger trailed by 1.03 in third.