HOT CORNER

1 PRO FOOTBALL: Linebacker Kyle Van Noy is returning to Baltimore after agreeing on a two-year, $9 million contract, a person familiar with the terms told The Associated Press on Thursday. Van Noy will make $5.25 million in 2024 and can earn up to $11 million with incentives. He had a career-high nine sacks in 14 games last season after signing with the Ravens in September. He added 30 tackles, nine quarterback hits and forced two fumbles.

PRO FOOTBALL: The Buffalo Bills 2 have agreed to sign offensive tackle La’el Collins to a one-year contract, the player’s agent, Peter Schaffer, confirmed in a text to The Associated Press on Thursday. Collins is attempting a return to the NFL after missing all of last season because of a knee injury sustained while playing for the Cincinnati Bengals in 2022. He closed last season on the Dallas Cowboys’ practice squad.

3 COLLEGE BASKETBALL:

Houston’s Kelvin Sampson narrowly edged UConn’s Dan Hurley for his second Associated Press Coach of the Year award, which was announced Friday. Sampson received 23 of 62 votes from the national panel that votes for the weekly AP Top 25; balloting closed before the start of the NCAA Tournament. Hurley, whose topseeded Huskies will play Alabama in the Final Four tonight as they chase a second consecutive national title, finished second with 21 votes.

4 PRO BASKETBALL: The NBA fined the Philadelphia 76ers $100,000 on Friday for violating injury reporting rules by initially listing Joel Embiid as out in a game he later played in. Embiid returned from a 29-game absence after left knee surgery Tuesday night, leading the 76ers to a 109-105 victory over the Thunder. That came after the 76ers had listed him as out in the initial injury report. He was upgraded to questionable by late afternoon.

PRO BASEBALL: The scheduled start 5 time for Monday’s game between the New York Yankees and Miami Marlins was pushed back four hours because of the total solar eclipse. New York was initially set to host the Marlins at 2:05 p.m.