HOT CORNER

1 PRO TENNIS:

Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray is set to return from his ankle injury at the Geneva Open this month. Tournament organizers gave Murray, 36, a wild-card entry for the clay-court event that starts May 18. Murray, a former world No. 1, has played sparingly since hip surgery in 2018 and has said he will probably retire after this summer. He is a two-time Wimbledon and Olympic champion, and is hoping to compete for Britain in this summer’s Olympics. The Geneva Open is a key warmup event for the French Open, where Murray is a former finalist. But he has played there only once since 2017.

2 PRO MEN’S GOLF:

The first round of the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte will be delayed today, with rain in the forecast this morning. The start now is set for 11 a.m.

3 PRO BOXING:

The World Boxing Council stripped unbeaten Jermall Charlo of his middleweight title following his arrest this week on suspicion of drunken driving in Texas. The organization’s Board of Governors named Carlos Adames the division’s champion. Charlo hasn’t defended his title since 2021, and Adames became interim champ in October 2022. Police in the Houston suburb of Pearland arrested Charlo, 33, on three misdemeanor charges Monday.

4 COLLEGES:

Two Republican Congressmen introduced a bill that would give the NCAA protection from litigation and allow the association and conferences to regulate things like recruiting, eligibility standards and the way college athletes are compensated for NIL. The Protect The Ball Act is sponsored by Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C., and Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., and is intended to provide legal safe harbor for the entities that run college sports, which has been under siege from antitrust lawsuits. The NCAA and Power Four conferences are considering a settlement agreement that could cost billions. House vs. the NCAA seeks damages for college athletes who were denied the right to make money from sponsorship and endorsement deals going back to 2016, five years before the NCAA lifted its ban on NIL compensation.