— Rankings in the D1 preseason baseball poll include UCLA at No 1 and Coastal Carolina at No. 6.
— Renovations at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh this summer will raise capacity by 663 seats to 20,450 for basketball. The expansion will increase hockey seating by 694 to 19,606.
— The Carolina Hurricanes host Florida tonight (ESPN+, 7 p.m.).
— Federal prosecutors announced charges against 26 people for fixing Chinese and NCAA basketball games.
— Nick Taylor and Kevin Roy each shot 8-under par 62s Thursday to lead the season-opening PGA Tour event in Hawaii by one shot going into the second round today (Golf Channel, 7 p.m.).
— Reports say John Harbaugh will be the next coach of the New York Giants.
— In an NBA doubleheader on ESPN tonight, Cleveland plays at Philadelphia at 7 p.m. and Houston hosts Minnesota at 9:30 p.m.
