Fullback Kyle Juszczyk is returning to the 49ers on a two-year, $8 million contract just days after being cut.

The 49ers had officially released Juszczyk on Tuesday instead of paying him a $4.1 million salary this season and up to an additional $500,000 in offseason workout and per-game roster bonuses.

The team took on a $3.6 million dead cap charge with the move but brought him back on the new deal. Juszczyk was nearly cut last season but agreed to take a pay cut to stay in San Francisco.

The Chargers beefed up their offensive line on Friday by signing guard Mekhi Becton. The 6-7, 363-pound Becton started 19 games at right guard last season for the Super Bowl champion Eagles, helping pave the way for running back Saquon Barkley to rush for 2,504 yards and 13 touchdowns.

College basketball: UNLV fired basketball coach Kevin Kruger on Saturday. He led UNLV to its last Sweet 16 appearance as the team’s point guard and is the son of Hall of Famer Lon Kruger. Kevin Kruger went 76-55 in four seasons and failed to reach the NCAA Tournament.

MLB: Rangers pitcher Jon Gray fractured his right wrist when he was hit by a line drive in a spring training game against the Rockies, manager Bruce Bochy told reporters. ... Shortstop Mookie Betts will miss the Dodgers’ two exhibition games in Japan because of an illness.

NBA: Cam Thomas, the Nets’ leading scorer, is expected to miss the rest of the season with a strained left hamstring.

NHL: Alex Ovechkin scored his 887th career goal Saturday to move within eight of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record.

Tennis: Jack Draper toppled two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz 6-1, 0-6, 6-4 on Saturday to reach the BNP Paribas Open final