Former major leaguer Mark DeRosa will manage the United States for the second straight World Baseball Classic, USA Baseball said Thursday.

DeRosa led the U.S. to the final of the 2023 tournament, in which it lost to Japan 3-2 as Shohei Ohtani struck out then-Angels teammate Mike Trout to end the game.

Michael Hill, MLB’s senior VP of on-field operations and workforce development, will be the team’s new GM.

DeRosa, 50, is a broadcaster for the MLB Network. He had a .268 average with 100 homers and 494 RBIs in 16 seasons.

Colleges: High Point men’s basketball coach Alan Huss will return to Creighton as the head coach-in-waiting for whenever Greg McDermott, 60, decides to leave or retire. Huss, 46, was a six-year assistant under McDermott and played for the Bluejays. ... Owen Michaels scored his second goal 26 seconds into the second OT and Western Michigan beat defending champion Denver 3-2 in St. Louis to advance to its first Frozen Four title game.

NFL: The Colts released kicker Matt Gay, 31, two years after they gave him a then-record four-year, $22.5 million free agent contract.

Soccer: Alejandro Dominguez, the president of South American soccer’s ruling body CONMEBOL, made an official proposal to expand the men’s 2030 World Cup from 32 teams to 64. The 2030 World Cup is already set to be the most sprawling edition with six host nations spread across three continents. Uruguay was the original World Cup host in 1930 and is scheduled to stage one game. Paraguay, Argentina, Spain, Portugal and Morocco are also co-hosts.