HOCKEY
The Norfolk Admirals scored two goals less than a minute apart in the second period on the way to a 3-1 win over the Maine Mariners in an ECHL game on Friday in Norfolk, Virginia.
Maine took a 1-0 lead when Tim Doherty scored from Nick Jermain early in the second period. Norfolk responded with goals by Aidan Brown and Tag Bertuzzi later in the period to take a 2-1 lead.
Eric Cooley added an empty-net goal for Norfolk.
AUTO RACING
NASCAR CUP SERIES: Alex Bowman will return for the NASCAR season finale after missing five races with a concussion suffered in a crash in the new Next Gen car.
Hendrick Motorsports said Bowman will be back in the No. 48 Chevrolet next weekend at Phoenix Raceway, his home track. The team said the Tucson native was medically cleared to return following a Thursday evaluation by Dr. Micky Collins, clinical director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Medicine Concussion Program.
Bowman suffered his concussion in a Sept. 25 crash at Texas Motor Speedway. The injury knocked him out of the playoffs.
FORMULA ONE: Formula One’s governing body ordered Red Bull to pay a $7 million fine and forfeit wind tunnel time as punishment for overspending the 2021 cost cap by $1.8 million during Max Verstappen’s first championship season.
The penalties announced at the Mexico City Grand Prix are unlikely to satisfy Red Bull rivals, many of whom called for harsh penalties ranging from stripping Verstappen of last year’s title, a reduction in future Red Bull spending, and any punishment that would hurt the team competitively.
Red Bull has already wrapped up both a second F1 title with Verstappen and the constructors’ championship with three races remaining this season.
TENNIS
SWISS INDOORS: Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz will face No. 9 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinals in Basel, Switzerland after both advanced in straight sets.
Alcaraz, who won the U.S. Open last month, clinched a 6-3, 6-4 win against fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta with a service winner.
Auger-Aliassime hit 31 winners and made just four unforced errors in a 6-2, 6-3 win over Alexander Bublik.
A second 19-year-old, Holger Rune, took his place in the semifinals by beating unseeded Arthur Rinderknech 7-6 (0), 6-2. The 25th-ranked Rune is aiming for back-to-back titles after winning last weekend in Stockholm.
GOLF
PGA TOUR: Ben Crane took advantage of a rare start on the PGA Tour with his lowest score in 10 years, a 9-under 62 that gave him a one-shot lead going into the weekend of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship in Southhampton, Bermuda.
Crane’s last victory was in 2014 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, before it was a World Golf Championship or a FedEx Cup playoff event. He hasn’t led after any round since the summer of 2017.
Crane, who was at 14-under 128, played alongside good friend Aaron Baddeley, who had a 64 and was among those one shot out of the lead.
Also one shot behind was Austin Smotherman, who was tied until a late three-putt bogey for a 67, Adam Schenk (66), Robby Shelton (66) and Ben Griffin (64).
Seamus Power of Ireland, at No. 48 the highest-ranked player in the field, had another 65 and was two shots behind.
EUROPEAN TOUR: Gavin Green joined Jordan Smith as the co-leader of the Portugal Masters after the Malaysian golfer shot a 6-under 65 in the second round in Vilamoura, Portugal.
Green made seven birdies to go with one bogey on the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course. Smith, the overnight leader, shot a 67 after leading the field with a 62 on Thursday despite feeling sick.
Smith made two bogeys and six birdies, including on the 17th and 18th holes, to ensure he stayed at the top of the leaderboard.
CURLING
USA CURLING: The head of the organization that runs Olympic curling in the United States resigned in the wake of an investigation that revealed he failed to act on allegations of sexual abuse and other harassment when he was commissioner of a women’s soccer league.
USA Curling said it had accepted the resignation of CEO Jeff Plush and appointed Dean Gemmell, who most recently worked as the federation’s director of development, as interim CEO.
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