TRACK AND FIELD
Lewiston High grad Isaiah Harris finished second in the 800 meters at the US track and field indoor championships on Saturday in Alburquerque, New Mexico.
Harris finished in 1:46.42. Bryce Hoppel won the race in 1:45.92, while Vincent Crisp was third in 1:46.47.
On Friday, Hannah Steelman of Orono, finished seventh in the 3,000 with a time of 9:10.10.
HOCKEY
ECHL: Reid Stefanson scored two first-period goals and the Maine Mariners cruised to a 6-2 win over the Atlanta Gladiators at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland.
Patrick Shea added a goal and three assists for Maine (29-14-3), which has scored 11 goals in the first two games of this series against Atlanta, winning 5-0 on Friday.
Tim Dougherty added a goal and two assists, while Cam Askew and Nick Master also scored.
Eric Neiley and Michal Mrazik were the goal scorers for Atlanta (24-20-6).
BASKETBALL
WNBA: Brittney Griner is headed back to the Phoenix Mercury.
Griner, who was a free agent, re-signed with the Mercury on a one-year contract according to a person familiar with the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Saturday because no announcement has been made.
The 32-year-old Griner had said she would return to Phoenix in a social media post in December, after she returned home from her 10-month ordeal in Russia that included time in a Russian jail and ended with a dramatic prisoner swap.
• Diana Taurasi has re-signed with the Phoenix Mercury, agreeing to a multiyear contract, the team announced.
The WNBA’s all-time leading scorer has only played with the Mercury since being drafted No. 1 by the team in 2004.
By signing a multiyear contract it keeps the door open for Taurasi to play in the 2024 Olympics. Taurasi told The Associated Press earlier this month while participating in a USA Basketball training camp that she had her eyes on the Paris Games, which she’d be 42 years old at.
NBA: Kevin Love and the Cleveland Cavaliers have completed a buyout of his contract, and the five-time All-Star is strongly considering a move to the Miami Heat, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because Love will still have to clear waivers before he can sign with a new team.
Other teams are expected to try to talk to Love, who is making $31.3 million this season, before he finalizes a decision, one of the people told the AP.
AUTO RACING
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES: It wasn’t the Daytona 500, but Austin Hill gladly took the win.
Hill won the Xfinity Series season-opening race for the second consecutive year to diminish some of the sting the Richard Childress Racing driver felt two days earlier when he failed to qualify for the Daytona 500.
Hill rebounded and drove from last to first at Daytona International Speedway. The Chevrolet driver was declared the winner after a long NASCAR review of the finishing order. The race went into overtime and Justin Allgaier was the leader until Allgaier’s teammate, Sam Mayer, went high in an attempt to make the race-winning pass.
Contact between Hill and Mayer caused Mayer to spin and his Chevrolet to flip onto its roof, bringing out the race-ending caution. NASCAR then had to review timing and scoring to determine who was the leader when the yellow was thrown.
NASCAR needed nearly 10 minutes to determine Hill was ahead of Allgaier when the race ended. Allgaier settled for second.
SKIING
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t hold on to a first-run lead and was beaten to gold by unheralded Canadian skier Laurence St-Germain in the women’s slalom at the world championships in Meribel, France.
The American finished 0.57 seconds behind St-Germain after the final run to settle for silver.
St-Germain’s victory marked the first gold for Canada in women’s slalom since Anne Heggtveit won at the 1960 Olympics in Squaw Valley, which also counted as the world championships.
Lena Duerr of Germany was 0.69 behind and won bronze.
SOCCER
PREMIER LEAGUE: Liverpool won at 10-man Newcastle 2-0 and boosted its push for a top-four finish in the English Premier League.
January signing Cody Gakpo scored for the second game in a row.
• Vitaly Janelt scored with a powerful header in the 96th minute to help Brentford salvage a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace in the English Premier League.
• Seamus Coleman’s unusual second-half goal helped Everton secure a 1-0 win to move out of the English Premier League’s relegation zone.
TENNIS
QATAR OPEN: Top-ranked Iga Swiatek successfully defended her Qatar Open title after beating No. 4-ranked Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-0 in the final in Doha, Qatar.
Doha was also Swiatek’s first title last year, and the start of a 37-match winning streak which included her second grand slam title at the French Open.
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