The Norfolk Admirals scored two goals less than a minute apart in the second period en route to a 3-1 victory over the Maine Mariners in an ECHL game in Norfolk, Virginia on Friday.
Maine took a 1-0 lead when Tim Doherty scored on Nick Jermain early in the second period. Norfolk responded later in the period with goals from Aidan Brown and Tag Bertuzzi to take a 2-1 lead.
Eric Cooley added an empty netter for Norfolk.
NASCAR CUP SERIES: Alex Bowman will return to the NASCAR season finale after missing five races due to a concussion suffered in a crash in the new Next Gen car.
Hendrick Motorsports said Bowman will return to the No. 1 Chevrolet. 48 next weekend at Phoenix Raceway, his home track. The team said the Tucson native was medically cleared to return following Thursday’s evaluation by Dr. Micky Collins, clinical director of the concussion sports medicine program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Bowman suffered a concussion in the Sept. 25 crash at Texas Motor Speedway. An injury knocked him out of the playoffs.
FORMULA ONE: Formula One’s governing body has ordered Red Bull to pay a $7 million fine and take time off the wind tunnel as punishment for exceeding the 2021 cost cap by $1.8 million in Max Verstappen’s first season in the championship.
The penalties announced at the Mexico City Grand Prix are unlikely to satisfy Red Bull’s rivals, many of whom have called for stiff penalties ranging from stripping Verstappen of last year’s title, a reduction in Red Bull’s future spending and any penalty that would harm the team on the field. .
Red Bull have already wrapped up a second F1 title with Verstappen and the Constructors’ Championship, with three races remaining this season.
SWITZERLAND AT THE HALL: Top seed Carlos Alcaraz will face No. 9 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinals in Basel, Switzerland, after both advanced in sets.
Alcaraz, who won the US Open last month, won 6-3, 6-4 against fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta with a service winner.
Auger-Aliassime hit 31 winners and committed just four unforced errors in a 6-2, 6-3 win over Alexander Bublik.
Another 19-year-old, Holger Rune, reached the semi-finals 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.
PGA TOUR: Ben Crane made the most of a rare start on the PGA Tour with his lowest score in 10 years with a 9-under 62 to give him a one-shot lead heading into the weekend’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship in Southhampton, Bermuda.
Crane’s last win came in 2014 at the FedEx St. Louis Championship. Jude Championship before it was the World Golf Championship or the FedEx Cup Playoffs. He has not led a 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 to lose the lead by one stroke.
Also one shot behind were Austin Smotherman, who was tied until a late triple bogey for a 67, Adam Schenk (66), Robby Shelton (66) and Ben Griffin (64).
Ireland’s Seamus Power, the 48th-highest-ranked player in the field, had a 65 and was two shots behind.
EUROPEAN TOUR: Gavin Green joined Jordan Smith as co-leaders at the Portuguese Masters after the Malaysian golfer shot a 6-under 65 in the second round in Vilamoura, Portugal.
Green made seven birdies to go along with one bogey at the Dom Pedro Victoria golf course. Smith, the overnight leader, carded a 67 after leading 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 remained at the top of the leaderboard.
USA CURLING: The head of the organization that governs Olympic curling in the United States has resigned after an investigation found he failed to act on allegations of sexual abuse and other harassment while he was commissioner of the Women’s Soccer League.
USA Curling announced that it has accepted the resignation of CEO Jeff Plush and named Dean Gemmell, who most recently served as the association’s director of development, as interim CEO.
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