THE HOT CORNER

1 AUTO RACING: Formula One leader Charles Leclerc of Ferrari topped both practices at the Spanish Grand Prix on Friday while Mercedes appeared to close the gap. Leclerc topped the time charts in both hour-long sessions. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were next in their Mercedes, which have struggled to keep up with Ferrari and Red Bull this season. They were within 0.2 seconds of Leclerc.

PRO HOCKEY: Rick Bowness will 2 not return as coach of the Dallas Stars after nearly three seasons in which he led them to the Stanley Cup Final and then back to the playoffs this season. General manager Jim Nill said assistant coaches John Stevens, Derek Laxdal and Todd Nelson also will not return. Bowness, 67, who has been head coach of five other teams, has been on an NHL bench for a record 2,562 regular-season games as a head coach or an assistant.

TENNIS: Casper Ruud will defend 3 his Geneva Open title against unseeded Joao Sousa after both posted straight-set victories in the semifinals on Friday. The No. 8-ranked Ruud beat Reilly Opelka 7-6 (2), 7-5 to lift his career record to 4-0 against the bigserving American, who is ranked No. 18.

COLLEGE ATHLETICS: The Pac12 4 Conference suffered a 36% decrease in revenue for the 202021 fiscal year due in large part to pandemic-related cancellations in football and basketball. The conference announced Friday that it had total revenues of $344 million and distributions to member schools of $238 million. The $19.8 million payouts per school represented a drop of 41% from the previous year.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

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Jacksonville State offensive coordinator Calvin Magee, 59, has died. The school said the longtime coach died Friday but didn’t release the cause of death.