Gordon gets motors Hall of Fame nod

Four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon, who retired after the past NASCAR season, and record-setting pilot and eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes were among seven people selected Friday for the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.

The others to be inducted March 13 are dragster builder John Buttera, Indianapolis Motor Speedway founder Carl G. Fisher, motorcycle great Fred Merkel, three-time Indy 500 champion owner U.E. Pat Patrick and sports-car team creator Bob Tullius. Golf: Brian Harman made good on his second chip at the par-5 15th hole for an unlikely birdie, and a long two-putt birdie on the closing par-5 at Kapalua gave him a 5-under-par 68 and a share of the lead with Marc Leishman in Hawaii’s Tournament of Champions. The two were at 10-under through two rounds. Dustin Johnson was one shot behind. Tennis: Angelique Kerber beat Daria Gavrilova 6-1, 6-2, then teamed with Alexander Zverev to win the mixed doubles as Germany beat Australia 2-1 in Perth, Australia, to advance to the Hopman Cup final against Switzerland.

Defending champion Katerina Siniakova defeated Maria Sharapova 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to reach the final of the Shenzhen (China) Open. Siniakova, the No. 6 seed, will face top-ranked Simona Halep for the title after she beat fourth-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu 6-1, 6-4. Speedskating: Erin Jackson surprised herself and almost everyone else at the U.S. speedskating trials in Milwaukee, becoming a first-time Olympian after just four months on ice. Coming from the world of inline skating, Jackson qualified in the 500 meters by finishing third.