Brink, No. 4 Stanford cruise past Oregon

Cameron Brink had 18 points, 17 rebounds and three blocks and No. 4 Stanford pulled away for a 76-56 win over Oregon on Saturday in the Pac-12 regular-season finale for both teams.

Kiki Iriafen added 16 points and eight rebounds for the Cardinal (264, 15-3), who had already claimed the regular-season conference championship and won for the seventh time in the last eight games. Hannah Jump had 12 points.

The Cardinal ended the regular season with a road sweep of the Oregon schools and momentum heading into next week's Pac-12 tournament.

Chance Gray had 18 points to lead the Ducks (11-20, 2-16), who have lost a program-record 13 in a row and finished last in the league.

Stanford led by 17 on three occasions in the second quarter. Brink had 10 points and 10 rebounds in 14 first-half minutes for her 16th double-double of the season. GARDINER, BEERS LEAD OREGON STATE OVER CAL >> Timea Gardiner scored 16 of her 19 points in a dominating second half, leading scorer Raegan Beers returned to action and No. 11 Oregon State closed the regular season with a 79-56 win over Cal.

Beers had 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting after missing the last four games for the Beavers (23-6, 12-6).

Marta Suarez scored 14 points to lead the Golden Bears (17-13, 7-11), who haven't won at OSU since 2013. Leilani McIntosh had 13 points and reserves Lulu Laditan-Twidale and McKayla Williams both had 12.

NHL

CAPITALS PUT KUZNETSOV ON WAIVERS >> The Washington Capitals put Evgeny Kuznetsov on waivers, a surprising move that came hours after the mercurial center was cleared by the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program to resume practicing.

Kuznetsov spent the past month receiving care in the program. General manager Brian MacLellan said waiving the 31-year-old Russian is a means to an end to give Kuznetsov the change of scenery he's been wanting.

Motorsports

CARUTH GETS MONUMENTAL VICTORY >> Rajah Caruth made a promise after taking the checkered flag in the Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

“There's more to come, for sure,” the 21-year-old Spire Motorsports driver said moments after securing his first NASCAR Truck Series win from pole position Friday night.

An alumnus of NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program, Caruth is the third Black driver to win a NASCAR national series race, joining Hall of Famer Wendell Scott and Bubba Wallace.

Wallace took to social media to congratulate Caruth, calling it a “a monumental win for our sport!” NASCAR CATCHES LOGANO WITH ALTERED GLOVE >> NASCAR displayed a clearly altered glove that Joey Logano wore in qualifying at Atlanta Motor Speedway, where aerodynamic-deflecting alterations were so obvious it looked as if he was wearing part of an amphibious costume.

The black glove for Logano's left hand had webbing made of an unspecified material in between every finger. The theory is that Logano, who qualified second at Atlanta last weekend, had the glove altered in order to place his hand out his window as an aerodynamic blocker during qualifying.

NASCAR said it discovered the glove during a random inspection — and not, as Denny Hamlin suggested, in a tipoff from a rival team — and that it did not know if Logano was wearing the glove when he won the pole for the season-opening Daytona 500.

Golf

LOWRY, SKINNS, ECKROAT TIED FOR PGA LEAD >> Shane Lowry nearly won at PGA National two years ago. The Irishman has given himself a big chance to get a victory there today.

Lowry, David Skinns and Austin Eckroat were tied for the lead after the third round of the Cognizant Classic at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Lowry, who is looking for his third PGA victory, and Skinns had rounds of 66 to and Eckroat shot a 68. They were at 13-under 200.

Jacob Bridgeman (65), Min Woo Lee (66), Martin Laird (66), Kevin Yu (70) and Victor Perez (70) were 10 under. Andrew Novak (70) and C.T. Pan (70) were another shot back.

FURUE TAKES 2-SHOT LEAD IN SINGAPORE >> Ayaka Furue of Japan took a two-stroke lead over Hannah Green after three rounds of the LPGA Tour's HSBC Women's World Championship in Thailand with a 4-under 68.