Perez wins Monaco GP
Sergio Perez rebounded from Red Bull team orders that denied him a chance to race for the win one week ago to pick up his first Formula One win of the season in the rain-marred Monaco Grand Prix.
Perez earned his third career F1 victory on the slick city streets of Monaco after a questionable strategy call by Ferrari cost pole-sitter Charles Leclerc a win on his home circuit.
“You dream of winning this, and after your home race, there is no place more special to win,” Perez said after waving the Mexican flag.
Although Leclerc finished the race for the first time in four tries, he finished fourth and allowed reigning world champion Max Verstappen to extend his lead in the points standings. Carlos Sainz Jr. finished second for Ferrari and Verstappen was third for Red Bull.
Verstappen now leads Leclerc by nine points in the standings; Leclerc has two wins this season, Verstappen and Perez have combined for five victories as Red Bull and Ferrari have claimed all seven races.
But the win went to Verstappen’s teammate just one week after Perez was ordered to cede the lead to Verstappen during the Spanish Grand Prix. Leclerc had dropped out of the race with an engine failure and Red Bull chose to capitalize by manipulating the finish to get Verstappen the win in Spain.
MLB
San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler, who has been avoiding the field during the national anthem as a protest following last week’s school shooting in Texas, said he may suspend that decision Monday in recognition of Memorial Day.
Kapler said Friday he would refuse to take the field for the anthem to protest the nation’s political direction. He said his protest would continue “until I feel better about the direction of our country.”
But before Sunday’s game in Cincinnati, when asked specifically what he would do on Memorial Day, when his Giants play in Philadelphia, Kapler wasn’t definitive, saying he may take the field for the anthem.
Cubs place Miley on IL: The Chicago Cubs placed left-hander Wade Miley on the 15-day injured list on Sunday with a left shoulder strain.
Miley also missed the start of the season with left elbow inflammation. He is 1-0 with a 3.38 ERA in three starts in his first season with Chicago.
The 35-year-old Miley hasn’t pitched since he worked six innings of three-run ball in a 5-4 victory over Arizona on May 22. The IL move was made retroactive to Thursday.
White Sox’s Anderson leaves game: Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson left Sunday’s game against the Chicago Cubs with a lower-body injury.
Anderson went down in the outfield after fielding P.J. Higgins’ fifth-inning grounder and throwing to first for the out. It looked as if he was dealing with a groin or right leg injury as he was helped off the field.
LACROSSE
Sam Geiersbach scored three times – including the go-ahead goal with about 5 minutes to play – and North Carolina beat defending-champion Boston College, 12-11, Sunday to win the NCAA women’s lacrosse title inn Baltimore.
The top-ranked Tar Heels finished the season 22-0, setting a school record for wins and becoming the first undefeated national champion since 2017 (Maryland).
Charlotte North, the NCAA’s all-time goals leader, led Boston College (19-4) with four goals.
CYCLING
Jai Hindley accomplished what he so narrowly missed out on two years ago by sealing overall victory in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday – becoming the first Australian rider to win Italy’s Grand Tour.
Hindley finished 1 minute, 18 seconds ahead of 2019 champion Richard Carapaz following the concluding individual time trial, which finished next to Verona’s Arena, a Roman amphitheater.
Carapaz finished seven seconds ahead of Hindley in the time trial but Hindley had entered the final day with an advantage of 1:25.
SOCCER
Two-time European Cup winner Nottingham Forest is back in the top flight of English soccer for the first time since 1999.
Forest beat Huddersfield, 1-0, in the Championship playoff final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday in London to secure its return to the English Premier League next season.
The most lucrative match in soccer – it’s worth 170 million pounds ($215 million) in future broadcast money and guaranteed earnings – was settled by an own-goal by Huddersfield defender Levi Colwill just before halftime.
Forest had a late scare when goalkeeper Brice Samba was injured and replaced in the 89th minute by American Ethan Horvath, who made his first appearance since March 20 in the FA Cup quarterfinals.