Press Box: Sports Recap
IN BRIEF
AUTO RACING: Denny Hamlin overcame a bad mistake entering pit road to chase down Martin Truex Jr. and win the Southern 500 in Darlington, S.C. Hamlin swept Darlington’s throwback weekend after taking the Xfinity race a day earlier . ... Pole-sitter Alexander Rossi won the IndyCar Grand Prix at The Glen, holding off Scott Dixon at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International . ... Pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton won the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, Italy, and moved ahead of Sebastian
Vettel to take the lead in the drivers’ standings.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Florida State QB Deondre Francois will miss the rest of the season after tearing the patellar tendon in his left knee in the fourth quarter Saturday night in a 24-7 loss to No. 1 Alabama, sources told the Associated Press.
GOLF: PGA champion Justin Thomas made three long birdies en route to a tournament-best 63, giving him a share of the lead with Marc Leishman going into a Labor Day finish in the Dell Technologies Championship in Norton, Mass . ... Stacy Lewis came through for her hurricaneravaged hometown of Houston and ended a long winless streak. Lewis won the Cambia Portland Classic, with her $195,000 in winnings going to the relief efforts. Lewis, 32, won her 12th LPGA Tour title and first time since June 2014, ending a frustrating stretch that included 12 runner-up finishes . ... Scott McCarron won the Shaw Charity Classic for his fourth PGA Tour Champions title of the season. McCarron closed with a 3-under 67 to beat Miguel Angel Jimenez by a stroke at Canyon Meadows in Calgary, Alberta. NFL: RB Jonathan Williams was cut by the Bills after they claimed three players off waivers. The Bills also released WR Philly Brown and LB Gerald Hodges and claimed TE Khari Lee ,LB Deon Lacey and rookie OT Conor McDermott . ...
Clark Hunt, the owner of the Chiefs, is being accused in a lawsuit of improperly receiving hundreds of millions in state investment money through a kickback deal with New Mexico officials . ... The Packers signed free-agent LB Ahmad Brooks and claimed edge rusher Chris Odom off waivers from the Falcons . ... The Jets claimed four players off waivers, including former Giants TE Will Tye. Also claimed were WRs Damore’ea Stringfellow and Kalif Raymond, and LB Edmond Robinson .... K Cody Parkey was claimed by the Dolphins, who released Andrew Franks, their kicker the last two seasons . ... The Jaguars added five players off waivers and cut third-string QB Brandon Allen . ... Former Broncos QB Kyle Sloter signed with the Vikings’ practice squad . ... The Rams claimed DT Quinton Jefferson and centers J.J. Dielman and Aaron Neary off waivers . ... The Chargers claimed OL Michael Schofield and DB Jeff Richards off waivers . ... The Cowboys released DT Cedric Thornton . ... The Titans re-signed WR and KR Eric Weems a day after waiving him. They also placed WR Harry Douglas on IR . ... The 49ers claimed DL Xavier Cooper off waivers from the Browns . ... The Buccaneers traded S J.J. Wilcox to the Steelers and added 11 players who were in training camp to the practice squad . ... The Raiders brought back LB Shilique Calhoun and seven others released on cut-down day to their practice squad.