Bowyer captures snow-delayed race
Clint Bowyer snapped a 190race losing streak dating to 2012 with a dominating victory Monday at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in a race that had been postponed Sunday because of rain and light snow.
Monday’s win continued the strong start to the NASCAR season for Stewart-Haas Racing, which has won four of the first six races.
Bowyer’s victory was his first driving for SHR, which he joined as Tony Stewart’s replacement last year.
G League player dies at age 26
Zeke Upshaw, a swingman for the Detroit Pistons’ G League affiliate who collapsed on the court during a game in Michigan over the weekend, died Monday.
Upshaw, 26, died at a hospital, the Grand Rapids Drive said. No cause was disclosed.
NFL: The Rams agreed to a one-year contract with Ndamukong Suh. The dominant tackle could play alongside All-Pro Aaron Donald on a potentially fearsome defensive front for the defending NFC West champions. Suh was released by the Dolphins this month after three seasons when he declined to restructure his hefty contract . ... The New York Giants signed former Stanford safety Michael Thomas, who spent the past five seasons in Miami . ... The Cleveland Browns re-signed freeagent linebacker Tank Carder, who missed last season with a knee injury . ... Washington signed free-agent linebacker Pernell McPhee.
Jurisprudence: William Strampel, a former Michigan State University dean who supervised Lawrence Nassar, the sports doctor for USA Gymnastics convicted of sex abuse, was arrested. Though the precise charges against Strampel were not immediately clear, his arrest came about six weeks after Michigan State’s interim president, John Engler, announced that he was trying to revoke Strampel’s tenure, citing allegations about “his personal conduct over a long period of time.”
The White Sox welcomed back a groundskeeper who spent 23 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. The Chicago Tribune reports that DNA evidence led prosecutors last year to vacate the conviction of 49-year-old Nevest Coleman. He had been convicted in a 1994 rape and murder.
Former major-league outfielder
Albert Belle was arrested on charges of indecent exposure and extreme driving under the influence outside a soccer stadium in Arizona, the Salt River Police Department said.
Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro defensive end Michael Bennett surrendered to authorities in Houston on a charge that he injured a paraplegic woman as he tried to get onto the field after last year’s Super Bowl to celebrate with his brother.
College baseball: Ross Puskarich and Riley Helland each had two hits and two RBIs to lead USF (16-8) to a 5-1 victory at Oregon (14-9). The Dons have won 10 of 12.
Colleges: Utah athletic director Chris Hill is planning to retire after 31 years.