Harvick wins, makes NASCAR’S final four
Kevin Harvick earned a shot at another NASCAR Cup championship, rocketing past pole-sitter Ryan Blaney in overtime Sunday to win the Texas 500 in Fort Worth.
A late caution led to a third restart in the final 35 laps, each time with Harvick ahead. Harvick led 177 of the 337 laps.
With Joey Logano and Harvick locked in after winning the previous two races, the series goes to Phoenix next weekend with only two spots up for grabs for the championship finale in Homestead, Fla., in two weeks.
Kyle Busch, like Harvick a seven-time winner this year, and defending Cup champion Martin Truex Jr. are among the other six title contenders. They are above the cut line, but Clint Bowyer, Aric Almirola, Kurt Busch or Chase Elliott could advance with a win.
Kings fire coach Stevens
The Los Angeles Kings, last in the NHL at 4-8-1, fired head coach John Stevens just 13 games into his second season.
Willie Desjardins will be the interim head coach for the rest of the season, general manager Rob Blake said. Los Angeles also fired assistant coach Don Nachbaur and hired exSharks forward Marco Sturm to replace him.
Cam Fowler scored in overtime to complete a hat trick as host Anaheim survived PierreLuc Dubois’ second goal of the game in the final minute of regulation to beat Columbus 3-2; Yanni Gourde scored 14 seconds into overtime to lift visiting Tampa Bay over Ottawa 4-3; and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 39 shots and Jimmy Vesey scored twice to lead the host New York Rangers to a 3-1 win over Buffalo.
Rose retakes No. 1 ranking
Justin Rose is the No. 1 golfer in the world again, replacing Brooks Koepka, and this time he also goes home with a trophy.
Rose rallied from a three-shot deficit with a 3-under-par 68, then defeated China’s Li Haotong (71) on the first playoff hole with a par to win the European Tour’s Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya. Both golfers finished at 17under 267.
The first time Rose, 38, reached No. 1 was two months ago, but he did so after losing the BMW Championship in a playoff.
Bryson DeChambeau holed an eagle putt from just inside 60 feet on the 16th hole that carried him to a 5-under 66 and a one-shot victory at 21-under 263 over Patrick Cantlay (65) in the PGA Tour’s Shriners Hospital for Children Open in Las Vegas.
Nasa Hataoka shot a 5-under 67 to win the Japan Classic in Shiga at 14-under 202 for her second LPGA title of the season.
MLS: Gyasi Zardes scored in the 61st minute, helping the host Columbus Crew beat the Supporters’ Shield holder New York Red Bulls 1-0 in the opening leg of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
In other MLS first-leg conference semifinal games, Sebastian Blanco put the Timbers in front with a goal in the 29th minute and host Portland hung on to beat the Seattle Sounders 2-1; Eric Remedi scored in the 37th minute and visiting Atlanta United beat New York FC 1-0; and Diego Rubio scored in the 60th minute as Sporting Kansas City salvaged a 1-1 draw at Real Salt Lake.
Tennis: Karen Khachanov beat Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-4 to win the Paris Masters title and keep Djokovic from matching Rafael Nadal’s record of 33 Masters titles.
Running: Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia won the New York City Marathon in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 59 seconds, holding off countryman Shura Kitata by 1.99 seconds. Mary Keitany of Kenya became the second woman, after Grete Waitz, to win four times. Her 2:22:48 was the second-fastest in history. American Shalane Flanagan, the defending champ, was third.