San Francisco Chronicle

NASCAR race is delayed yet again

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The NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Texas was pushed back another day without any more laps completed.

Eight hours after the race was scheduled to resume on a misty day with temperatur­es in the low 40s, NASCAR postponed it and decided to try again Tuesday.

Similar conditions were forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday.

Only 52 of the scheduled 334 laps were completed Sunday before mist and drizzle forced the race to stop. There was a delay of more than four hours before the race was postponed.

Another 115 laps have to be completed to get to the halfway mark of 167 laps that would make Texas an official race.

College football: Missouri wide receiver Maurice Massey has been dismissed from the team after being arrested, school officials said. Massey, 20, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of thirddegre­e domestic assault, fourthdegr­ee assault and firstdegre­e property damage, according to the Boone County Sheriff Department. He was released on bond.

1 The SEC fined Mississipp­i head coach Lane Kiffin $ 25,000 for complaints about officiatin­g on social media.

Baseball: The New York Mets claimed infielder Robel Garcia off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds and designated outfielder Ryan Cordell for assignment. 1 The Texas Rangers plan to utilize Doug Mathis and Brendan Sagara as copitching coaches in 2021, with Mathis in the dugout and Sagara working out of the bullpen. NHL: Defenseman Trevor Daley, who played 16 seasons with Dallas, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Chicago, retired to become a hockeyoper­ations adviser for the Penguins.

Broadcasti­ng: Andres Cantor, the Telemundo announcer famous for his screams of “Goooooaaal!” during soccer broadcasts, has won the Colin Jose Media Award given annually by the U. S. National Soccer Hall of Fame. Cantor will receive the award at next year’s induction ceremony.

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