JOHN FORCE RACES TO RECORD 150TH FUNNY CAR WIN

» John Force raced to his

K ENT, WASH . record-extending 150th Funny Car victory Sunday in the NHRA Northwest Nationals.

The 70-year-old Force won for the first time since the Colorado event last year, beating Ron Capps in the final with a 3.971-second run at 320.58 mph in the Peak Auto Lighting Chevrolet.

“It’s been 25 races, since Denver last year,” Force said. “(Crew chief Brian) Corradi and Daniel Hood and (Tim) Fabrisi have had to put up with me all year, not happy with the way the car steered, how I sat in it, not happy with so many things. And then I got the monkey on my back and it drives you nuts. You go to bed every night, but the monkey taught me so much, that you need to focus on your car if you want to do good.”

Colangelo: No angst as USA Basketball enters World Cup camp.

» USA Basketball managing L A S VEG A S director Jerry Colangelo says he is not worried about the Americans’ chances as they start preparing for the FIBA World Cup, even after a wildly unpredictable process was needed just to fill a training-camp roster for the tournament that starts in China at the end of the month. The 15-man national team roster arrived in Las Vegas on Sunday, to start training camp under coach Gregg Popovich on Monday.

US women’s volleyball team secures Tokyo Olympics bid.

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» The U.S. women’s volleyball CIT Y, L A. team has secured an Olympic berth for next summer’s Tokyo Games, beating Argentina in straight sets at a Tokyo Women’s Volleyball Qualification Tournament. Coach Karch Kiraly’s third-ranked Americans went unbeaten in Pool C of qualifying this weekend, rallying from a set down and again from a 2-1 deficit to beat Bulgaria before a 25-22, 25-17, 25-13 win against No. 11 Argentina.

WR Jordy Nelson retiring as Packer; spent 2018 with Raiders.

» Veteran wide receiver

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Jordy Nelson is retiring as a member of the Green Bay Packers. The 34year-old played in Green Bay from 2008-2017, winning a Super Bowl with the Packers, before spending last season with the Oakland Raiders. Nelson had 550 receptions and 69 touchdown catches in his 10 seasons in Green Bay. He made the Pro Bowl in 2014, missed the 2015 season with a knee injury and was named the 2016 Comeback Player of the Year.

Former Raiders wide receiver Cliff Branch dead at age 71.

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Cliff Branch, one of the Raiders’ career-leading receivers who won three Super Bowls, has died. He was 71. Police in Bullhead City, Arizona, say Branch was found dead in a hotel room Saturday. They say an initial investigation revealed no foul play and that Branch died of natural causes. One of the game’s top deep threats during his 14 NFL seasons in Oakland and Los Angeles, Branch was an All-Pro three straight seasons and made four Pro Bowls.

Hamilton hunts down Verstappen to win Hungarian GP.

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» Lewis Hamilton is more used G A R Y to others chasing him but the Mercedes driver turned predator to successfully hunt down Max Verstappen and win the Hungarian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel finished the race behind Verstappen in third place for Ferrari ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc. Hamilton extended his championship lead to 62 points with the 81st victory of his F1 career to move only 10 wins behind Michael Schumacher’s record total.

Peruvian surfers win gold at home Pan Am Games.

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PERU» Peru’s Lucca Mesinas and Daniella Rosas won gold in their surfing finals at the Pan American Games and a potential ticket to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. International Surfing Association longboard world champion Benoit “Piccolo” Clemente, who is also from Peru, won the men’s longboard final.