NA SURVIVES MISTAKES TO WIN IN LAS VEGAS

» Kevin Na lost a threeshot

L A S VEG A S lead on the back nine, saved his chances with a clutch par putt on the 17th hole and won the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in a playoff Sunday when Patrick Cantlay threeputted the second extra hole.

It was a wild finish at the TPC Summerlin made possible mainly by Na’s mistakes.

Leading by three shots going to the back nine, he made triple bogey on the 10th hole without finding a hazard. Then, he hit into the water on the par-5 16th and lost the lead for the first time all day with a bogey.

But he delivered a 25-foot par putt on the 17th hole to tie for the lead after Cantlay went into the water, and he matched Cantlay’s birdie putt on the 18th on the first extra hole.

A day of mistakes ended with the worst one — a three-putt from Cantlay from 45 feet, the second one from just inside 6 feet.

Na, who closed with a 1-under 70, rolled in his 4-foot par putt and raised his arms in celebration. It was his third victory in the last 15 months.

Cheyenne Knight wins 1st LPGA Tour title at home in Texas.

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» Cheyenne Knight COLON Y, TEXA S struggled so much her rookie season that she made the cut in only half of her tournaments and figured she was headed back to the LPGA Tour qualifying series.

In the only LPGA event in her home state of Texas, in what she thought would be her last tournament of the year, Knight played bogey-free Sunday and closed with a 5-under 66 for a two-shot victory in the Volunteers of America Classic.

Her first victory on the LPGA Tour comes with a two-year exemption and makes her eligible for the Asia swing.

U.S. wins 3 gold medals on last day of track worlds.

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» The United States showed off the speed and depth of its squad to win three gold medals on the final day of the world track championships.

U.S. runners won the men’s and women’s 4x400-meter relays, and U.S. women finished first and second in the 100-meter hurdles. The U.S. finished with 14 gold medals — its best result at a world championships for 12 years — in the last major global competition before next year’s Olympics in Tokyo.

Kansas fires offensive coordinator Koenning after 6 games.

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» Les Miles was fired by LSU in

. part because his offenses failed to score enough points. He doesn’t want the same thing to happen at Kansas.

So midway through an ugly first season with the Jayhawks, one marked by vast improvement on defense but more problems on offense, Miles announced Sunday that he had fired coordinator Les Koenning.

Brent Dearmon was promoted from his role as offensive consultant to take his place.

Ohio State, Georgia tied at No. 3; Florida to 7th.

Ohio State and Georgia are tied at No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll, and Florida surged to No. 7 after a big victory. No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Clemson held their spots Sunday after a week off for both, but the Buckeyes caught up to the Bulldogs in the AP Top 25. The Crimson Tide received 32 first-place votes and 1,503 points and the Tigers had 15 firstplace votes and 1,433 points.

US plays to 1-1 draw in final game for retiring coach Ellis.

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» Despite a goal by captain Carli Lloyd, the U.S. women’s national team was held to a 1-1 draw with South Korea on Sunday in the final game for retiring coach Jill Ellis.

Lloyd’s goal tied the game in the 37th minute, matching the score by South Korea’s Ji So-yun three minutes earlier. The draw, which gave the U.S. an 18-1-3 record under Ellis this year, came in front of 33,027 fans at Soldier Field, the third-largest crowd on the American team’s postWorld Cup victory tour.