Rahal wins epic IndyCar race
Guerrero loses decision to Peralta; Fowler grabs lead at Barclays
Graham Rahal made a last-lap pass and just held on to beat James Hinchcliffe in the closest finish ever for an IndyCar race at Texas.
The only time Rahal led the race — competed over a 21⁄2-month span — was when he sliced to the bottom of the track coming off the backstretch on that final lap Saturday night. He won by eight-thousandths (0.008) of a second, crossing the line only inches and side-byside with Hinchcliffe, with Tony Kanaan right behind them.
Hinchcliffe had led the Firestone 600 for 76 days. He was leading when the race was initially redflagged June 12 because of rain after only 71 of 248 laps, and he was dominating after it resumed until three late restarts.
Brett Moffitt passed n Timothy Peters and William Byron on the final lap to win the NASCAR Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway.
Michael McDowell won n the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Road America in Wisconsin, edging Brendan Gaughan following an overtime restart.
Boxing
David Peralta (26-2-1, 14 KOs) defeated former two division world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (33-5-1, 18 KOs) by a 12-round split decision in a welterweight bout at the Honda Center in Anaheim.
Gilroy’s Guerrero, 33, lost for the fourth time in his past six fights.
The final judges’ scores were 115-113, 116-112 for Peralta and 115-113 for Guerrero.
Golf
Rickie Fowler kept bogeys off his card for the second straight day and closed with a 5-foot birdie putt for a 3-under 68, giving him a one-shot lead over Patrick Reed going into the final round of The Barclays in New York.
Leader Ariya Jutanugarn n bogeyed the par-4 16th and par-5 18th for a 5-under 67 going into the final round of the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. At 17-under 199, she had a two-stroke advantage over South Korea’s In Gee Chun.
Gene Sauers twoputted n for birdie on the par5 18th for a 5-under 67 and a two-stroke lead over Joe Durant at the Boeing Classic lead in Washington.
Soccer
Hope Solo has taken an indefinite leave from the Seattle Reign of the National Women’s Soccer League, less than a week after being suspended for six months by the U.S. national team for disparaging remarks about Sweden.
Roland Alberg had a n goal and an assist to help the Philadelphia Union beat nine-man Sporting Kansas City 2-0 . ... Patrick Mullins scored three goals as D.C. United beat the 10-man Chicago Fire 6-2 . ... Ignacio Piatti scored in the 73rd minute and the Montreal Impact beat Toronto FC 10 . ... Michael Barrios scored twice and FC Dallas beat the Houston Dynamo 3-1 ... Vancouver’s David Ousted and Los Angeles’ Brian Rowe had three saves each and the Whitecaps and Galaxy played to a scoreless draw.
Tennis
Top-seeded Agnieszka n Radwanska completed a dominating week at the Connecticut Open, beating Elina Svitolina 6-1, 7-6 (3) in the final.
Baseball
Michael Mancini led Endwell, New York, to the Little League World Series championship game, striking out 11 in a 4-2 victory over Goodlettsville, Tennessee, in the U.S. final in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Mid-Atlantic champs will try to win their first title against international winner South Korea on Sunday. South Korea beat Panama 7-2.
Olympics
Thousands of people turned out to welcome gymnasts Aly Raisman and Laurie Hernandez back to their hometowns after they won medals at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
They were on the goldmedal winning U.S. women’s gymnastics team and also won individual medals. In Needham, Massachusetts, a “Rally for Aly” was held for 22-year-old Raisman. In New Jersey, residents of Old Bridge staged an elaborate ceremony to honor 16-year-old Hernandez.
Miscellany
NBA star Dwyane Wade’s cousin was an innocent bystander, police said, pushing her baby in a stroller near a Chicago school where she intended to register her children when she was fatally shot Friday.
Nykea Aldridge’s famous relative, who grew up in Chicago’s south suburbs, tweeted about her death, saying it was an “act of senseless gun violence” and posting Saturday morning that Chicago needs “more help& more hands on deck.” Wade ended both days of tweets with the hashtag “EnoughIsEnough.”
The 32-year-old mother of four was near the school when two males walked up and fired shots at a third man but hit Aldridge in the head and arm. Police had no suspects in custody.