Albany Times Union

Byron wins at Vegas as Hendrick dominates

- — Wire reports

LAS VEGAS — William Byron took the lead on the second-tolast lap of overtime to win the NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas on Sunday.

The top three were from Hendrick, with Byron beating teammates Kyle Larson and Alex Bowman.

Shiffrin seventh in super-g

KVITFJELL, Norway — Mikaela Shiffrin finished seventh at a World Cup super- G, missing out on a record-tying 86th career victory.

Nina Ortlieb led an Austrian sweep of the podium ahead of Stephanie Venier and Franziska Gritsch.

Odermatt secures discipline title

ASPEN, Colo. — Marco Odermatt of Switzerlan­d wrapped up another World Cup super- G title by winning the race in Aspen.

Andreas Sander of Germany was second. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway finished third

Bryce Harper to report to camp

LAS VEGAS — Philadelph­ia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper says he will report to spring training on Wednesday as he continues recovering from elbow surgery.

MLB won’t punish Clevinger

GLENDALE, Ariz. — MLB will not impose discipline on Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Mike Clevinger in connection with allegation­s of domestic violence and child abuse.

Verstappen opens with a win

SAKHIR, Bahrain — Max Verstappen won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix from pole position as he opened the defense of his back-toback Formula One titles.

Red Bull also clinched a dominant 1-2 with Sergio Perez finishing second while 41-year-old Fernando Alonso took a brilliant third place on a stunning race debut for Aston Martin.

Ericsson captures rough opener

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Indianapol­is 500 winner Marcus Ericsson won the crash-filled Indycar seasonopen­ing race, a surprise victory for Chip Ganassi Racing.

Pato O’ward was second in a Chevy for Mclaren. Six-time Indycar champ Scott Dixon of Ganassi was third.

Ukraine’s Kostyuk beats Russian

AUSTIN, Texas — Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine won her first career WTA title at age 20 by beating Varvara Gracheva of Russia 6-3, 7-5 in the ATX Open final, then refused the traditiona­l post-match handshake.

Home favorite Jarry wins title

SANTIAGO, Chile — Home crowd favorite Nicolas Jarry beat Argentina’s Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-2 to clinch the Chile Open.

Liverpool humiliates Man U 7-0

LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool brought Manchester United crashing down to earth with a stunning 7-0 rout at Anfield in the visitors’ worst defeat in more than 90 years.

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