Bowman leads Hendricks’ romp at Dover
Alex Bowman parked the No. 48 Chevrolet in its familiar spot in victory lane at Dover (Del.) International Speedway, leading a dominant outing for Hendrick Motorsports on Sunday. Bowman led Hendrick Motorsports to a sensational 1-2-3-4 finish in the NASCAR Cup Series races.
Kyle Larson was second,
Chase Elliott third and
William Byron fourth. How hot was Bowman? His Chevy caught fire after the race.
“Help me Tom Cruise, I’m on fire,” he said, channeling Ricky Bobby.
Bowman won his second race of the season and passed 1,000 laps led in his career. But the victory celebration at the Monster Mile had to seem familiar for Hendrick Motorsports.
Jimmie Johnson, the seven-time NASCAR champion now in IndyCar, won a track-record 11 times at Dover in the 48.
Turns out, Johnson’s successor is just as adept at handling the rigors of the concrete mile track.
“Best race track on the schedule,” Bowman said.
Bowman came from nowhere with 10 laps to go to win in April at Richmond and stole his first win of the season. Bowman joined
Martin Truex Jr. as the only driver this season with multiple victories.
ETC.
Tennis: Rafael Nadal
beat a tired Novak Djokovic 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 for a record-extending 10th Italian Open title. The Spaniard recovered from a potentially dangerous fall after tripping over a raised line to take the latest installment of the mostplayed rivalry in modern men’s tennis. It also reestablished Nadal as the overwhelming favorite for the French Open, where he will be aiming for an even harder-to-believe 14th title starting in two weeks. Nadal beat Djokovic in straight sets in last year’s Roland Garros final.
In the women’s final, reigning French Open champion Iga Swiatek
routed Karolina Pliskova
6-0 6-0.
Soccer: Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson made the 80-meter journey into West Bromwich Albion’s penalty area more in hope than any expectation of scoring the goal that would keep alive his team’s chances of reaching the Champions League. One textbook header from a corner changed all that in one of the most sensational moments of this or any Premier League season. Alisson
— with his gloves on and unmissable in his black shirt and shorts — found space in the middle of the area to glance a header into the bottom corner from a perfect delivery by Trent Alexander-Arnold and secure Liverpool a dramatic 2-1 win . ... Luis Suarez scored an 88th-minute winner as Atletico Madrid rallied to beat Osasuna 2-1 and move one win away from claiming its first Spanish league title since 2014. ... Paris Saint-Germain routed Reims 4-0 to take the French title race to the last day, as Lille drew 0-0 at home to Saint-Etienne for a one-point lead at the top . ... Milan, which is bidding to return to Europe’s elite after an eight-year absence, could only draw 0-0 against Cagliari to leave it tied on points with Napoli after Gennaro Gattuso’s side won 2-0 at Fiorentina. Milan next plays at Atalanta, which has already qualified for the Champions League. Napoli hosts Hellas Verona and Juventus visits Bologna.
College football: Eric Schmid threw three touchdowns, including a 10yarder to Ife Adeyi with 16 seconds left, and Sam Houston (10-0) wrapped the longest and most unusual college football season with its first FCS national title, beating topseeded South Dakota State (8-2) 23-21 at Frisco, Texas.
Cycling: Former Tour de France champion Egan Bernal showed why he is one of the favorites to win the Giro d’Italia as he stormed to victory on the ninth stage to also claim the leader’s pink jersey at Campo Felice, Italy.