Stewart has surgery, still in hospital

NASCAR driver Tony Stewart underwent successful surgery Tuesday to repair the broken right tibia and fibula suffered in a sprint car race in Iowa.

Stewart will need a second surgery and remains hospitalized. There was no timetable for his return for the three-time Sprint Cup champion, who has wrecked three times in the last month while competing in extracurricular races. Stewart-Haas racing named Max Papis as the substitute driver in the No. 14 for Sunday’s NASCAR race at Watkins Glen. Papis has made 35 career Sprint Cup starts. Stewart is a five-time winner at the road course at Watkins Glen.

The 42-year-old Stewart was leading the 30-lap feature in a 360 winged sprint car with five laps remaining when a lapped car spun in Turn 4 and collected Stewart and two others.

The sprint car accident Monday night came a day after Stewart finished ninth in the NASCAR race at Pocono Raceway. He’s 11th in the Sprint Cup standings with five races to go until the Chase for the Championship field is set.

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Kristi Tolliver scored 19 points, including two key jumpers down the stretch, and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the visiting Los Angeles Sparks past the Connecticut Sun 74-72 on Tuesday night. Nneka Ogwumike had 15 points and nine rebounds for Los Angeles (14-7) and Jantel Lavender added 14 points. The Sparks’ Candace Parker missed her third straight game due to a right wrist injury.