Larson won’t be denied in Charlotte
Kyle Larson rallied from early electrical issues Sunday to win for the seventh time this season and storm into the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs.
Larson’s victory on The Roval at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway ended a topsy-turvy day for Hendrick Motorsports. Larson and reigning Cup champion Chase Elliott moved into the round of eight, but Alex Bowman and William Byron were eliminated and Elliott was nearly sabotaged by a vengeful Kevin Harvick.
Harvick laid in wait to deliver his payback on Elliott for Elliott costing him a win at Bristol three weeks ago. The retaliation came about halfway through the race when Harvick sent Elliott into the wall and on the verge of elimination.
But his No. 9 team got Elliott back into contention — even with his bumper flapping in the wind off the back of his Chevrolet — and he drove through the field and into position to ruin another day for Harvick.
Harvick, who was eliminated, didn’t exactly say he wrecked Elliott as payback for Bristol but didn’t deny it, either.
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Jin Young Ko finished off a wire-to-wire victory in the Cognizant Founders Cup with her 14th consecutive round in the 60s that matched a 16-year record held by Annika Sorenstam.
Even in a steady rain at Mountain Ridge in West Caldwell, N.J., the 26-year-old South Korean star made it look easy. She closed with a 5-under 66 for a four-shot victory over Caroline Masson of Germany.
IM RUNS THE TABLES IN LAS VEGAS WIN >>
Sungjae Im turned a shootout into a one-man show in Las Vegas, running the tables with seven birdies in eight holes around the turn for a 9-under 62 and a four-shot victory in the Shriners Children’s Open.
Matthew Wolff had a pair of late birdies for a 68 and was runner-up. Rory Sabbatini (64), Marc Leishman (63) and Adam Schenk (70) tied for third.
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Soccer PANAMA WINS QUALIFIER OVER U.S. >>
Anibal Godoy scored in the 54th minute and Panama upended the United States 1-0 in a World Cup qualifier in Panama City when American coach Gregg Berhalter started a largely second-string lineup.
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Kahleah Copper scored 21 points, Allie Quigley added 18 and the hot-shooting Chicago Sky opened the WNBA Finals with a 91-77 win over the Mercury in Phoenix.
Boxing FURY DEFEATS WILDER BY TKO, RETAINS WBC BELT >>
Tyson Fury (31-01, 22 KOs) retained his WBC heavyweight title with a TKO over Deontay Wilder (42-2-1, 41 KOs) in the 11th round Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Fury decked an exhausted Wilder for the third time on the night and the referee stopped the bout at 1 minute, 10 seconds of the 11th without a count.