The Oklahoman

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- —Staff and wire reports

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Texas Tech suspended coach Mark Adams on Sunday over “an inappropri­ate, unacceptab­le, and racially insensitiv­e comment” he made to a player. Athletic director Kirby Hocutt said he was made aware of the incident Friday and issued a written reprimand before deciding to suspend Adams to investigat­e further. The incident occurred in a meeting between Adams and a player, who wasn't identified, the school said in a news release.

NFL: The Dallas Cowboys have placed their franchise tag on running back Tony Pollard after his breakout season. The Cowboys hope to work out a long-term deal. The one-year contract would be worth about $10.1 million. Pollard and the Cowboys have until July 15 to come to terms on a longer contract.

AUTO RACING: William Byron took the lead on the second-to-last lap of overtime to win the NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas on Sunday and put an exclamatio­n mark on a dominant day for Hendrick Motorsport­s. The top three drivers were from Hendrick, with Byron beating teammates Kyle Larson and Alex Bowman. Bowman won last year's March race at Las Vegas.

This is Byron's fifth career victory in his six seasons. He led 176 laps and won both stages.

GOLF: Kurt Kitayama kept finishing one shot behind the game's best players. He beat them all at Bay Hill on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory. Kitayama made a triple bogey on the ninth hole to let everyone back into the Arnold Palmer Invitation­al. And then he beat them with a clutch birdie putt on the 17th hole, and a 50-foot lag putt to an inch for par on the 18th. He finished with a 72 and a one-shot win over Rory McIlroy and Harris English. Jordan Spieth, defending champion Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay and Tyrrell Hatton were two behind. Kitayama moves to No. 19 in the world.

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