• The Canadian Press

    Christopher Bell wins the rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600 for his 8th NASCAR Cup victory

    CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Christopher Bell finally has a big win to put on his resume — even if it was a little anticlimactic. Bell won the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway after the race was called around midnight due to wet weather with 151 laps remaining. The race had been red-flagged for more than two hours following a steady downpour. Attempts to dry the track were unsuccessful. Bell led a race-high 90 laps in his Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Toyota for his eighth career Cup Series

  • The Canadian Press

    No. 1 Texas joins 3-time defending champ Oklahoma in Women's College World Series field

    Top-seed Texas advanced to the Women’s College World Series. It wasn't easy. The Longhorns beat No. 16 seed Texas A&M 6-5 on Sunday to win the Austin Super Regional 2-1. Texas lost the opener Friday, then kept its season alive by rallying to beat the Aggies in extra innings Saturday. On Sunday in the decisive Game 3, Texas led 6-2 before the Aggies nearly extended the game by scoring three runs in the top of the seventh. All three games in the super regional were decided by one run. In other Gam

  • The Canadian Press

    Mavs rookie Dereck Lively II leaves Game 3 of West finals after taking knee to head

    DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II was ruled out of Game 3 of the Western Conference finals against Minnesota on Sunday night after getting hit in the back of the head by a knee from the Timberwolves' Karl-Anthony Towns. The accidental contact caused his head to snap forward and the rookie from Duke stayed on the court holding his head. Lively was down for several minutes and appeared dazed as he was helped off the court and taken to the locker room. Lively fell as Mike Conle

  • The Canadian Press

    NASCAR star Kyle Larson finishes 18th in Indy 500 debut, doesn't get to run at Coca-Cola 600

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rain was not Kyle Larson's friend Sunday. Larson was determined to complete the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600, but didn't get a chance to run a single lap in the NASCAR race. Storms swept through Indianapolis Motor Speedway and delayed the start of the race, ruining Larson's chance at finishing all 1,100 miles in a single day. But after driving his No. 17 car to an 18th-place finish in his debut in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” — despite a pair of rookie mistake