LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kyle Larson won his second consecutive race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday to keep keep Chevrolet undefeated and give Hendrick Motorsports its second victory in the first three NASCAR Cup Series races of the season. Larson won for the third time in his career at Las Vegas, where in 2021 he got his first win driving for Hendrick following a nearly yearlong suspension in 2020. Larson also won in the No. 5 Chevy at Las Vegas last October in the playoffs. Larson held off Tyler Reddick for his 24th career Cup victory. Chevrolet also has wins this year by Larson teammate William Byron in the Daytona 500 and Daniel Suarez last week at Atlanta for Trackhouse Racing.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Austin Eckroat left PGA National with a share of the lead on Saturday. He left with the outright lead on Sunday. He’ll have to come back Monday to finish the job. A Monday finish awaits at PGA National, after the final round of the opening event on the PGA Tour’s Florida Swing was interrupted by thunderstorms that brought nearly 2 inches of rain in a hurry Sunday afternoon and forced everyone off the course for 3 1/2 hours. Eckroat is the leader at 15 under through seven holes, one shot ahead of Erik van Rooyen.
UNDATED (AP) — Caitlin Clark of Iowa has become the all-time NCAA Division I scoring leader, breaking the late Pete Maravich’s 54-year-old record when she made two free throws after a technical foul was called in the No. 6 Hawkeyes’ 93-83 win over No. 2 Ohio State. Clark finished with 35 points. She entered the game needing 18 to pass Maravich’s total of 3,667, which he amassed in just 83 games over three seasons at LSU. Maravich’s record fell four days after Clark broke Lynette Woodard’s major college women’s record when she scored 33 points against Minnesota.
UNDATED (AP) — Chris Mortensen, the award-winning journalist who covered the NFL for close to four decades, including 32 as a senior analyst at ESPN, died Sunday morning. He was 72. ESPN confirmed Mortensen’s death on Sunday. There was no immediate word on the cause or place of death. Mortensen announced in 2016 that he he had been diagnosed with throat cancer. Even while undergoing treatment, he was the first to confirm the retirement of Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning. Mortensen announced his retirement after the NFL draft last year so that he could “focus on my health, family and faith.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. national team rebounded from its loss to Mexico with a 3-0 victory over Colombia to advance to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup. Jenna Nighswonger and Jaedyn Shaw scored and Lindsey Horan converted a penalty for the Americans, all in the first half. The U.S. was back in dominant form against an impressive Colombian team that reached the quarterfinals of last year’s World Cup. The U.S. will face Canada in the Gold Cup semifinals in San Diego.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — With Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman, the Los Angeles Dodgers have quite the trio at the top of their batting order. That’s a tough start for any pitcher. Betts and Ohtani each had three hits and Freeman drove in two runs during their spring training game against the Colorado Rockies in Glendale, Arizona. Betts is 7 for 17 so far this spring, and Ohtani is 5 for 7 in limited action. Chris Sale also is looking pretty good in his first spring training with the Atlanta Braves. The lanky left-hander struck out five in 2 2/3 scoreless innings in Atlanta’s 3-2 win over Philadelphia in Florida.
SUNDAY SCORES
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final (3)UConn 91 Seton Hall 61
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Final Houston 5 N.Y. Mets 2
Final Baltimore 5 Pittsburgh 2
Final Kansas City 7 Cincinnati 3
Final Chicago Cubs 5 Cleveland 3
Final San Diego 12 Seattle 4
Final San Francisco 6 Cleveland 5
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Boston 3 Toronto 1
Final Detroit 7 N.Y. Yankees 2
Final Oakland 5 Texas 2
Final L.A. Angels 3 Chicago White Sox 1
Final Tampa Bay 4 Minnesota 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Miami at St. Louis 1:05 p.m. (Canceled)
Miami at Washington 1:05 p.m. (Canceled)
Final Atlanta 3 Philadelphia 2
Final L.A. Dodgers 7 Colorado 4
Final Milwaukee 10 Arizona 4
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Philadelphia 120 Dallas 116
Final Boston 140 Golden State 88
Final L.A. Clippers 89 Minnesota 88
Final Orlando 113 Detroit 91
Final Toronto 111 Charlotte 106
Final New York 107 Cleveland 98
Final San Antonio 117 Indiana 105
Final Oklahoma City 118 Phoenix 110
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Arizona 5 Washington 2
Final Los Angeles 5 New Jersey 1
Final Winnipeg 5 Buffalo 2
Final Minnesota 4 San Jose 3
Final Vancouver 2 Anaheim 1