(Indy 500)..Closest finish in Indy car history..Won by (:002)…67-lead changes in race marred by crashes…cautions..2-rain delays..Race decided on 1-lap restart at end

..Felix Rosenqvist bold last lap pass edges David Malukas by 5-feet..Pato O’Ward 3rd

..Race was red-flagged by crash-fire Kyle Collet late in race-bunched field

..Rosenqvist-O’Ward-Marcus Armstrong  all conserved fuel-till yellows came out

..Alex Rossi bad pit stop then blown engine

..Will Power blown engine

..Ed Carpenter-Ryan Hunter-Reay-Katherine Legge- hit wall

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(Canadian Grand Prix)..Kimi Antonelli wins 4th race in a row in rainstorm…Teammate George Russell-running second had electrical problems…Lewis Hamilton best finish ever for Ferrari-came home 2nd…Max Verstappen was 3rd…Bad day for Lando Norris-Oscar Piastri…did not start on rain tyres-never  in race.

F1..Trouble brewing between teammates Kimi Antonelli-George Russell-nearly crashed in Saturday sprint race in Montreal…then argued on team radio about race strategy and respect.

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(Charlotte 600)…Salute Kyle Busch-Emotional Ceremony

..NASCAR called him ‘Rowdy’..American Bad-Ass

..Parade Lap-Missing Man Formation

..Painted #8 on infield-first turn

..Family be part NASCAR Family forever

..39-cars bore his decal

..Ran 8th lap in silence…Fans pointed to heavens

NASCAR Crews…Lined up in silence in line…each touched the car as rolled off the carrier and pushed to inspection area..

Charlotte 600…Tyler Reddick led for 119 laps..but Christopher Bell-Denny Hamlin dominated in 3rd stage and were swapping lead at Press Time-late Sunday.

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(Auto Racing Notes)

Kyle Busch..Family confirms autopsy-NASCAR driver died of Acute Pneumonia that turned into Sepsis-Organ shutdown…Had Sinus infection for 2-weeks-became ill at Watkin Glen race…Suffered setback while in Race simulator in Charlotte-found unresponsive..never recovered.

Formula 1..Legendary driver Alain Prost-head injuries in armed home robbery in Switzerland.

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…(Baseball)…

Padres-L-A’s (5-2)..Sunday..Friars (31-21)

..Michael King rough outing (3.2-inn-4R-5H-4W)

..Padres pitchers walked 7-batters

..Carlos Cortes lead off HR-1st for A’s

..Ty France solo HR

Padres-W-A’s (2-0)-Saturday..Lucas Giolito (5inn-0R-5w)..A’s starter JT Ginn (2inn-5W-HB) threw 63 pitches when pulled.

Padres-W-A’s (7-3)..Machado-Castellanos-Laureano HRs in win

Padres-vs-Phillies…Monday matchup…Randy Vasquez-vs-Jesus Luzardo…Phillies led by red hot Bryce Harper-Kyle Schwarber..revitalized under Don Mattingly.

Padres-Boston..Trade rumors with Red Sox..Padres interested in reliever Aroldis Chapman..Boston wants Ramon Laureano or Ty France and pitching prospect

Padres..San Diego judge rejects appeal Fernando Tatis..orders him to pay ‘Big League Advance (3.5M) plus legal fees in continued court fight…Tatis attempting to exit contract he signed at 17-years old that said he owed 10% of his earning to Dominican company that loaned him 2M…Could owe (34M) of his Padres contract.

Padres…Sportico reports ‘Metrics’ show Manny Machado in serious decline..Bad rate has gone from (76%-to-71%)…Fast Swing Rate has gone from (66mph-to-37mph) in 3-year span.

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 Dodgers-W-Milwaukee (5-1)…Sunday…LA (33-20).

..Andy Pages 2R-HR in win.

LA-W-Milwaukee (11-3)-Saturday…Teoscar Hernandez 2HRs-6RBIs

LA-L-Milwaukee (5-1)-Friday..Will Contreras 3R-HR-Brewers

Dodgers-vs-Rockies..Monday..Emmet Sheehan-vs-Kyle Freeland

Dodgers..3B-Max Muncy-bruised wrist-hit by pitch

Dodgers..Activate utilityman Kike Hernandez from DL

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Angels-W-Texas (2-1)…Sweep series….Sunday…Halos (20-34)

..Rangers botch double play ball in 9th inning-let winning run score

..MacKenzie Gore (6inn-1H)-Texas

Angels-W-Texas (5-2)-Saturday..Mike Trout 2R-HR

Angels-W-Texas (9-6)-Friday..Wade Meckler 3R-HR..Zach Neto HR

Angels-Red Sox..Boston report Red Sox interested in Mike Trout-price tag might include Jarran Duran-Marcelo Mayer and pitching prospects..Trout has no trade clause

Angels..Sign FA-P-Tijuan Walker-ex Phillies-Mets

Angels..DL-3B-Yoan Moncada-knee..Move P-Yusei Kikuchi to 60-day DL

Angels..C-Logan O’Hoppe-concussion symptoms

Angels..Callup 2B-Donovan Walton..OF-Wade Meckler

Angels..Option OF-Josh Lowe to AAA

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(Scoreboard)

Pirates-W-Toronto..Buccos hit 3HRs in win

Tigers-L-Orioles..Colin Cowser 3R-HR-O’s..1st game

Tigers-W-Orioles..Devin Dingler 2R-HR-Det…2nd game

Reds-Cardinals..Rained out

Phillies-L-Cleveland..Ty Bazzana HR..Cleve won 11-of-13

Red Sox-L-Twins..Brooks Lee 2R-single

Tampa Bay-L-Yankees…Aaron Judge 2R-HR-9th…TBay (34-16)..NY (31-22)

Mets-L-Miami..Devin Williams gives up Grand Slam HR in 9th-NY

Seattle-L-Kansas City..Sal Perez 3RBI-KC

Cubs-L-Houston..Cubs lost 8th in row..Christian Walker 3R-HR-Hou

Giants-W-White Sox..Casey Schmitt 2R-HR-RBI double-SF

Braves-L-Washington..Nats pitched out bases loaded jam in 9th ..Atl (38-18)

Arizona-W-Rockies..Corbin Carroll-2-RBI triples-Dbacks

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(Injuries)

Miami..Surgery P-Rob Snelling-Elbow-injured-first start

Boston..Surgery SS-Trevor Story-Groin-out (8W)

Yankees..Surgery SS-Paul DeJong-hamstring

Cubs..DL-P-Edward Cabrera-blisters-4th starter on DL

Cubs..DL-3B-Matt Shaw-back

Cardinals..DL-OF-Nathan Church-back

Giants..DL-OF-Jung Hoo Lee-back

Rockies..DL-2B-Brenton Doyle-oblique

Rockies..DL-OF-Mickey Moniak-ankle

Reds..DL-3B-KeBryan Hayes-back

White Sox..DL-P-Jordan Hicks-lat strain

Tampa..DL-OF-Johnny DeLuca-hamstring

Arizona..DL-OF-Denzel Clark-hamstring (8W)

Toronto..1B-Vlad Guerrero-elbow injury

Toronto..P-Dylan Cease-possible ribcage injury

Rockies..P-Jose Quintana-elbow issue

Texas..3B-Josh Jung-shoulder

Arizona..1B-Lourdes Gurriel-hamstring

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(Roster Moves)

Mets..Release P-Craig Kimbrel (6.00-ERA)

Texas..Sign FA-P-Joe Ross-ex Arizona

Twins..DFA-P-Luis Garcia 

A’s..P-Nick Anderson-retires

Cubs..DFA-2B-Nicky Lopez

Braves..Sign FA-C-Mav Handley-ex Orioles

Pirates..Callup 1B-Esmerlyn Valdez (36HR) last year and half minors

Red Sox..Callup P-Tayron Guerrero

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(MLB Notes)

Miami..P-Sandy Alcantara-suspended 3G-obscene gesture

Red Sox..Move 2B-Marcel Meyer to SS

Yankees..Move SS-Anthony Volpe to 2B

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Aztecs-Mountain West Conference Tourney…SDSU rallies to get to finals-losers bracket

..SDSU-L-Washington State (14-4)-Championship game

..Aztecs run out of pitching-playing 4th game in 3-days

..Cougars score 7R-in 7th inning to blow game open

..SDSU-L-Washington State-Sunday..Jake Jackson (3-3)..Drew Talavs (5inn-0R)

..SDSU-W-Air Force (11-8)-Saturday..to stay alive in tourney..Scored 10-runs in row

..SDSU-W-New Mexico-Friday victory..Adam Magpoc 3R-HR in opening win

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…(Basketball)…

(Playoffs Scoreboard)

Oklahoma City-L-San Antonio (103-82)..Game 4..Even series (2-2)

..Spurs go on (21-5) scoring binge in 2nd quarter to blow game open

..Vic Wembenyama (22P) in first half…hits halfcourt shot at halftime

..Spurs led by 24 in 3rd quarter

..Wembenyama (33P)…5-in double figures

..OKC shot 33% for game…had 17-turnovers-and 10-shots blocked-offense died

Oklahoma City..Lose G-Ajay Mitchell-calf injury..G-Jalen Williams-hamstring issue again

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(Playoff Schedule)-Monday

NY Knicks-at-Cleveland…Knicks lead (3-0)

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(NBA Notes)

Portland..Will interview longtime NBA coach Jeff Van Gundy-currently assistant-Clipper-former Knicks head coach…also to interview Jerry Stackhouse-ex Warriors assistant

Dallas..Fired coach Jason Kidd-wants to interview in Portland

Milwaukee..Rehire Darvin Ham as assistant coach..Hie Pat St Andrews-ex Portland..Joe Boylan-assistant Warriors as assistants also.

Chicago..Interview Chris Quinn-Miami for Bulls head coaching job

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(College Basketball)

Aztecs…Lose Transfer G-Nick Anderson-Rice-torn ligament-meniscus in off season workout

Aztecs..Land Transfer G-Isaiah Sly (6’7)-Oregon State..(10P-4A) per game

Duke..Lands G-John Blackwell-transfer Wisconsin

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…(Football)…

Rams..Sign QB-Matthew Stafford (1Y-55M) extension thru 2027..coming of (46TD) season..means 1st round pick Tyler Simpson may sit for 2-years training before starting.

Chargers..GM-Joe Hortiz-refutes criticism of his job..’Build thru Draft-Pay the Players I know’

Raiders..Impressive OTA workouts for WR-Jack Bech-Jalen Nailor

Raiders..Rookie CB-Jerrod McCoy goes thru full practices-despite iknee issues

Giants..DE-Abdul Carter meets with QB-Jaxson Dart after Carter public rebuke of Dart for his praise of President Trump…Carter outspoken about his Islamic faith…Concern this will lead to split in locker room

Giants..Hall of Famer Jumbo Elliott rips Dart for bringing politics into locker room..’What clinched Dart about Trump greatness…January 6th..the Pardons..the Insults..the Gestapo ICE…the Corruption’

Giants..Give GM-Joe Schoen contract extension to remain

Arizona..QB-Jacoby Brisstett..furious he has (1.5M) guarantee…Backup Gardner Minshew has (5.5M) guarantee.

Eagles..QB-Jalen Hurts ordered to learn how to play under center-play action style

Vikings..Criticism QB-JJ McCarthy-football-delivery-preparation

Denver..Install ‘Speed offense’ under Davis Webb-new Off Coord

NFL…Negotiating with Tokyo about adding Japan as 10th international game next year

Giants..DT-Roy Smith-season ending torn achilles in OTA workouts

Houston..Lose LB-EJ Speed-torn quad

Raiders…Former #1 pick-Henry Rugg applies for early release from prison..Has served 3-years of 10-year sentence for 127mph drunk driving death of a woman in Las Vegas in 2021

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(College Football)

Mountain West Conference…Reportedly will get less than 60M in out of court settlement lawsuit against Pac 12…Had demanded (155M) in poaching fees…Could cause problems with promised payments to UNLV-Air Force and other schools who chose to stay in MWC.

NCAA…Says it will vote on June 22nd on the ‘5-in-5 Proposal’..Players get 5-years window to play 5-years football-no exceptions-waivers…Could be tied in with more changes in Transfer Portal…1-time transfer per player.

Texas Tech..June 1st hearing on QB-Brendan Sorsby request for injunction against NCAA-Ban for gambling on games..

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…(Hockey)…

(Playoff Scoreboard)

Las Vegas-W-Colorado (5-3)…Knights lead (3-0) series

..Avalanche jumped to (3-0) lead in lst period

..Knights came back to score 3 in a row to tie game in 2nd period

..Nathan MacKinnon suffered bruised knee blocking shot-2nd period

..Mark Stone-William Karlsson scored goals to trigger LV comeback

..Colorado had 2-shots on goal in 18 minutes

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(Playoff Schedule)

Montreal-Carolina…Monday…Series tied (1-1) going on Canadiens ice.

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(Hockey Notes)

Bob Hartley…Longtime NHL-AHL coach retires…coached Colorado Avs to Stanley Cup…Won Gagarin Cup this year in KHL-Russia.

NY Islanders..Hire Ian Laperrier-Coach new AHL franchise-Hamilton, Ontario…Longtime Lehigh Valley-AHL coach

Scotty Bowman…Sounds off on Toronto Maple Leafs problems…’Auston Matthews is great goal scorer…Teams can stop 1-man…Leafs need better players around him’

Ducks..Have (41M) free agent cap space…but have to resign 8-restricted free agents or veteran free agents.

Memorial Cup…Junior hockey playoffs begin with Everett Silvertips, Chicoutimi Sangueens, Kelowna Rockets..Kitchener Rangers.

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…(General)…

(Soccer)

Team USA..Names 26-man World Cup Roster…Coach Mario Puchittino ‘goes young’

..Selects Gio Reyan..Haji Wright..Ricardo Pepi..Alejandro Zendejas .Bren Aronson…Sebastian Berhalter…to go with Christian Pulisic-Weston McKinnie-Matt Turner…Left MLS-veteran Tanner Tessman-Diego Luna off the roster.

World Cup…Team Iran leaving its Tucson training headquarter-relocated to Mexico because of security concerns in US.

White House..Orders Team Congo to isolate in Belgium for 21-days because of Ebola outbreak in Africa…may have to cancel last friendly games in early June before World Cup

Manchester City..coach Pep Guardiola says he retired after 10-years…’Burnout’

Manchester United..Sign Michael Carrick to extensikon..led comeback 12-wins-16 matches

English Premier League..Hull-Ipswich Town-Coventry all promoted to EPL from Championship League…West Ham-Wolverhampton-Burnley demoted out of EPL

English Premier Scoreboard:

..Arsenal-W-Crystal Palace,,Gunners win title-finish (26-5-7)

..Manchester United-W-Brighton..Score in 44-48′..finish (20-7-11)

..Wolverhampton-Tie-Burnley..Wolves finish (3-24-11)

..Fulham-W-Newcastle

..Liverpool-Tie-Brentford…Mo Salah final game

..Manchester City-L-Aston Villa..Ollie Watkins 2-goals..City finishes (23-6-9)

..Nottingham Forest-Tie-Bournemouth

..Sunderland-W-Everton..Sunderland finishes (14-12-12) as promoted team

..Hot Spur-W-Everton..Tottenham avoids relegation

..West Ham-W-Leeds..West Ham relegated out

SDFC-L-Vancouver (4-2)-Saturday…Brian White 2-goals for Whitecaps in dominant win…SDFC now (4-6-5)…Vancouver (10-2-2)…SD another Red Card ejection…SDFC has won just 1-of-13 matches

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(Golf)…Byron Nelson Classic…Wyndham Clark record final round win

(-30)..Wyndham Clark 9-Birdies-Eagle-finishes with (60)

(-27)..Si Woo Kim..runner up despite shooting a (60) on Saturday

(-25)..Scottie Scheffler finishes 3rd

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(Tennis)..French Open…Jannick Sinner-Aryna Sabalenka lead the star studded field…1st round..Novak Djokovic-Alex Zverev post wins…Taylor Fritz upset victim opening day.

Associated Press…Longtime Tennis-Olympic writer Howard Fendrich-passes away (55Y)-Cancer..Became ill after coming home from Winter Olympics.

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