Auto Racing
Montoya makes it a magical return to open wheel cars
LONG POND, Pa. – Juan Pablo Montoya won the IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway, the highlight of a triumphant return to open wheel racing after seven years in NASCAR.
Helio Castroneves was second to make it a 1-2 finish Sunday for team owner Roger Penske. Montoya won for the first time in the CART/IndyCar Series since 2000 and had his first major victory since he won a road course race at Watkins Glen in NASCAR in 2010.
With double points awarded in the 500-mile races, Castroneves moved into a tie for the points lead with Team Penske teammate Will Power. Power was hit with a blocking penalty on Castroneves late in the race and had to serve a drive through penalty, costing him a shot at racing for the win. He finished 10th.
Crash turns tide on opening lap of British Grand Prix
SILVERSTONE, England – Lewis Hamilton won a dramatic crash-hit British Grand Prix on Sunday to cut Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg’s lead in the drivers’ championship from 29 points to four, after the German had his season’s first non-finish.
Briton Hamilton, the 2008 champion, started sixth and leapt to fourth on the opening lap before it was red-flagged, and suspended for an hour, following a crash involving Felipe Massa of Williams and Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari. Hamilton took the lead after 29 laps, as Rosberg retired with gearbox failure.
Hamilton came home 30 seconds clear of Finn Valtteri Bottas of Williams, who started 14th. Australian Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull finished third ahead of Briton Jenson Button.
Golf
The Duck waddles to the top of leaderboard at Greenbrier
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. – Angel Cabrera won the Greenbrier Classic on Sunday for his first non-major victory on the PGA Tour, closing with his second consecutive 6-under 64 for a two-stroke victory over George McNeill.
Cabrera, the Argentine whose only other PGA Tour victories came in the 2007 U.S. Open and 2009 Masters, built a three-shot lead before making things interesting with a pair of late bogeys. He finished at 16-under 264.
McNeill shot a season-best 61 for his fourth top-10 of the season and first since mid-March.
Webb Simpson had a 63 to finish third at 10 under.
Third-round leader Billy Hurley III bogeyed four of the first six holes to fall out of contention.
McDowell makes a big move to win from 8 strokes down
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland came from eight shots back to retain his French Open title Sunday, shooting a 4-under 67 in pouring rain to win by one shot.
McDowell made the best of the tough conditions, making five birdies and a bogey for the lowest round of the day to finish with a 5-under 279 total.
Overnight leader Kevin Stadler only managed a 76 to share second place with Thongchai Jaidee, who carded a 72. Stadler still had a chance to win it on the on the last hole, but he missed a long birdie putt. He then failed to even force a playoff when he missed a three-footer for par.
MLB
Yankees strike a deal for a pitcher native to Colorado
ATLANTA – The New York Yankees bolstered their rotation by acquiring right-hander Brandon McCarthy from Arizona.
The Diamondbacks sent New York cash in Sunday’s deal for left-hander Vidal Nuno.
The move comes after Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia had a setback with a degenerative cartilage problem in his right knee.
McCarthy, who turns 31 on Monday, was 3-10 with a 5.01 earned-run average with Arizona this season. In nine seasons with the White Sox, Rangers, A’s and Diamondbacks, McCarthy is 45-60 with a 4.21 ERA.
McCarthy is a graduate of Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs.
Associated Press
