Wembanyama answers the call again, Spurs top Thunder to tie West finals at 2-2
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Katherine Legge's attempt to become the first woman to complete "The Double" ended in disappointment. She crashed out of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday after colliding with Ryan Hunter-Reay. Legge then flew to North Carolina for the Coca-Cola 600, finishing 31st after losing a tire mid-race. She described the experience as "a calamity of errors" and is now focused on regrouping. Legge was the sixth driver to attempt the 1,100-mile challenge, with Tony Stewart being the only one to complete it in 2001. Despite the setbacks, Legge remains determined to overcome her recent bad luck.
Wembanyama answers the call again, Spurs top Thunder to tie West finals at 2-2
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Felix Rosenqvist swung to the outside of David Malukas, then found a way past the Team Penske driver to win the closest Indianapolis 500 in history by a margin of 0.0233 seconds. Malukas looked like he was in position to win when he passed race leader Marcus Armstrong off the final restart with one lap to go while Rosenqvist and Armstrong battled wheel to wheel down the back straightaway and through the final turn. Rosenqvist had just enough power to pull away from Armstrong and snake behind Malukas before making the decisive pass in the final 50 feet. The closest previous finish came in 1992 when Al Unser Jr. beat Scott Goodyear across the yard of bricks by 0.043 seconds.
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David Malukas sat in his car trying to replay what just transpired in the Indianapolis 500. Somehow, he saw Felix Rosenqvist speeding past him in the final yards for the victory in the closet Indy 500 finish in history. Malukas was runner-up again. The 24-year-old Team Penske driver looked devastated. His father talked to him in pit lane. Teammate Scott McLaughlin paused the postrace news conference to give Malukas a hug when he arrived. Even the notion that he had moved up to second in the points standing didn’t seem to matter. And if anybody understands Malukas’ plight, it's Pato O’Ward, who has finished second, 24th, second, third and fifth in his last five 500 Indy starts.
Sekou Bangoura scored his first goal in MLS, Diego Rossi added a goal, and the Columbus Crew beat Atlanta United 2-0 to snap a four-game winless streak. Columbus fired first-year head coach Henrik Rydstrom on Sunday. Laurent Courtois, who had been a Crew assistant coach and the former CF Montreal manager, got a win in his first game since being named interim coach. Patrick Schulte finished with two saves and had his third shutout this season for the Crew (4-7-4). Mohamed Farsi had two assists. Atlanta (3-9-2) has scored 14 goals this season, tied with Philadelphia and Kansas City for the fewest in MLS.
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NASCAR has honored the late Kyle Busch at the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. NASCAR CEO Steve O'Donnell stood with Busch's widow Samantha and their children, Brexton and Lennix, offering support. Former driver Kurt Busch and Kyle's parents also attended. Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion, died Thursday at 41 from severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis. The tributes included a large No. 8 on the frontstretch grass, a moment of silence, and an eighth-lap silence during the race. The racing community almost mourned his loss earlier in the day at the Indianapolis 500.
Jalen Brunson isn’t looking in the rearview mirror at the New York Knicks’ 10-game winning streak while the possibility of reaching the NBA Finals is still in the horizon, even though it is one win away. Brunson’s focus, along with the rest of his teammates, is what happens in the first 12 minutes of Monday night’s Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The blinders approach has New York on a 10-game winning streak with an average margin of victory of 22.5 points and one victory away from its first finals appearance since 1999. No team in NBA history has blown a 3-0 lead, and the Knicks aren’t showing any signs of being the first in 164 series.
Felix Rosenqvist of Sweden wins the closest Indianapolis 500 in history in a seven-lap shootout.