
Noteworthy
Published 8:13 pm, Monday, April 23, 2018
Newgarden captures delayed IndyCar race
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Josef Newgarden has won at Barber Motorsports Park for the third time in four years.
Newgarden led virtually the entire way after starting the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama on the pole in a dominant performance that gave him his second win in the first four races this season. Heavy rains on Sunday forced IndyCar to run the final 1 hour, 15 minutes of the timed race on Monday.
Newgarden finished with a 10-second advantage over two-time race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay, followed by James Hinchcliffe, rookie Robert Wickens and Sebastien Bourdais.
It was the sixth win in nine years in Alabama for Team Penske. The defending series champion Newgarden got his ninth career victory.
College basketball: South Carolina point guard Rakym Felder is no longer part of the team. Felder, a key freshman reserve for South Carolina's Final Four team two years ago, was suspended last summer after his second arrest in less than a year. Felder was not enrolled last fall. He was allowed to return in the spring semester although he did not play. ... North Carolina junior Luke Maye has declared for the NBA draft but isn't hiring an agent.
NFL: The Oakland Raiders have signed cornerback Daryl Worley just over a week after his release by the Philadelphia Eagles following an arrest.
Obituaries: Former North Carolina defensive tackle Dee Hardison, a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame who played 11 seasons in the NFL, died Saturday. He was 61. He was a second-round draft pick of the Buffalo Bills in 1978 and played there for three seasons. He spent five seasons with the Giants, two with the San Diego Chargers and a year with the Kansas City Chiefs before retiring after the 1989 season. ... Bennie Cunningham, a tight end who won two Super Bowls with the Steelers, died of cancer on Monday. He was 63.
— Wire reports