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Hamlin holds off Busch in OT
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- Denny Hamlin held off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch in overtime Sunday night to win the longest -- and perhaps wildest -- Coca-Cola 600 in history.
Hamlin won for the 48th time in the Cup Series, and for the time in a points race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
"It is so special," Hamlin said. "That is the last big one that is not on my resume. We weren't very good all day but got ourselves in the right place at the right time."
NASCAR's longest and grueling race lasted more than 5 1/2 hours and took 413 laps to complete. There were 18 caution flags and 16 drivers failed to finish. The race featured a 12-car wreck and a magnificent crash that sent Chris Buescher's car flipping over five times before stopping upside down.
Defending race champion Kyle Larson appeared ready to win the race in regulation before Chase Briscoe crashed trying to pass him with two laps to go in regulation.
Celtics reach NBA Finals
MIAMI (AP) -- Jayson Tatum scored 26 points, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart each added 24 and the Boston Celtics held off a frantic rally in the final seconds to beat the Miami Heat 100-96 on Sunday night and reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2010.
Al Horford added 14 rebounds for the Celtics, who never trailed on the way to pulling off a Game 7 win on the road -- and not including the bubble, that was the first such victory for the storied franchise since beating Milwaukee for the 1974 NBA title.
Next up for Boston: the Golden State Warriors in a series that starts Thursday in San Francisco.
Jimmy Butler, who willed Miami into Game 7 by scoring 47 points on Friday in Boston, led the Heat with 35 points in what became their season finale. Bam Adebayo added 25 for the Heat, who were down 11 with under 3 minutes to go before trying one last rally.
Burns playoff birdie beats No. 1 Scheffler
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Sam Burns has a winning moment of his own at Colonial.
Just more than two hours after finishing his round of 5-under 65 to get to 9 under, Burns came back out for a playoff and made a 38-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole Sunday to beat Scottie Scheffler, his best friend the No. 1 player in the world.
"I can assure you, he wanted to beat me more than anybody else and I wanted to beat him more than anybody else," Burns said. "It's going to be a fun story that we'll get to have for the rest of our careers, and fortunately I got the better end of it this time. But hopefully we're at the beginning of these situations."