WILLOWS, Calif. – Turn 3 Motorsport drivers Peter Dempsey, Eric Wagner, Antoine Comeau and Neil Alberico captured the overall victory in the 25 Hours of Thunderhill Sunday at Thunderhill Raceway Park.

The foursome were dominant throughout the 25-hour endurance test. The only thing that slowed them down was a failed ECU early in the race. The team replaced the failed part and returned to the race, eventually finishing eight laps ahead of their closest pursuer.

The winning drivers drove the No. 10 Radical SR3 RSX to the overall victory and the ESR class triumph.

The race was soggy for most of the event, with drivers battling the rain and muddy conditions around the facility. The race was sanctioned by the National Auto Sport Ass’n.

Second overall and in the ESR class went to K2R Motorsports drivers Gerhard Watzinger, George Kurtz, Colin Braun, Naveen Rao and Matt Bell in a Ligier LMP3. Third overall was another entry from the ESR class, the Praga Cars/Fellner Motorsports Praga R1 shared by Paul Blickman, Steven Ferrario, Jesse Grose and Tim Barber.

The E0 class belonged to MPACT Racing, who fielded a stock Ford Mustang from the Ford Performance Racing School. Dale Sievwright, Dan McKeever, Brian Smith and Ryan Roberson co-drove the car to a 19-lap margin of victory in the class.

Team FLIR Vision Racing’s Mitjet LV 02 was the winner in the E1 class, with John Hill, Spencer Trenery, Jim Froula and Mark Jaremko sharing the driving duties.

Technik Competition’s BMW 330 stood tall in the E2 class, though they had to come from behind after an on-track incident bent the rear end of the car. The car, shared by Peter Hopelain, Sean Neel, Matt Kehoe, Matt Million and Will Rodgers, moved into the class lead for the final time during the 25th and final hour of the race.

With only two cars competing in the E3 class, the Tazio Ottis Racing Honda Civic Hatchback shared by team owner Tazio Ottis, Dan Erickson, Taz Harvey and Jesse Prather took the class victory.

The A+ Young and the Restless team, led by high school automotive tech teacher and team owner Al Angulo, were the winners in the competitive ERS class. Luke Pfeiffer, Ismael Basso, Sean Lovett and Peter McIntosh II, all students, shared driving duties in the race-winning car.

The ES class was won by Valkyrie Autosport. The team campaigned a pair of cars in the class, but it was the Nissan GT-R shared by Brad Kellett, Tom Roberts, Ross Bentley and Steven Thomas that ended up claiming the victory.

Finally, in the GT Challenge class, Frasun Racing collected a $10,000 prize from Toyo Tires en route to the class victory. Mark Sundberg, Chris Hart, Jason Fraser and Jessie Jensen shared driving duties of the BMW M4 GT-4.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots had their 21-game home winning streak (including playoffs) snapped Sunday with a 23-16 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs as their late comeback bid fell short.

The loss, which included two questionable officiating calls that went against New England, drops the Patriots to 10-3.

The Ravens, who beat the Bills on Sunday to improve to 11-2, strengthened their hold on the AFC's No. 1 seed with three games remaining in the regular season. The Ravens own the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Patriots after beating them Nov. 3.

Meanwhile, the Chiefs improve to 9-4 and clinched the AFC West championship.

The Patriots were hurt by two officiating rulings and coach Bill Belichick was furious on the sideline after the first - when Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was ruled down by contact late in the third quarter as the football came loose when he was tackled by safety Devin McCourty.

Cornerback Stephon Gilmore recovered and had a chance for a significant return, possibly even a touchdown, had the play not been blown dead.

"You can only do your job and play the play out," Gilmore said. "If they blow the whistle, you got to live with it. That's the decision they have to make."

Belichick fired his red challenge flag on the field, and the Patriots, trailing 23-13 at the time, took over at their own 43-yard line.

"Obviously we have to do some things better than we did them tonight. It wasn't quite good enough. There were a lot of other circumstances in the game. There's no point talking about those," Belichick said, seemingly in reference to the officiating.

Asked if the officiating made it hard to get into a tempo or flow, Belichick said, "Yeah, I don't know."

The Patriots appeared to score a touchdown on their ensuing drive when, at the Chiefs' 15, rookie wide receiver N'Keal Harry took a short pass from quarterback Tom Brady and raced toward the pylon on the left side of the end zone.

Harry dove to the pylon but was ruled out at the 3-yard line. Replays appeared to show Harry didn't step out of bounds.

"We all knew it was a touchdown. Everyone clearly saw it was a touchdown, but it was out of our control," Harry said.

The Patriots, who were out of challenges after Belichick had unsuccessfully challenged a spot and pass interference on a play earlier in the third quarter, ended up settling for a field goal.

In a pool report, Boger explained the call.

"The covering official on the wing was blocked out by defenders. The downfield official who was on the goal line and looking back toward the field of play had that he stepped out at the 3-yard line. So, they got together and conferred on that. The final ruling was that he was out of bounds at the 3-yard line."

Boger was asked if there was any consideration to rule it a touchdown, knowing they would have the benefit of instant replay to support or overturn the call because all scoring plays are reviewable.

"Not really. Those two officials who were covering it, they look at it in real time," Boger said. "This case was unique in that the guy who would have ruled touchdown had him short. So maybe if that ruling official on the goal-line had a touchdown, we could have gotten into that, but he thought that that guy stepped out of bounds.

The goal line wasn't in the play."

So the Patriots instead had first-and goal from the 3, ultimately kicking a field goal to close the gap to 23-16.

"We still had a chance," said Brady, who had a large wrap over his right throwing elbow after the game that he said wasn't a big deal. "Wish we could have scored there."

That the Patriots needed a comeback was a result of some poor play after they started fast, with a flea-flicker for a touchdown on their opening drive -- Brady to receiver Julian Edelman for 37 yards.

But the Chiefs scored the next 20 points, taking a 20-7 lead into halftime, with the home crowd showering the Patriots with boos as they headed to the locker room.

"You hear cheers, you hear boos. That's part of being in sports," Brady said, adding that his reaction was "to go play better."

Those boos later turned to chants of, "Brady! Brady! Brady!" as the Patriots mounted a spirited comeback.

On their final drive, there was another officiating call that generated discussion in the Patriots' locker room after the game. On third-and-6 with 3:31 remaining, receiver Phillip Dorsett appeared to be interfered with on a deep pass, but there was no call.

"I was 99% confident that I was interfered with," Dorsett said. "Obviously it gets frustrating, but calls get made and don't get made. I know it is a tough job on the referees. It is what it is."

But the Patriots converted a fourth-and-6 situation, with Brady rushing for 17 yards, before the drive stalled. The Chiefs' defense stiffened in the red zone and Brady's fourth-down pass to Edelman for a possible game-tying touchdown was knocked away.

Belichick took a silver-lining type of view.

"I'm really proud of the way our team competed. Those guys went and battled for 60 minutes," he said. "It wasn't always perfect, there were certainly things we could have done better, but we were competitive right down to the final play and that'll serve us well going forward."

SANTO DOMINGO -- Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz made his first public appearance in the Dominican Republic on Sunday nearly six months after he was shot in what authorities called a case of mistaken identity.

The Dominican-born superstar was greeted by a standing ovation and raucous cheers when he entered the Quisqueya Stadium Juan Marichal for the Game of Legends, a charity exhibition and home run derby featuring Dominican major league players and retired stars.

"Praise God and long live the Dominican Republic," Ortiz said to the thousands of fans in the country's most important stadium.

He thanked his fans, fellow players and the press for its support after the shooting.

"I'm happy to be here with my people," he told The Associated Press before the game. He did not play.

Also present were Dominican stars such as Hall of Famers Pedro Martinez and Juan Marichal, Mets second baseman Robinson Cano and Nationals outfielder Juan Soto.

A 10-time All-Star and three-time World Series champion, Ortiz helped the Red Sox end their 86-year championship drought in 2004 and batted .688 against the St. Louis Cardinals in 2013 to win the Series MVP.

Ortiz retired after the 2016 season with 541 home runs, and the team retired his uniform No. 34.

He maintained a home in the Boston area and had been living part of the year in the Dominican Republic, where he was often seen getting his cars washed and hanging out with friends, including other baseball players, artists and entertainers.

He was seriously wounded June 9 when a hit man allegedly hired by a drug trafficker mistakenly shot him as he sat with friends in a Santo Domingo bar, authorities have said. They said the target was meant to be Sixto David Fernandez, a cousin of the man alleged to have arranged the attack.

Authorities said the hit men confused Ortiz with Fernandez. The two men are friends and were sharing a table.

Officials said the killing was contracted by Victor Hugo Gomez, described as an associate of Mexico's Gulf Cartel. Authorities said Gomez wanted Fernandez killed because he believed his cousin turned him into Dominican drug investigators in 2011. They said Gomez then spent time in prison in the Dominican Republic with one of at least 11 suspects arrested in the shooting.

Gomez later resurfaced in the U.S. as one of dozens of suspects sought by federal authorities following a March 2019 drug trafficking sting in Houston.

Doctors in the Dominican Republic removed Ortiz's gallbladder and part of his intestine after the shooting and he underwent further surgery in the U.S.

"I thought he was never going to come back here," said Filvia Nunez, a fan who said she was surprised and delighted to see Ortiz Sunday.

SAN DIEGO -- Marvin Miller, the union leader who revolutionized baseball by empowering players to negotiate multimillion-dollar contracts and to play for teams of their own choosing, was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Sunday along with former St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ted Simmons.

After falling short in his first seven times on veterans committee ballots, Miller received 12 of 16 votes from this year's 16-man modern committee, exactly the 75% required. Simmons was on 13 ballots. Former Boston outfielder Dwight Evans was third with eight.

Miller, who died at age 95 in 2012, led the Major League Baseball Players Association from 1966-82, a time when players gained the right to free agency after six seasons of big league service, to salary arbitration and to grievance arbitration. He led the union through five work stoppages and was an adviser during three more after he retired.

"The Hall of Fame is called the Hall of Fame and Museum. Imagine a museum of baseball without Marvin Miller in it," former union chief operating officer Gene Orza said. "It's like having a museum of modern art without Picasso in it. I guess I'm happy for all the people who are happy. But I don't think Marvin would lose any sleep one way or the other over this."

Simmons, an eight-time All-Star during a 21-year big league career, was a switch-hitter who batted .285 with 248 homers and 1,389 RBI for St. Louis (1968-80), Milwaukee (1981-85) and Atlanta (1986-88).

Despite his accomplishments, Simmons was up for election by voters from the Baseball Writers' Association of America just once. He drew only 3.7 percent support in 1994 and was removed from future BBWAA ballots.

Miller and Simmons will be inducted into Cooperstown during ceremonies on July 26 along with any players chosen next month by the BBWAA from a ballot headed by former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.

Miller will be inducted 12 years after Bowie Kuhn, the baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn whom Miller routinely defeated in labor negotiations, and three years after Bud Selig, the commissioner who in 1994-95 presided over the longest work stoppage in baseball's history.

In 2008, four years before he died, Miller sent a letter to the Baseball Writers' Association of America saying he didn't want to be considered anymore.

"These changes resulted in a vastly more competitive game, fan interest, and increased wealth for all, including the owners of baseball clubs," his son, Peter Miller, said in 2013. "Although he enjoyed the recognition, my father did what he did not for fame and glory, but for justice and for equitable labor-management relations. To treat that as something of lesser value than personal fame, is really to dishonor him and the players."

Miller received 44% of the votes in 2003 and 63% in 2007 when all Hall of Famers could participate on a veterans panel. After the Hall downsized the veterans committees, he got three of 12 votes later in 2007 from a committee considering executives that elected former Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, whom Miller routinely defeated in labor negotiations.

Miller got seven of 12 votes in 2009, and then, when the format was changed again, he got 11 of 16 from an expansion era committee in 2010 -- falling one vote short. He received six votes of 16 in 2013 and seven of 16 from the new modern era committee in 2017.

"Players are pleased that Marvin will now take his rightful and long overdue place in the Hall of Fame in recognition of the monumental and positive impact he had on our game and our industry," current union head Tony Clark said in a statement.

Nicknamed Simba for his shoulder-length hair, Simmons was an outspoken opponent of President Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War. In the days before free agency, he played much of the 1972 season without a contract because of a pay dispute, finally agreeing to a two-year deal in late July.

Now 70, Simmons received 17 of 456 votes in 1994, falling shy of the 5% threshold to remain on the ballot. Simmons was on 11 of 16 ballots when the modern era committee met in 2017 and elected Jack Morris with 14 votes and Alan Trammell with 13.

Simmons has benefited from modern metrics such as a Baseball Reference WAR of 50.3. Eight other players who were primarily catchers topped 50, and they are all in the Hall: Johnny Bench, Yogi Berra, Gary Carter, Bill Dickey, Carlton Fisk, Gabby Hartnett, Mike Piazza and Ivan Rodriguez.

Simmons hit .300 or higher seven times and finished with 2,472 hits. Among players who were primarily catchers, his RBIs are second to Berra's 1,430 and his hits are second to Rodriguez's 2,844.

Dave Parker received seven votes, and Steve Garvey and Lou Whitaker six each. Tommy John, Don Mattingly, Thurman Munson and Dale Murphy all got three or fewer.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Jason Langer made a 16-foot eagle putt on the first hole of a playoff Sunday to give father Bernard his fourth victory in the PNC Father Son Challenge.

The Langers closed with a second straight 12-under 60 to match Retief and Leo Goosen and Tom and Thomas Lehman atop the leaderboard in the scramble event for major champions at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando.

After the 62-year-old Bernhard hit the fairway on the par-5 18th, the 19-year-old Jason hit a 3-wood approach from 270 yards to set up the winning putt.

"I've seen clutch shots in majors and Ryder Cups, all over the place. For our family it doesn't get much better than that one," Bernhard said. "He hit an unbelievable 3-wood in regulation and it came just a couple yards short, then hit an even better one in the playoff - 270 into the wind and he flew it all the way there. Something I do not know how to do, I don't have that in me, so it was fun for me to watch. The noise the ball made when he struck it was spectacular."

Bernard was asked about Jason - who also won with his father in 2014 - returning next year.

"If somebody wins, they get the chance to defend, but we will have a whole year to discuss," Bernhard said.

Bernhard is one behind Raymond Floyd on the victory list in the event.

The Goosens, two strokes ahead after an opening 58, had a 62. The Lehmans shot 59.

Annika and father Tom Sorenstam had a 71 to tie for last in 20-team field. Annika was the first female to play in the event.

"It's been a wonderful week overall, with a wonderful, 'Thank you' to PNC for hosting us and having us here," Annika said. "Thanks to all fans who came out and families, for supporting us. The whole week was just awesome."

Eli Drinkwitz has reached an agreement to become Missouri's next head football coach and a deal is being finalized, sources told ESPN.

Drinkwitz guided Appalachian State to a 12-1 season and the Sun Belt Conference championship this season in his first year as a head coach.

The sources said Missouri officials met with Drinkwitz in Boone, North Carolina, on Saturday night, hours after Appalachian State defeated Louisiana 45-38 in the Sun Belt championship game.

Once his deal is complete, the 36-year-old Drinkwitz will become the second-youngest coach of a Power 5 school, after Oklahoma's Lincoln Riley.

He will replace Barry Odom, whom Missouri fired after the Tigers lost five of their final six games to finish the season 6-6. The school will not be playing in a bowl game after the NCAA last month upheld a postseason ban after a tutor for several Missouri teams admitted to completing coursework for athletes. Odom compiled a 25-25 record in four seasons.

Appalachian State had given Drinkwitz a five-year contract a year ago, when the school hired him to replace Scott Satterfield, who left to become Louisville's coach.

Under Drinkwitz, the Mountaineers set a Sun Belt record with 11 regular-season victories. They were the only FBS team to have a 6-0 road victory, including wins at Power Five opponents North Carolina and South Carolina.

They finished ranked No. 20 in both the College Football Playoff Rankings and AP Poll. Their only loss came in a 24-21 defeat to Georgia Southern on Oct. 31.

Drinkwitz, 36, is a native of Norman, Oklahoma, and coached at two Arkansas high schools, including Springdale High, where current Auburn coach Gus Malzahn once coached. He worked as Arkansas State's running backs coach under Malzahn in 2012 and was the Red Wolves' co-offensive coordinator the next season.

Drinkwitz then worked as tight ends and quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator at Boise State in 2014-15 and offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at NC State from 2016 to '18.

The Mountaineers play UAB in the R+L Carriers Bowl on Dec. 21 (9 p.m. ET, ESPN).

CLEVELAND -- After Cleveland's 27-19 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, quarterback Baker Mayfield criticized the way the Browns have handled Odell Beckham Jr.'s injury.

"I'd say that it wasn't handled right," Mayfield said. "He's not able to run as well as he ... should be able to, as well as he knows. And that's frustrating for him. You can sense some of his frustration, where that comes from. It wasn't handled the right way, in our training room. It is what it is. His not 100% is still good enough for us."

Mayfield's comments came on the heels of reports that Beckham is weighing offseason surgery to correct an injury he has been dealing with since training camp. After Sunday's game, Beckham replied, "I don't know. We'll figure it out after the season," when asked whether the injury will require surgery. Beckham also said he's unsure what his injury actually is, although NFL Network reported Sunday morning that Beckham had a sports hernia injury.

"I don't really know," he said. "You have to ask the doctors if you have a chance to interview them. I really don't know what to tell you."

Whatever the injury, Mayfield suggested that had Beckham undergone surgery during the preseason, he -- and the Browns -- would've been better off than they are now, as Beckham has had to play through pain all year for a team that is 6-7 with just a slim shot of still making the playoffs.

"I think it could've been addressed earlier on," Mayfield said. "Looking back on it, obviously, hindsight is 20/20, he probably would've missed the first two [games]. One or two. Just based on the fact that it was during training camp. It is what it is. We're here right now. It's too late to do that. He's fighting through pain; he's playing through pain. That shows you the type of guy he is."

After speaking to reporters, Mayfield posted tweets offering an apology for his comments, and clarified that his intentions "were not to throw our medical staff under the bus."

"No I don't know all the facts about Odell's injury," he added. "It was emotionally answered because I can sense his frustration and I care about my team and putting us in the best position to win.

"Those people within our building know my intentions and where I am coming from. I truly believe that and I apologize to those that don't deserve the backlash.... today was a good team win. On to the next one."

Those people within our building know my intentions and where I am coming from. I truly believe that and I apologize to those that don't deserve the backlash.... today was a good team win. On to the next one.

— Baker Mayfield (@bakermayfield) December 8, 2019

The 27-year-old Beckham has been on the injury report throughout this season for what has been termed hip and groin injuries and has regularly been a limited practice participant since early on during training camp, sitting out all four of Cleveland's preseason games. In his first year with the Browns, Beckham is also having the worst statistical season of his career, excluding his injury-riddled 2017 one with the New York Giants.

On Sunday against the Bengals, Beckham was quiet again, finishing with only two catches for 39 yards, his seventh consecutive game without topping 100 receiving yards, the longest such streak of his career.

"I really don't run until Friday," said Beckham, referring to his practice week. "I come out here and do what I can. At this point, it is what it is. There is nothing you can really do but finish out the season."

Beckham's health wasn't the only thing looming over the team Sunday.

On Thursday, Beckham was vague about his future in Cleveland past this season, telling reporters, "no one knows what the future holds, like tomorrow." He followed up with a tweet Friday indicating he was not saying that he was unhappy in Cleveland but was just hoping for better results.

But Sunday morning, FOX Sports reported during its NFL pregame show that Beckham has been telling opposing players and coaches before games, "come get me" out of Cleveland.

When asked about the report, Beckham tersely said, "I'm not gonna talk about any offseason stuff that's going on right now. The focus is to win -- 1-0. And that's what we did today. So, any other questions about it, I'm not gonna answer."

When then asked if it troubles him that stories about his future are already coming out in this way, Beckham replied that he's "used to it" and that "he's been dealing with it for three or four years" dating back to his time with the Giants.

"It's just the same thing that's going on," he said. "Not anything that I can't handle."

Coach Freddie Kitchens declined to comment on the report Beckham wants out of Cleveland.

Mayfield added that he hasn't gotten the sense Beckham is looking for a way out, and that he continues to have a "good relationship" with the All-Pro.

"The drama is just drama," Mayfield said. "It continues to be that on the outside. Within our walls, we know exactly what we have. ... So I'm not worried about that."

The Boston Celtics are on the verge of getting Gordon Hayward back on the floor.

The star forward, who has been out since breaking a bone in his left hand late in the second quarter against the San Antonio Spurs on Nov. 9, told reporters after Sunday's practice at the team's facility that he could make his return Monday night at home against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

"Tomorrow's a possibility," said Hayward, who the Celtics later listed as questionable. "See how I feel when I wake up, go through shootaround, see how it goes."

Monday would mark exactly four weeks since Hayward underwent surgery to repair the bone in his hand in New York on Nov. 11. At the time, the Celtics said he could miss up to six weeks, but Hayward said he's only been focused on getting healthy and letting the exact day of his return sort itself out.

"Yeah, I mean, you try to take it day-by-day," Hayward said. "I think as it's steadily improving and can do more and more, you start to think coming back a little bit earlier. I think you set the timeline a little bit later than what you're hoping for just so that you guys and everyone else isn't like, 'If you're late like, what's the deal?' "

Hayward, 29, has been shooting without restrictions for more than a week, and after being cleared to begin contact work last Monday, has spent time working out with coaches this past week as he gradually moved closer to a return. Doctors put a plate in his left hand with screws to stabilize the bone -- a procedure that Hayward said made his left hand "probably stronger than my right hand," in addition to saying that the bone has fully healed.

"I can't do anything that's going to hurt it," Hayward said. "I'm going to have to get hit equally as hard, probably more than last time, because I have the metal in my hand now. So the bone is healed. I can't hurt it worse. It's almost like playing through the pain, the tissues that I have in my hand, those are a lot slower to recover, so those are going to be sore a little bit.

"Motion and strength is going to take a little while to get back; it's whether or not you can play through that and still be effective. That's kind of what we're determining, but the bone is healed."

That's music to Boston's ears, as the Celtics could really use Hayward. While the Celtics have largely continued their hot start, going 9-4 in the 13 games Hayward has missed since their 7-1 start with him in the lineup, his absence has led to a lot of minutes for unproven or inexperienced bench options who have largely struggled in their expanded role.

Hayward's return will both allow those lesser players to take on more appropriate roles and help Jayson Tatum, who's been forced to carry the minutes when Kemba Walker has been on the bench, to middling results.

Mostly, though, the Celtics will simply be thrilled to have Hayward back. The former Jazz forward looked to be returning to his All-Star form to start this season, averaging 18.9 points, 7.1 rebounds and 4.1 assists, shooting 55.5 percent from the field and 43.2 percent from 3-point range.