Sports briefly: Aric Almirola wins at Talladega, advances in playoffs

Aric Almirola capped an absolute Stewart-Haas Racing rout at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway with an overtime victory Sunday that earned him an automatic berth in the third round of NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

Almirola was part of the four-car SHR contingent, four Fords that swept qualifying and won every stage Sunday.

SHR drivers Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick ran out of fuel and gave way to Almirola on the last lap of overtime. Another SHR driver, Clint Bowyer, also took advantage and finished second. Busch faded to 14th and Harvick to 28th. SHR was poised for a 1-2-3-4 finish before the race went to overtime.

"We were going to go give them hell, and if we wrecked, we wrecked," Almirola said. "And if we win, we win. And we won."

Almirola will learn who will join him in the playoffs' round of eight after next Sunday's race at Kansas City, Kan.

The United States loudly secured its spot in the Women's World Cup next summer, beating Jamaica 6-0 in Frisco, Texas, in the CONCACAF qualifying tournament.

The United States, ranked first in the world, is the defending World Cup champion. Canada, ranked No. 5, also clinched a spot, beating Panama 7-0 in Frisco.

Bronson Burgoon shot a 68 and tied for second with Emiliano Grillo (66) and Chesson Hadley (68).

• Bernhard Langer shot a 7-under 65 and won the SAS Championship in Cary, N.C., by six strokes.

• Local favorite In Gee Chun shot a 6-under 66 to win the KEB Hana Bank Championship in Incheon, South Korea.

Olympics: Patrick Baumann, secretary-general of FIBA, basketball's world governing body, and seen as a potential IOC president, died of a heart attack at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. He was 51. Baumann was FIBA's top administrator for 15 years.

Women's tennis: Second-seeded Caroline Garcia won her first title of the year, 7-6 (7), 6-3 over top-seeded Karolina Pliskova in the Tianjin (China) Open.

Women's college hockey: Wisconsin's Mark Johnson became the winningest coach in Division I women's hockey history when the No. 2 Badgers (6-0) defeated No. 4 Minnesota Duluth 3-1 on Sunday at LaBahn Arena. He is 465-82-42 in 16 seasons, one win ahead of Katey Stone of Harvard, whose Crimson opens the season on Friday.