Bodine Wins Going Sideways

Todd Bodine won the rain-delayed Busch series race Monday at Darlington, S.C., when his car bounced off Jamie McMurray’s on the final lap and slid sideways across the finish line.

It was the second consecutive dramatic finish at the track. Ricky Craven on Sunday beat Kurt Busch by a few inches -- officially .002 seconds -- in the closest finish since Winston Cup went to its electronic scoring system in 1993.

McMurray appeared headed for his second victory of the year when he went high off the final turn and nosed in front of Bodine in the DarlingtonRaceway.com 200.

But Bodine slid high into McMurray, pointing his car’s nose at the wall and sending the No. 1 Dodge spinning toward the inside retaining wall. Bodine managed to cross in front.

It was Bodine’s first win of the season and 15th of his career.

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Hemelgarn Racing entered two Chevy-powered Dallara cars for former winner Buddy Lazier in the Indianapolis 500. The entries on Monday brought to 16 the number of cars entered in the May 25 race.

Jurisprudence

Jose Canseco was released from jail in Miami and resentenced to two years of house arrest for his part in a 2001 nightclub brawl.

The former major league star, wearing a jail-issue red jumpsuit, apologized to the court for failing to complete all his probation terms.

“This has been embarrassing to my family and to my friends.... I now understand the seriousness of probation and I’m truly sorry,” Canseco told the judge.

Pro Football

The Carolina Panthers added a fourth new face to the offense, signing free-agent receiver Ricky Proehl to a three-year deal.

He was introduced alongside new running back Stephen Davis, who signed a five-year contract Friday. They join quarterback Jake Delhomme and lineman Doug Brzezinski as off-season additions to the offense.

The Oakland Raiders signed kick returner Ronney Jenkins to a free-agent contract. Jenkins, who starred at Oxnard Hueneme High, spent the last three seasons with the San Diego Chargers.... Seattle Seahawk kicker Rian Lindell signed an offer sheet from the Buffalo Bills. The deal is for four years and worth more than $4.2 million, agent Paul Sheehy said.... The Buffalo Bills signed wide receiver Bobby Shaw, who spent last season with the Jacksonville Jaguars.... The Cincinnati Bengals kept linebacker Armegis Spearman by matching a three-year offer from Green Bay. The Bengals also signed long snapper-tight end Brad St. Louis to a one-year deal.... The Houston Texans have re-signed safety Eric Brown.

Miscellany

Chauncey Leslie scored 15 points and the game-winning basket with 14.4 seconds left to give Iowa (16-13) a 62-60 victory over Valparaiso (20-11) in the first round of the NIT.

Tracy Barnes, a U.S. athlete at the biathlon world championships in Siberia, was struck in the head by a glass object while stretching outside her hotel and taken to a hospital with a concussion. Police are investigating.

Passings

Henryk de Kwiatkowski, owner of Calumet Farm, a thoroughbred racing farm in Lexington, Ky., since 1992, died Monday at his home in the Bahamas. He was 79.