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Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

Keselowski wins third straight after the crash-filled finish

The hottest driver in the sport stayed hot on Sunday as Brad Keselowski landed the first blow in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs by winning the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The victory, which came in overtime, was the third in a row for Keselowski and assured him a berth in the second round of the 10-race, 16-driver playoffs.

Flames co-owner Riddell dies

Calgary Flames co-owner Clay Riddell has died, the team confirmed Sunday. Paramount Resources, one of the oil and natural gas companies the 81-year-old billionaire built, said Riddell died Saturday.

NFL roundup: Chiefs' Mahomes fires six TD passes

In a game with wild swings and pass-happy quarterbacks, Patrick Mahomes threw for 326 yards and six touchdowns Sunday to lead the Kansas City Chiefs past the host Pittsburgh Steelers 42-37. The Chiefs (2-0) blew a three-touchdown lead, went back up by 14 points and held on. Kansas City's Travis Kelce had 109 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

France's Mayer breaks decathlon world record

France's Kevin Mayer made up for recent disappointments in spectacular style when he set a decathlon world record of 9,126 points at the Decastar event in Talence, France on Sunday. World champion and Olympic silver medalist Mayer surpassed American Ashton Eaton's 9,045 total at the 2015 world championships in Beijing.

Report: WR Gordon hopes to land with 49ers or Cowboys

The Cleveland Browns said Saturday they will release wide receiver Josh Gordon on Monday, but the wide receiver is holding out hope the team trades him, according to a report from ESPN's Adam Schefter. Gordon reportedly prefers to go to either the Dallas Cowboys or San Francisco 49ers. One thing in his favor -- the Browns would prefer to trade him out of the AFC, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Cool Coric steers Croatia into Davis Cup final with France

Borna Coric kept his cool to prevail in a thrilling winner-takes-all duel with fellow young gun Frances Tiafoe on Sunday and steer Croatia into the final of the Davis Cup for the second time in three years with a monumental 3-2 victory over the U.S. The 21-year-old Coric came from two sets to one down to defeat the 20-year-old debutant Tiafoe 6-7(0) 6-1 6-7(11) 6-1 6-3 and finally subdue a remarkable fightback from the Americans, who had earlier leveled the tie 2-2 from two down.

MLB roundup: Verlander, Astros dump D-backs

George Springer singled and scored twice, and Josh Reddick homered for a second consecutive game as the Houston Astros claimed the rubber match of a three-game interleague series with the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks with a 5-4 victory on Sunday. Houston's Justin Verlander (16-9) worked seven strong innings, producing his 11th double-digit strikeout game on the season. Verlander increased his season strikeout total to 269, matching his career high set in 2009 with the Detroit Tigers.

Kenyan Kipchoge shatters the marathon world record in Berlin

Kenya's Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge pulverized the marathon world record with a blistering run on Sunday, slicing a staggering 78 seconds off the previous best to land the one major running crown that had eluded him. The 33-year-old, widely seen as the greatest marathon runner of the modern era, ran an official time of two hours, one minute and 39 seconds on a sunny day along the flat inner-city course, smashing Dennis Kimetto's previous record that had stood since 2014.

NFL notebook: Bills RB takes helmet-to-head hit

Buffalo running back Taiwan Jones left the Bills' game against the Los Angeles Chargers in the third quarter Sunday after he took a brutal hit to his bare head in the end zone. Marcus Murphy muffed a punt into the end zone. Jones scooped the ball, was hit and had his helmet come off. Jones was struck again, this time by Chargers linebacker Uchenna Nwosu in a helmet-to-head hit.

Wade back with Heat for the final season

Dwyane Wade kept his fans waiting to almost the cusp of NBA training camp, but in an emotional video, he told them what they wanted to hear. "I feel like it's right to ask you guys to join me for one last dance, for one last season," he said about his decision to return to the Miami Heat for a 16th NBA season.