JOLIET, Ill. — Sunday’s rain at Chicagoland Speedway forced NASCAR to postpone the opening race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

NASCAR rescheduled the race for Monday at noon Eastern.

The forecast didn’t look good from the start, but because the facility has lights, NASCAR waited all day for a window to dry the track. Officials got the window and had the track almost dry, but the sky opened again roughly six hours after the scheduled start.

Rays trim Boston’s WC lead to 2 BOSTON — David Price took a line drive off his chest but stuck around to pitch four solid innings, and the Tampa Bay Rays capitalized on Tim Wakefield’s wild knuckleball to beat the Red Sox 8-5 Sunday and cut Boston’s AL wild-card lead to two games.Boston lost for 11th time in 14 games, including three of four in this series after getting swept at Tampa Bay last weekend. The Rays, who trailed Boston by nine games on Sept. 3, closed within two games of the Red Sox for the first time since June.

Mayweather wins in controversyLAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather Jr. won the fight with a questionable — if legal — pair of punches that Victor Ortiz never saw coming. He followed it by berating an 80-year-old announcer in the ring and demanding he be fired.Later on he would insinuate that the only way Manny Pacquiao keeps winning is that he’s juiced.All in a night’s work for boxing’s bad boy, and a profitable one at that. Probably not as profitable as Mayweather claims, but a huge payday without doubt.He sells because people buy pay-per-views to either cheer him on or yell at the big screen in hopes he will lose. On Saturday night he won for the 42nd straight time, and he wasn’t about to offer up apologies for how it was done.

Hanson sets mark for longevityDETROIT — Detroit kicker Jason Hanson is playing his 297th game with the Lions on Sunday, setting an NFL record for games with one team.Hanson surpasses Hall of Fame center Bruce Matthews, who played 296 with the Houston-Tennessee franchise. Darrell Green played 295 with the Washington Redskins.