AUTO RACING

Jimmie Johnson won’t race through the streets of Chicago this weekend.

The seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and co-owner of Legacy Motor Club announced on Tuesday that he has “elected to withdraw” his No. 84 Chevrolet from this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race. The announcement comes a few hours after news broke that Johnson had family ties to a shooting and killing in Muskogee, Okla.

Police in Muskogee, Oklahoma, confirmed they are investigating the shooting deaths of three relatives of Johnson.

The bodies of Jack Janway, 69; his wife Terry Janway, 68; and their grandson Dalton Janway, 11, were discovered Monday at a home in Muskogee, located about 50 miles southeast of Tulsa, Muskogee police spokesperson Lynn Hamlin said. Hamlin said investigators believe Terry Janway shot and killed her husband and grandson before shooting herself.

Police responded to the home after a woman called 911 to report a disturbance with a gun before hanging up, Hamlin said.

When police arrived on the scene, they found one person near the front door of the home and then heard a gunshot from further inside, where officers later found two other people dead, Hamlin said. Hamlin confirmed the three are the parents and nephew of Johnson’s wife, Chandra Janway.

BASEBALL

NECBL: Six players in the starting lineup had two hits as the Sanford Mainers won their second straight, beating the North Shore Navigators 15-10 at Lynn, Massachusetts.

Devan Bade had a homer and four RBI and Kevin Skagerlind had three RBI for Sanford (8-9).

Evan Griffis had a homer and four RBI for North Shore (7-11).

FOOTBALL

OBIT: Former Patriots quarterback Ryan Mallett, who also played for Houston and Baltimore during five seasons in the NFL, has died. He was 35.

Mallett died in an apparent drowning, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. Mallett was a football coach at White Hall High School in his native Arkansas, and the school district also confirmed his death in a post on its website.

Mallett was selected by New England in the third round of the 2011 NFL draft. He appeared in four games with the Patriots during the 2012 season, completing 1 of 4 passes for 17 yards.

New England Coach Bill Belichick said he was “extremely saddened by Ryan’s tragic passing.”

“My thoughts and prayers are with his family and the many people whose lives he touched,” Belichick said in a statement posted by the team on Twitter.

BASKETBALL

WNBA: Breanna Stewart scored 24 points and Jonquel Jones added 14 points and 11 rebounds in her return to Connecticut as the visiting New York Liberty beat the Sun, 89-81.

The victory moved the Liberty into a tie with Connecticut atop the Commissioner Cup standings in the Eastern Conference. Each team has one game left although New York has the tiebreaker having swept the two games against the Sun.

• Napheesa Collier had a career-high 33 points and 10 rebounds, Diamond Miller added 18 points in her return from an injury and the Minnesota Lynx beat the visiting Seattle Storm, 104-93.

SWIMMING

U.S. NATIONALS: Katie Ledecky joined an elite club, earning her sixth trip to the world championships with a dominating victory in the 800-meter freestyle at Indianapolis.

Ledecky was under her world-record pace for much of the race before settling for the victory in 8 minutes, 7.07 seconds — her third-fastest time in the grueling event, which she has dominated over her long career with the 30 fastest times in history.

Ledecky became only the sixth swimmer to make the world championships for the sixth time, joining Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Natalie Coughlin, Elizabeth Beisel and Nathan Adrian.

TENNIS

BAD HOMBURG OPEN: Spanish player Rebeka Masarova upset fifth-seeded Bianca Andreescu 6-3, 6-2 but Liudmila Samsonova survived a scare to reach the quarterfinals in Germany.

Second-seeded Samsonova needed 2 hours, 37 minutes to beat Czech player Linda Noskova 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3 at the grass-court tournament.

EASTBOURNE INTERNATIONAL: Defending champion Petra Kvitova withdrew from the Eastbourne International citing fatigue.

No. 9-ranked Kvitova won her 31st WTA singles title on Sunday in Berlin.

The two-time Wimbledon champion was due to start her Eastbourne defense against Jelena Ostapenko, whom she beat in last year’s final.

TRACK & FIELD

GOLDEN SPIKE: Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis cleared a world-leading outdoor 6.12 meters at the Golden Spike meet at Ostrava, Czech Republic.

The 23-year-old world record holder improved his previous outdoor best of 6.11 this season at Hengelo, Netherlands, earlier this month.

Duplantis cleared 6.12 with his first attempt before failing to clear 6.17.

The American-born Duplantis, who competes for Sweden, set a world record of 6.22 at an indoor meet in Clermont-Ferrand, France, on Feb. 25.

Another world-record holder, American shot putter Ryan Crouser, dominated the competition with a throw of 22.63 meters to improve his Golden Spike record.

SWIMMING

U.S. NATIONALS: Caeleb Dressel dropped farther and farther behind, a far cry from the dominant swimmer he was at the last Olympics.

In his first major competition since a long layoff, Dressel finished 29th in the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. nationals in Indianaplois, falling far short of qualifying for the world championships in an event he won at Tokyo two years ago.

Dressel touched the wall behind the other seven swimmers in the last of eight preliminary heats.

SOCCER

ITALY: Players in Italy will be banned from wearing No. 88 on their shirts as part of an initiative combating antisemitism announced.

The No. 88 is a numerical code for “Heil Hitler.”

In March, a fan wearing a Lazio shirt with the name “Hitlerson” and the No. 88 on it was banned for life from attending matches of the Roman club.

MLS: Reigning league MVP Hany Mukhtar and teammate Walker Zimmerman from Nashville, LAFC scoring leader Dénis Bouanga and top newcomer Giorgos Giakoumakis highlight the 26-player roster for the Major League Soccer All-Star Game.

The MLS All-Stars will face Premier League powerhouse Arsenal on July 19 in Washington.

• Minnesota United signed Finnish and former Norwich City striker Teemu Pukki to a designated player contract, the latest move by the MLS club in search of a scoring boost.

The deal is for two years, with a club option to extend it for six more months through December 2025. Pukki will occupy an international roster spot for the Loons, who are in 12th place in the Western Conference at 5-7-6 with just 17 goals in 18 games.