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SportsTalk: Albert Pujols signs with the Angels and Prince Fielder joins the Tigers. Which team is better now?
Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Kobe Bryant hit a baseline jump shot with 4.2 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up a six-game road trip by holding on to beat the Raptors 94-92 on Sunday, their eighth victory in nine meetings with Toronto
Arc's five up, five down: After No. 11 Michigan State's 58-48 upset of No. 3 Ohio State, you'd be a fool to discount the Spartans' national title chances now.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
Golf's dream pairing - Woods and Mickelson - is on the course in the final round at Pebble Beach. Jason Sobel has hole-by-hole reports.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
Robins: It’s the Year of the Dragon on the Lunar calendar, and this Chinese influence could extend to it also being the year of the Pekingese on the green carpet at the 136th Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday.
BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox interviewed Jim Bowden for a second time for their general manager’s job on Monday, but no decision was imminent in the team’s search to replace Theo Epstein.
Bowden, GM of the Washington Nationals and former GM for the Cincinnati Reds, met with Red Sox officials in Boston. The Red Sox also conducted a second interview during the weekend with Jim Beattie, former Baltimore Orioles executive vice president.
The Red Sox said more interviews will be held with a break for the Thanksgiving holiday. Boston would like a new GM in place before baseball’s winter meetings Dec. 5-8 in Dallas.
Boston also interviewed Dave Wilder on Saturday. He’s been the director of player development the past two seasons for the Chicago White Sox, who won the World Series last month.
Wilder met with Red Sox part-owner Tom Werner and president and chief executive officer Larry Lucchino, along with other members of the baseball operations staff.
Whoever is chosen as general manager, he’ll have to replace starters at first, second and third base, find a closer and deal with the possible defection of center-fielder Johnny Damon. Also, right-fielder Manny Ramirez has requested a trade.
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Wilder has said he wouldn’t hesitate to trade Ramirez, if — and that’s a big “if” — he can find a way to make the team better. That’s one of the things the Red Sox asked him about during about four hours of interviews.
“It all depends on what the deal is for,” Wilder said. “If not, you’ve got one of the better hitters in the last century.”
The most successful general manager in Red Sox history, Epstein left for personal reasons that reportedly stemmed from a breakdown in his relationship with Lucchino. Several prospective replacements have pulled out of the running; although no one has said it aloud, the word around baseball appears to be that the Red Sox front office isn’t such a great place to work.
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DeMarco: Plug in a well-heeled ownership group and negotiate one of those mega-bucks TV deals that are going around, and the Dodgers could become the west coast version of the New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox.
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