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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
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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.
Eleven shots separated Phil and Tiger Sunday at Pebble Beach as Lefty secured his 40th Tour win. Jason Sobel had 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.
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APA round-up of how the United States teams select their competitors for each event in the Winter Olympics.
Biathlon
The U.S. team will qualify three men, three women and two relay teams for the Turin Games.
Competitors are selected based on pre-qualifying standards. Women must have placed in the top 35 in the World Cup rankings for 2004-05 or have two top-10 finishes in the ’05-06 season. Men must have placed in the top 40 in the ’04-05 rankings or have two top-15 efforts in ’05-06.
Jay Haakinen was the first American to meet the pre-qualifying standards with a pair of top-15 World Cup finishes last season.
Jeremy Teela won the final 10-kilometer sprint at the Olympic trials in Maine to join Hakkinen on the squad.
Other nominees for the men’s team were Tim Burke, Lowell Bailey and Brian Olsen.
Rachel Steer won the women’s sprint to finish first in the competition.
Other nominees for the team were Sarah Conrad, Carolyn Treacy and twins Lanny and Tracy Barnes.
The list of nominees will go to the U.S. Olympic Committee, which will make the final selections for the Turin Games.
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