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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
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.
PRAGELATO, Italy - Bjoern Lind of Sweden easily skied to an Olympic gold medal in the men’s 1.3km cross-country sprint race Wednesday, taking advantage of rival Tor Arne Hetland’s fall in the semifinals.
Lind finished in 2 minutes, 26.5 seconds to beat silver medalist Roddy Darragon of France, who was six-tenths of a second behind. Lind’s countryman, Thobias Fredriksson, took the bronze.
Three Italians reached the semifinals in the men’s race, with Cristian Zorzi advancing to the four-skier final and placing fourth. He was the anchor of Italy’s winning 4x10 relay team Sunday.
Hetland missed a chance at Norway’s first gold of these games in cross-country when he tried to pass Lind on the right side during the semifinals and fell onto his left, then his bottom. He placed last in the heat.
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“I was happy with my second place in the qualifying round but I’m not happy with my result,” Newell said. “I am satisfied to be in the top 15. I’m looking to 2010 for a medal, though I had a medal in the back of my mind.”
But another American, Torin Koos, failed to advance past the qualifying race for a disappointing end to his second Olympics.
Koos, one of the top U.S. sprinters along with Newell, placed 36th in the qualifying round. Only the top 30 went on to ski in the mass-start quarterfinals. He had already missed the team sprint while recovering from bronchitis.
Also Wednesday, the International Ski Federation rejected an appeal by the French Ski Association claiming Fredriksson, the final skier for the bronze medal-winning Swedish team, took a short cut after making a mistake on the course in Sunday’s 4x10km relay. France finished in fourth place and that will stand after FIS judges met to review the evidence and “decided unanimously against the protest.”
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After leading by 18 points in the first half, the Los Angeles Lakers were staring at a four-point deficit with less than two minutes to play.
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.
