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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.
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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.
Euro Roundup: First-place Manchester City won 1-0 at Aston Villa on Sunday on Joleon Lescott's goal in the 63rd minute, maintaining its two-point lead over Manchester United in the Premier League.
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.
ReutersIt was 70-59 when Reyshawn Terry added a free throw, but the Tar Heels made a couple of inexplicable errors to let Duke back in it. Frasor had a layup blocked easily by Shelden Williams, and Terry unleashed an off-balance jumper early in the shot clock that bounced off the side of the backboard.
“We put ourselves in a bad position by being stupid,” Roy Williams said. “I told Bobby that he needed to be a little more intelligent. Reyshawn’s shot from over there, I have no idea why anybody would try and shoot that ball.”
Nelson swished two 3s in a span of about 40 seconds and Lee Melchionni put back a miss from Redick to fuel the rally. Suddenly, the Blue Devils were down only 77-74, and when Nelson got a steal on the ensuing possession, they had a chance to tie.
The Cameron Crazies were in a frenzy.
“My ears started ringing when they made that run,” Hansbrough said. “It’s everything it’s hyped up to be.”
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But Green thwarted Dockery’s drive through the lane, which led to the free throws by Frasor and Hansbrough, and North Carolina held on to win for the seventh time in eight ACC road games this season. The four freshmen outscored Duke’s four senior starters 55-51.
“We’ve got a lot of confidence right now in each other, and that’s contagious,” Ginyard said. “I know it’s helped me.”
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.
Herb Pope scored 19 points, including four free throws in final 10 seconds, and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Seton Hall to a 73-66 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday.
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Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.
