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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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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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NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey appeals court ruled Friday that former NBA star Jayson Williams can be retried on a reckless manslaughter charge in the shooting death of a limousine driver at the athlete’s mansion.
The retired New Jersey Nets star had sought to avoid a second trial, contending it would be double jeopardy.
Williams, 38, has been free on bail since his April 2004 conviction on four charges stemming from an attempt to cover up the 2002 shooting. The jury acquitted Williams of the most serious offense, aggravated manslaughter, but deadlocked on a charge of reckless manslaughter.
Williams spokeswoman Judy Smith said the athlete will appeal the ruling. Prosecutor Steven C. Lember did not immediately return a call.
Prosecutors have said Williams was handling the gun recklessly when it went off and killed Costas “Gus” Christofi, 55. Testimony showed that Williams wiped down the weapon and put it in Christofi’s hands, stripped off his own clothes and jumped into his pool.
The defense maintained that the shooting was an accident, and that Williams panicked afterward.
The three-judge appeals panel disagreed that another trial would amount to double jeopardy, or being tried twice for the same crime. The panel agreed with the trial judge, Edward M. Coleman, that the case “isn’t really a second prosecution, it is a continuation of the same prosecution.”
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Williams’ sentencing on the cover-up charges has been on hold until the retrial issue and other matters are resolved. Williams, who retired from the Nets in 2000, also plans to appeal those convictions.
Collectively, the four charges carry up to 13 years in prison, but the actual term would probably range from probation to about five years. Reckless manslaughter can bring up to 10 years behind bars.
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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