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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.
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.
ReutersKyle Farnsworth relieved and retired Kevin Youkilis on a liner for the second out, and with a light rain starting to fall, Loretta hit the key grounder.
“You have no time to set,” Jeter said. “You wish someone else hit it who was a little slower, but that wasn’t the way it was.”
Cairo thought he had a chance to get the out, but Loretta knocked it loose.
“The ball slipped out of my glove when he hit it,” he said.
Tim Wakefield (3-4) struck out nine, allowing three runs and six hits. Jorge Posada hit a two-run single through the knuckleballer’s legs in the first inning, and Jeter had an RBI single in the fourth.
“The ball was moving so much in the first inning, I couldn’t get it in the strike zone,” he said.
With Jeter on second and one out in the seventh, Mike Timlin struck out Jason Giambi and Alex Rodriguez. Williams doubled against Keith Foulke leading off the eighth but was stranded at third when Cairo fouled off four two-strike pitches against Jonathan Papelbon, then struck out.
Youkilis added an RBI single in the ninth off Mariano Rivera, and Papelbon finished for his 13th save in 13 chances. He retired Giambi on a popup with a runner on to end it after 3 hours, 59 minutes.
“Dreams are made of these games,” Papelbon said.
Notes: A smoking object appeared to land on the field in the middle of the seventh. ... Shawn Chacon lasted just 4 2-3 innings and walked five, throwing 52 of 104 pitches for strikes. But he gave up only one run, on David Ortiz’s run-scoring grounder in the third. “He was all over the place. He just had no feel for the strike zone, basically,” Torre said. “It was only because of his guttiness that he lasted that long.”
SportsTalk: Albert Pujols signs with the Angels and Prince Fielder joins the Tigers. Which team is better now?
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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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.