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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.
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.
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.
APThe Diamondbacks have won 10 of 15 games since the All-Star break and taken five of their last six series. Tony Pena (3-0) pitched one scoreless inning to get the win.
Trever Miller (0-3) got the loss, allowing one run in 1 1-3 innings.
Miguel Batista lasted six innings, allowing four runs and eight hits. He is 3-0 with four no-decisions since his last loss on June 20.
Chad Tracy doubled in Luis Gonzalez in the first inning to give Arizona a 1-0 lead. But Clemens settled down to retire 19 of the next 20 batters, including 10 straight from the fourth through the seventh innings.
Mike Lamb staked Clemens to a 2-1 lead with RBI singles in the first and third innings.
In the fourth, Clemens came up with Everett on third. Miguel Batista balked Everett in as Clemens and plate umpire Eric Cooper pointed to the mound simultaneously to signal the balk.
The Astros widened their lead in the seventh when Everett hit a bases-loaded grounder to third baseman Chad Tracy, who drew catcher Johnny Estrada off the plate with his wide throw home.
Brad Ausmus’ suicide squeeze then drove in Luke Scott for a 5-1 lead.
Notes: In the third inning, Houston’s Craig Biggio was hit by a pitch for the seventh time this season. It stretched his modern Major League record for being hit by a pitch to 280. ... After hitting three batters all season, Batista plunked three more Sunday.
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