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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.
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IRVING, Texas - Bill Parcells still isn’t impressed with everything Tony Romo does.
Even after Romo threw for 306 yards and matched a team record with five touchdowns to lead the Dallas Cowboys to their third straight victory, Parcells talked first about the scoring pass the NFL’s top-rated quarterback missed Thanksgiving Day.
“He drove that first pass to Terry (Glenn), the long one down the sideline. If he puts a little air under that, then we have a chance to score right there,” Parcells said. “There are things that happen out there that people aren’t cognitive of.”
Maybe not, but what’s easily noticed is that Romo hit Glenn for consecutive touchdowns after coming up empty the opening drive. He threw two more TDs to Marion Barber III and a record-tying fifth score to Terrell Owens in a 38-10 victory over Tampa Bay.
“Yeah, I know, but I could have thrown those first two,” Parcells said.
“I wouldn’t go that far,” Romo said. “They were some easy ones, but it’s not that easy to get down there sometimes.”
Still, Romo’s making it look easy after waiting nearly 3½ seasons for his chance.
The Cowboys (7-4) have won four of five games since Romo, the undrafted Division I-AA standout from Eastern Illinois, replaced Drew Bledsoe as the starter.
Sparked by Romo, the Cowboys have surged to a half-game lead in the NFC East over the New York Giants, the team they play next on Dec. 3. Only Chicago (9-1) has more wins in the conference.
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Romo’s three-game winning streak began when he was NFC offensive player of the week for his performance at Arizona. He then outplayed Peyton Manning when Dallas handed Indianapolis its first loss of the season, and there obviously wasn’t a letdown four days later against the Buccaneers.
“This is the best we’ve played this year. Frankly, these back-to-back wins are the best we’ve looked in 10 years,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said. “We’re a team that’s got time to take advantage of getting a lot better. What we’re doing, and the arrow we’ve got pointed up, can pay off over the next four or five weeks.”
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