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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.
APIt wasn’t clear who the Tide will turn to now, though the university’s original wish list also included Navy’s Paul Johnson, Wake Forest’s Jim Grobe and possibly California’s Jeff Tedford.
There have been no confirmed interviews with any of them.
Whoever takes the job will hope for better luck than the four coaches who tried to match Stallings’ success. Mike DuBose and Mike Shula were former Tide players who failed to keep the winning going. Mike Price was fired for off-the-field behavior before coaching in a game, and Dennis Franchione jumped to Texas A&M after just two years in Tuscaloosa.
The latest coaching searches have also had some difficult twists. Then-New Orleans Saints assistant Mike Riley was offered the job before Price’s hiring four years ago but wanted more time to also pursue the UCLA job. Alabama didn’t give him that time, and Riley wound up going to Oregon State.
In 2000, Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer and Miami’s Butch Davis turned Alabama down, before Franchione’s hiring.
What makes Alabama such a tough job?
“It’s not tough,” responds Clem Gryska, a former Bryant assistant who runs the campus museum named after the former coach. “All you’ve got to do is win.”
“It’s a high-point, just like the Yankees. I think Notre Dame and Alabama are in that category. There’s a mystique.”
And awfully high expectations go with those six national titles and an NCAA-record 53 bowl appearances — soon to be 54 after the Dec. 28 Independence Bowl against Oklahoma State. Defensive coordinator Joe Kines is serving as interim head coach.
Mark Winton, Jennifer’s father, took the news of Rodriguez’s rejection in stride.
“They’ll find somebody sooner or later,” he said while strolling the campus with his family. “It doesn’t make us look too good. But if you’re going to get a new coach, you want to get somebody who wants to be here. I’d hate for it to be just about the money.
“It has to be somebody who’s heart is going to be in it.”
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.
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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.