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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 is true that Karl may have been rubbing it in a little. He’s a good friend of Larry Brown, and doesn’t like the way the former coach of every team in creation was treated by Thomas and the Knicks. So Karl could very well have been trying to embarrass Thomas.
It’s not as if Thomas needs a lot of help on that account, though. He’s been in New York three years, and during that time he’s made more deals than you’ll see at a Monopoly tournament for crank addicts without making the team any better – at least not so you’d notice.
His team is 9-17; it stinks. It’s being booed by the fans who pay the highest ticket prices in all of American sports for the privilege of watching garbage time start three minutes into the first quarter. Thomas also has criticized the fans for booing, so this isn’t a man who’s willing to take responsibility for his own mistakes. This is, after all, professional sports, where there is no crying about people running the score up. If you don’t like it, play better; it’s that simple.
Thomas was a great point guard for the Pistons who won two straight titles 15 years ago. He grew up tough on the South Side of Chicago, and he never took any guff from anyone. On the court, he could sneak an elbow into a rib cage without being called for it better than anyone. He doesn’t enjoy losing, and will do anything to win.
And if he can’t beat you, he’ll beat you up. That’s what happened Saturday night. It’s why Stern was handing out fines and suspensions, because a coach sent a player out onto the court with orders to send the other team a message.
The message was: “My team stinks and I’m a jerk, but I’m not worried because I won’t have to pay the price.”
Stern had his chance to get the real culprit. On this one, the commissioner dropped the ball.
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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