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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
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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.
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Getty ImagesThe 42-year-old Bonds has been upbeat and enjoying himself so far this spring. Before Monday’s workout, the team held the second segment of its “Giants Idol” show with the young players performing atop the dugout. Zito posed as Paula Abdul, while Rich Aurilia and Randy Winn were the other judges.
A grinning Bonds, flanked by his new Major League Baseball security guard, Gene McClanahan, sang along to Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock” — performed by catcher Steve Holm — and clapped his hands above his head to cheer on his teammates. Bonds high-fived a couple of contestants as they hopped off the dugout stage.
Bonds also greeted his godfather, Willie Mays, after the Hall of Famer made his first appearance of the spring at the ballpark.
The seven-time NL MVP is clearly more relaxed in 2007 — quite a contrast from a year ago after the release of the book “Game of Shadows,” which claims his doping regimen began after the 1998 season when Bonds saw the attention Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa generated in their race for the single-season home run record. Bonds, who has long denied knowingly taking performance-enhancing drugs, later broke that record with 73 homers in 2001.
This year, he’s still facing questions about whether he failed an amphetamines test last season — he won’t comment — and the possibility he could be indicted by a federal grand jury on perjury charges.
He insists he’s unconcerned. Bonds, who’s coming off surgery on his troublesome left elbow, played regularly in 2006 and plans to do so again.
After missing all but 14 games in 2005 following three operations on his right knee, Bonds batted .270 with 26 homers and 77 RBIs in 130 games last year. He passed Babe Ruth to move into second place on the career home run list May 28.
He hasn’t made any predictions about when he might catch Hammerin’ Hank.
Giants owner Peter Magowan said Friday that he hopes both Mays and Bonds will have a role in this summer’s All-Star game at AT&T Park, whether or not Bonds is actually playing in the summer classic.
Mays said he wanted to talk to Magowan in the coming days about what he might do during the festivities. The 75-year-old “Say Hey Kid,” who has stuck close to Bonds since the slugger’s father, Bobby, died in August 2003, is tied with Stan Musial for most All-Star games at 24.
“It’s always an honor to be involved in baseball tradition,” Mays said, eating lunch at a clubhouse table. “I don’t know what he has in mind. I just feel that I’m part of San Francisco, and whatever’s going on in San Francisco, I should be part of it.”
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