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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.
APJon Rauch (2-0) earned the win by pitching a scoreless top of the ninth.
Florida had taken a 3-1 lead when five consecutive Marlins reached base as play resumed in the fifth inning after a nearly three-hour delay. The game had been tied 1-1 with one out in the top of the fifth when what had been a drizzle turned into strong rain as Washington starter Matt Chico faced Hanley Ramirez. With the count 2-2, play was halted at 8:25 p.m.
There later was thunder and lightning, and a puddle about 30 feet wide formed in shallow left field. The showers subsided, and a tiny fraction of the announced attendance of 19,278 remained when Ramirez returned to the batter’s box at 11:16 p.m., ending a pause of 2 hours, 51 minutes.
Reliever Levale Speigner replaced Chico, and his very first pitch was blooped into shallow right by Ramirez. Dan Uggla’s tiebreaking RBI double followed. After Miguel Cabrera was walked intentionally, Josh Willingham singled to load the bases, and Aaron Boone’s RBI single made it 3-1. But Speigner — who will make his first major league start Wednesday, filling in for the injured Shawn Hill — came back to strike out the next two batters.
“That was a big inning to get out of,” Speigner said, “and at least keep it closer than it could have been.”
And set up Zimmerman for the big finish to a long night.
Notes: The Marlins tied a club record with eight doubles. ... Endy Chavez had the last inside-the-park homer for the Expos, on June 20, 2003, against Toronto. ... Nationals 1B Dmitri Young (left Achilles) missed a fourth consecutive start. He had a pinch-hit single in the ninth.
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