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The Detroit Red Wings equaled an NHL record with their 20th straight win at home, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Sunday night on the strength of Johan Franzen's tiebreaking goal early in the third period.
PBT: Boston's Rajon Rondo continues to be named in trade talks, which is madness. The Celtics guard creates offense and makes everyone around him better, which was evident in Sunday's win over the Bulls.
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.
Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods greeted their Sunday pairing at Pebble Beach with optimism. But the day would end happily only for one.
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.
Getty ImagesNew York (21-24) is 3-6 against the Red Sox this year. One night after managing only four hits, the Yankees matched a season high with 16 in one of their best all-around games of the season.
The Yankees, who lost their previous three series, won for the fifth time in 13 games overall. All three games in the series were decided by at least four runs.
“We won the series. That’s what we need to concentrate on really, not worry about winning 15 in a row,” Pettitte said. “It was a huge series, there’s no doubt.”
Schilling gave up six runs — five earned — in six innings during his first loss in nine starts since opening day at Kansas City. He was 2-0 with a 3.60 ERA in his previous four starts against the Yankees, lasting at least seven innings each time.
“He’s giving up a lot of hits,” Boston manager Terry Francona said. “There were just a couple of balls in the hole on a night when he needed a break. I’m not saying they were dribblers, because they weren’t.”
Jeter tripled leading off the seventh against Brendan Donnelly and scored his second run of the game on Matsui’s single.
Coco Crisp hit his first homer of the year in the eighth off Kyle Farnsworth, and Kevin Youkilis’ run-scoring single made it 7-3.
Mientkiewicz doubled with two outs in the eighth and scored on Damon’s single.
After allowing a leadoff double in the ninth, Mariano Rivera struck out the next three batters.
Notes: Clemens allowed three runs and six hits against Portland, a Red Sox affiliate. He walked four, struck out five and threw 64 strikes. ... Youkilis extended his hitting streak to a career-best 16 games with a second-inning double. ... Jeter pushed his hitting streak to 18 games. ... Torre earned his 1,100th victory with the Yankees. ... Attendance was exactly 55,000. ... The Yankees honored victims of the Virginia Tech tragedy by painting school logos along the baselines and wearing them on their caps.
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