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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.
Getty ImagesGibson, who was expected to start if Hughes couldn’t, came off the bench and scored 11 points as the Cavs built a 50-43 at the break.
“We couldn’t keep in front of him,” Saunders said. “Gibson played unbelievable.”
Gibson spent hours in his Houston backyard practicing Billups’ trademark fadeaway jumper, and in the second quarter, he stuck one just like one of his NBA heroes. Moments after feeding James for a two-handed dunk, Gibson hit his Billupsesque shot in the lane.
“I just tried to step up and do some of those things he (Billups) does,” Gibson said.
On Monday, Hughes didn’t seem confident about getting to play in Game 4.
He partially tore the plantar fascia in his left foot while making a layup in Game 3, an injury he described “as painful as anything I’ve dealt with.” But he wanted to play, and after being cleared by Cavs doctors an hour before tipoff, he started and played 10 minutes in the first quarter.
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“Him being on the court and saying, ’Who cares about the injury? It’s about this team,”’ James said. “It don’t get no bigger than that.”
Notes: The Cavs are 10-0 in the postseason when James scores more than 20. ... Cleveland’s 10 wins are its most in the playoffs. ... When Snow didn’t get into Game 3, it was the first time he hadn’t played in a game because of a coach’s decision since 1998 — a span of 701 games. ... Popular “American Idol” contestant Melinda Doolittle sang the national anthem. ... Celebrity rows included: TV actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Browns coach Romeo Crennel, Michigan State hoops coach Tom Izzo and talk show host Geraldo Rivera.
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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