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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.
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APWhat good is glory if it robs you of your past?
As impressive as Morris' NFL career was — he was named to the league's All-1960s team — his college days were better. He was captain of the football and baseball teams, started all four seasons in football, claimed a co-national championship as part of Georgia Tech's famed 1952 perfect-season team and went 4-0 in bowl games. The team's record during Morris' years: 40-5-2; he didn't lose a game until the second half of his junior season.
But dementia has robbed Morris of far more than sports glory. His wife, Kay, says she's most saddened by the loss of his relationships with their four children and 12 grandchildren. And what tales he could tell them. There's the one about how he amassed a fortune in the real estate and insurance businesses, lost it because of skyrocketing interest rates in the 1970s, rebuilt what he lost, then lost it again when, his wife says, he made a series of bizarre decisions fueled by his increasing dementia.
There's the one, for the older kids, about the January 1, 1953, post-Sugar Bowl trip to a New Orleans bar that, well, maybe he wouldn't remember all of, anyway. "You can use your imagination about that evening," George Morris says.
There's the one about the fact he's the only independent ever elected to the Georgia Legislature from DeKalb County. He served one term, didn't want to dirty his hands in partisan politics and never ran for office again — despite pleas from the highest-ranking Republicans in the country.
There's the glory of being married for 50 years to Kay — though their engagement had a less than romantic beginning. In the mid-1950s, Larry and Kay and their group of friends had a Christmas party every year at which they would exchange gag gifts. One year, an obviously dense man in the group gave his girlfriend a mock engagement ring. The next year, as Larry tried to propose, Kay, only 18 and in awe of the hulking NFL star courting her, thought she knew better. She thought he was kidding. "Where did you get this ring, a Cracker Jack box?" she asked.
Only he was serious. Seven months later, they were married. That will be 50 years ago on July 13. He doesn't know his golden anniversary is coming.
Kay shows unwavering grace in caring for her husband day in and day out. She feels no bitterness for her husband's fate or the strain it has put on her life. Instead, she's grateful for the time they had together, their family and the material blessings they enjoyed throughout their marriage. Without her Christian faith, she says she would not have made it through the struggles. "Larry was such a wonderful husband, it's a privilege to take care of him," she says.
What good is glory if it takes your future? Former Steeler Mike Webster was homeless before dying of heart failure at age 50 in 2002. Former Steeler Terry Long committed suicide in 2005 by drinking antifreeze; he was 45. Former Eagle Andre Waters, 44, committed suicide last November by shooting himself. A neuropathologist who examined the brains of all three men found they had postconcussion syndrome. In Waters' case, the doctor reported he had the brain of an 80-year-old with Alzheimer's and said the trauma was the cause of his depression and therefore his suicide.
Ted Johnson, the former Patriots linebacker who retired before the 2005 season, has estimated to the media that he endured more than 30 concussions. He suffers from depression so severe he spends days not leaving the house and has shown signs of early Alzheimer's disease. He is 34.
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