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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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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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LONDON - The new leader of the Discovery Channel team believes he will peak at just the right time to handle the demands of this year's Tour de France.
American Levi Leipheimer said the route of the three-week Tour was particularly difficult in the final week, when the race enters the Pyrenees.
"I'm coming into this Tour a little more fresh and probably a little more off my best form than I have in a couple of years,'' Leipheimer said Thursday. "Last year, I definitely was too good too early. This year I have tried to push that back because the end of the Tour is so difficult.''
Leipheimer, 33, who returned this year to Discovery - the former team of seven-time winner Lance Armstrong - has finished in the top 10 in the Tour three times, but last year struggled during a time trial and finished 13th.
Leipheimer will be supported in the mountains by Alberto Contador of Spain and also will have compatriot George Hincapie - Armstrong's faithful lieutenant through all seven victories - at his side.
"I am very motivated this year to be back with Discovery Channel,'' Leipheimer said.
"They are such a strong team. This team won seven Tours in a row. I feel very confident in everyone and that gives me a lot of motivation.''
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