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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.
APHis 3,000th hit came one day shy of the 19th anniversary of his first career hit, a single off Orel Hershiser on June 29, 1988.
Fireworks went off, the counter in left-center field with red illuminated numbers ticked to 3,000 and a giant banner with his picture and 3,000 that spanned from the train track to the roof of the stadium was unveiled after the hit.
He dragged Jeff Bagwell, a teammate of his for 15 seasons, onto the field after reaching the mark. After all the two went through together, he wanted to share the moment with him.
“I wanted him on that field, between the lines one more time with me to really let the fans say goodbye, say hello, say thank you for so many things,” Biggio said. “To me that was what it was about. He deserved it and I deserved it in a way. I just wanted him to enjoy it and be happy one more time with me.”
Bagwell was moved by the gesture.
“I’m just so proud of him,” Bagwell said. “I just want everyone to appreciate that that’s the kind of person he is off the field as well the kind he is on it. I’ll never forget this moment.”
Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said there is no opposing player he’d be happier for in this situation than Biggio.
“He’s good for baseball,” Hurdle said. “He’s been good for the Astros organization. It was very fitting for it to happen at home in front of a packed house.”
Houston ace Roy Oswalt allowed nine hits and walked two with four strikeouts in seven innings.
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Kaz Matsui got a triple with one out in the fifth, but Oswalt pitched out of trouble when Matt Holliday grounded out and Todd Helton struck out swinging to end the inning.
A scary moment came in the fourth when Lee was hit in the head with the ball while stealing second when Tulowitzki mishandled a throw from Ianetta. He fell to the ground and looked dazed for a few moments while trainers attended to him, but remained in the game.
Notes: Thursday’s game was the third extra-inning game in the last five days for Houston.
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