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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.
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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.
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Getty ImagesMcMurray was the benefactor of all the Hendrick drama, winning despite an early penalty for driving under the yellow line. It was a redemption of sorts for a driver who suffered through a terrible 2006 season, his first at Roush.
He negotiated his way out of his contract with Chip Ganassi Racing in a highly publicized battle between car owners jockeying to put McMurray in their car.
So it was a disaster when McMurray finished a career-worst 25th in the standings, scored only seven top 10 finishes and ran through two crew chiefs.
He hand-picked Larry Carter for this year, raising the stakes for him to win this season. So when he finally crossed the line, he wasn’t sure he had won and couldn’t tell because of all the screaming on his radio.
There was no such confusion for Stewart, the heavy favorite to win for the third straight year. But just like the Daytona 500, when he wrecked with Kurt Busch while leading, Stewart was knocked out in another fluke accident.
The Joe Gibbs Racing drivers were running first and second 14 laps into the race when Hamlin wiggled, Stewart ran into the back of him and the two careened into the wall.
Stewart, still seeking his first win of the season, was angry with his teammate.
“He just wrecked two really good race cars. He tried to wreck us in practice on Friday and didn’t get it done, at least he finished it off today,” Stewart said. “He’s a young guy and he wants to be successful, but I don’t know if he knows what the definition of team is right now.”
Hamlin, coming off his first win of the season last week in New Hampshire, didn’t want to debate Stewart.
“If he wants to blame it on me, I’ll be the bigger man and take responsibility for it,” Hamlin said. “He’s been around this sport longer than I have and he probably knows more than I do, so I’ll just take it for what it’s worth.”
Gibbs, meanwhile, tried to play peacemaker as he watched his crews hammer away at sheet metal as the race roared on around them.
“Both our guys are very aggressive, they love to race, they are good teammates and they want to win every race,” Gibbs said. “Sometimes guys get upset, which is understandable.”
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Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.