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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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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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Earlier Friday, the director of a private lab who prepared the DNA testing report said the omissions were a misunderstanding.
Brian Meehan said Nifong asked him to test DNA samples from lacrosse players to see whether any matched genetic material found on the accuser.
Although male DNA was found, no sample matched a lacrosse player. Results from the other unidentified men was referenced as “non-probative” material in the report given to defense attorneys, Meehan said.
Charles Davis, the attorney appointed to prosecute the contempt charge, asked Meehan whether Nifong’s statement to the court — that the report encompassed everything he had discussed with Meehan — was true or false.
“It would be false because we don’t include discussions in our reports,” Meehan answered.
On Thursday, Meehan said he was the one who decided how to prepare the report stating no lacrosse player had been linked to the accuser. When Meehan was asked whether Nifong had asked him to leave anything out, Meehan answered, “No.”
Defense attorney Jim Glover declined to comment after the hearing.
Finnerty’s father, Kevin, said, “It’s not a happy day for us, but we’re thrilled the system works, that justice has happened, and we’re moving on.”
Joseph Cheshire, an attorney for Evans, said he felt sorry for Nifong’s family, but not Nifong.
“I think what he did was willful and intentional and damaged seriously this state and the lives of these boys and their families,” he said. “I don’t feel sorry for Mike Nifong. Sorry if that sounds cruel, but I don’t.”
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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.