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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.
PBT: Jeremy Lin wasn't his hot self on Saturday, but he still led the Knicks to victory.
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.
Golf's dream pairing - Woods and Mickelson - is on the course in the final round at Pebble Beach. Jason Sobel has 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.
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.
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.
APKansas City scored twice in the second with the help of a well timed hit-and-run. Alex Gordon — Chamberlain’s college teammate — doubled leading off and scored on Jason Smith’s single.
John Buck then grounded a single into right field which would have been a perfectly placed double-play ball if Smith hadn’t broken for second on the pitch. As Smith ran, Robinson Cano lunged to his right toward the bag, and the ball scooted right past where the second baseman had been standing.
That brought home Gordon with the first run and put Smith on third. Then with one out, Mark Grudzielanek hit an RBI single.
Meche, who entered with the lowest run support of any qualifying AL pitcher, allowed two runs and five hits in six innings. He failed to get a win for the ninth straight start.
“I can’t explain the fact that we just don’t score for Gil,” Royals manager Buddy Bell said. “We had their guy on the ropes a couple of times and we just weren’t able to do much.”
As they walked out of the visitors clubhouse, Posada and Jeter went over to shake Harlan Chamberlain’s hand.
“It was a pleasure to watch you guys play,” Chamberlain said.
“We’re trying to keep your son in line,” said a grinning Jeter. “He listened to us for the first two weeks, but now he does what he wants.”
Said the proud father: “Well, he still has to listen to me. You can remind him of that.”
Notes: RHP Roger Clemens could return to the mound in the Yankees series finale at Boston on Sept. 16. Clemens left Monday’s start against Seattle after four innings and had a cortisone shot in his right elbow. The seven-time Cy Young Award winner is 6-6 with a 4.45 ERA this season. ... The Yankees, who left the bases loaded in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings and stranded nine runners in scoring position.
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DeMarco: Plug in a well-heeled ownership group and negotiate one of those mega-bucks TV deals that are going around, and the Dodgers could become the west coast version of the New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox.
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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.