Rotoworld: Oregon RB LaMichael James and Oklahoma State WR Justin Blackmon among top 10 players who are being overhyped for the 2012 draft.
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The Detroit Red Wings equaled an NHL record with their 20th straight win at home, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Sunday night on the strength of Johan Franzen's tiebreaking goal early in the third period.
PBT: Boston's Rajon Rondo continues to be named in trade talks, which is madness. The Celtics guard creates offense and makes everyone around him better, which was evident in Sunday's win over the Bulls.
Arc: Syracuse is among a solid group of No. 1 seeds in our latest tournament projections, but the middle of the pack is much more murky.
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.
Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods greeted their Sunday pairing at Pebble Beach with optimism. But the day would end happily only for one.
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.
APWang, who has won six of his last seven decisions, allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings. He yielded a sacrifice fly and solo home run to Carlos Pena, whose 43 homers and 118 RBIs are season records for the Devil Rays.
Jonny Gomes hit a two-run homer off fading Luis Vizcaino in the eighth.
Torre met with Steinbrenner and other Yankees officials, including Cashman, over lunch earlier in the day. They discussed a variety of topics, but not the manager’s future.
Torre is in the final year of his contract.
“We don’t talk about it,” Torre said. “We just talked about team, basically. They wanted to get a feel on what Brian and I thought about the guys we’re going forward with.”
Meanwhile, the Yankees said Roger Clemens will remain in Florida to continue his rehab program for a strained left hamstring when the team leaves St. Petersburg to close out the regular season at Baltimore.
The seven-time Cy Young Award winner tweaked the hamstring last week and was scratched from Tuesday’s scheduled start against the Devil Rays.
Cashman said Clemens could throw a simulated game in Tampa. He stressed that the team thinks the 45-year-old right-hander will be ready to pitch next week.
But first, it was time to celebrate.
“We’ve come from a long ways this year and a lot of adversity, a lot of injuries. This team has a lot to be proud of,” Rodriguez said. “Anything is possible. This team has been through so much. So many people counted us out early.”
Notes: Pena’s fifth-inning homer was the first allowed by a Yankees starter since Sept. 5, a stretch of 110 innings. ... Jorge Cantu held the previous Devil Rays record for RBIs in a season, 117 in 2005.
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