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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.
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.
Deal would send Came Home to Japan
A deal is pending for Came Home, Lane's End confirmed Tuesday. In a deal brokered by California-based agent Rollin Baugh, the 8-year-old Came Home, a Gone West horse, appears headed to Japan and the Japan Bloodstock Breeders' Association Stallion Station in Hokkaido.
Came Home currently is in quarantine pending test results that will finalize the deal.
The three-time Grade 1 winner is the sire of two crops to race, and his best runners to date have been Grade 2-placed C P West, who headlines Thursday's Wild Again Stakes at Aqueduct, and Passion, third in the Adirondack. He also is the sire of 2007 stakes winners Beautiful Venue, Cajun Conquest, and Alina.
A millionaire, Came Home is out of the Grade 3 winner Nice Assay, making him a half-brother to the Grade 2-winning filly A. P. Assay.
Stormello to stand at Vinery
Vinery has added Grade 1 winner Stormello to its roster for 2008. A 3-year-old Stormy Atlantic colt, Stormello won the 2006 Hollywood Futurity and placed twice in Grade 2 races this season. He will stand at Vinery's Kentucky farm for a $15,000 fee.
Vinery has purchased what it termed "a significant interest" in the colt from William Currin and Alvin Eisman, who bred and raced Stormello in partnership. Currin also trained Stormello.
Stormello last ran in the Grade 2 Woody Stephens Stakes at Belmont in June, finishing third. He leaves the track with a career record of 3 wins, 1 second, and 3 third-place finishes from 11 lifetime starts. He won or placed in six graded stakes and earned $700,100.
Stormello is the first foal out of the Carson City mare Wilshewed.
The first of three pools of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager begins its three-day run on Friday and the bet's opening scenario is very similar to each of its opening pools since the wager was created in 1999.
It's first time that Classic will be broadcast in primetime on Nov. 3.
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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.
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