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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 Images“It’s disappointing, but it’s no excuse,” Oregon coach Mike Bellotti said of his team’s injuries. “UCLA had some people that were missing, too. They did a nice job — give them credit.
“Our offense failed to show up today, unfortunately. We dropped about six passes today, and you can’t do that. We didn’t make enough plays, we had too many three-and-outs. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen our defense play better, and I’ve been here for 19 years.
“The shutout does not bother me. The loss bothers me very much.”
Oregon never posed a serious scoring threat.
“We lost Dixon, and a lot of guys got down and we never really got back up,” receiver Jaison Williams said. “We miss him a lot. In a big game like this, it’s too bad we couldn’t get up for it.”
Osaar Rasshan played the first half at quarterback for UCLA and was 0-for-7 with one interception in his second career start. Ben Olson, playing for the first time since injuring his left knee Oct. 6, played the second half and completed 4-of-10 for 64 yards with one interception.
Olson began the season as the first-stringer, and although Dorrell wouldn’t identify a starter for next week, Olson would seem to have the edge.
“I felt pretty good,” Olson said. “I’m not 100 percent. I didn’t feel any rust. I feel a little bit limited physically, I’m not the fastest guy in the world and my knee felt a little sore, but I felt good, felt comfortable, felt confident.”
Chris Markey, slowed much of the season by injuries, gained 91 yards on 30 carries for the Bruins.
Leaf injured his right ankle when sacked by Reggie Carter in the final minute of the first quarter — one of five sacks by the Bruins. Oregon also had five sacks.
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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.