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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.
Getty ImagesFeatherweights: Urijah “California Kid” Faber (20-1) fights in a seldom-recognized weight division, but if anyone can bring it to the attention of fans it’s this virtual hurricane of action fighter. Faber is scheduled to meet former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver, who has dropped down in weight.
Jens Pulver (22-8-1) recently blitzed Cub Swanson in 35 seconds of the first round at a recent WEC event in Las Vegas. Surprisingly, Pulver won by submission. But when Pulver eventually meets Faber later this year, it pits Pulver’s striking power versus Faber’s ground attack. It could be one of the best fights of the year.
Bantamweights: Del Hawkins (29-9) has the experience to fight upstairs or downstairs. In his last fight he battered a good fighter in Brandon Foxworth, stopping him in the third round. He can punch or kick with equal venom.
Charlie Valencia (9-3) owns a win over Del Hawkins and has beaten Ian McCall recently. He seems better suited for the bantamweight division after losing to featherweight strongman Urijah Faber two years ago.
Boxing champion wins first MMA bout
Elena “Baby Doll” Reid, the IFBA and WIBA flyweight boxing champion of the world, beat Tammie Schneider in Las Vegas and with a second-round technical knockout.
The first round went as expected, with Reid adjusting to a new fighting environment as Schneider kicked and attempted numerous takedowns of the boxing world champion. But Reid could not be tripped up and used her strength effectively to keep the fight standing up.
Reid found her rhythm in the second round as she began to fire pounding kicks to Schneider’s abdomen and also landed volleys of punches. A left to the body buckled Schneider and Reid immediately rained blows. The referee stopped the bout with Reid pummeling her opponent at 2:05 of the second round.
IFL Grand Prix results
Ryan “The Lion” Schultz knocked out formerly undefeated Chris “The Polis Hammer” Horodecki in the lightweight final last Saturday in Uncasville, Conn. It shouldn’t have been too much of a surprise because Schultz had won all three fights in 2007. He’s improved.
The featherweight final was captured by Wagnney Fabiano against L.C. Davis; the welterweight final saw Jay Hieron beat Delson Heleno; the middleweight victor was Matt Horwich and the heavyweight winner was Roy Nelson.
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Robins: This year, six new breeds will be making their debut on the green carpet for the Westminster Dog Show, which begins Monday.
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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.