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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.
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ReutersThe Bruins answered again. Collison drove around Daven Harmeling and scored before falling into the basket support. He got up and made both free throws for a 61-49 lead.
UCLA dominated from the opening tip, running up a 26-8 lead, including eight in a row, before the shaky Cougars knew what hit them. Love had eight points, Shipp hit two 3-pointers and Westbrook scored six points and made some pinpoint passes in the spurt.
“How could you not be fired up for this game?” Shipp said. “Four and five, they’re undefeated. If that isn’t motivation, I don’t know what is.”
Both teams played man-to-man, but the Bruins were quicker and doubled in the post against Aussie big man Aron Baynes and his backup Harmeling. Baynes finished with eight points and seven rebounds.
“He looks like he’s about to be in the Outdoors Games and chop down a tree,” Love said about his 6-foot-10, 270-pound rival. “I had to box him out as much as I could.”
Love single-handedly outrebounded the Cougars in the first half, grabbing eight to their seven.
Washington State starter Robbie Cowgill was scoreless in the half and finished with two.
The Cougars were 0-of-7 and had five turnovers before Rochestie got their first field goal at 11:24, leaving them trailing 16-6. Baynes went 4-of-6 from the line for their early points.
“We got to come out ready in an atmosphere like this,” Low said. “You can’t come out and be shocked by their defensive pressure. We were on our heels because they were so into us.”
Washington State settled down after UCLA’s opening run, outscoring the Bruins 14-9 to end the half trailing 35-22. Rochestie gave the Cougars a lift going into the locker room with a 3-pointer that barely beat the halftime buzzer.
Former UCLA stars Reggie Miller, Michael Warren and Sidney Wicks attended the game, but 97-year-old former coach John Wooden had a scheduled appearance that kept him away.
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.
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 15 points and Evan Smotrycz added 13, helping No. 22 Michigan remain unbeaten at home with a 70-61 win over Illinois on Sunday.
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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.