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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.
Eleven shots separated Phil and Tiger Sunday at Pebble Beach as Lefty secured his 40th Tour win. Jason Sobel had 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.
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.
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Associated PressBelow, our Final Four quiz. Take out your blue books (Carolina blue, UCLA "true blue", or just Memphis or Kansas blue ... we don't care) and get to work. Answers on Page 3.
1. Who is the only coach in Kansas history with a losing record as the Jayhawks' coach?
2. Memphis enters the Final Four with a 37-1 record. Who is the last team to win the national championship when entering the Final Four with one loss and what is significant about the team they beat in the semis?
3. Name the most prolific scorer in NBA history who a) never played for one of these Final Four schools, b) never played against one of them in a Final Four and c) is not named "Malone".
4. Only one player has ever led his team to the NCAA championship while also leading the nation in scoring. Name that player (Hint: This was the first national title won by any of these four schools).
5. Name the coach in this year's Final Four whose resume includes a school at which each of the other three coaches at one time or another has also coached.
6. What three schools not in the 2008 Final Four have the same number of national championships combined as UCLA and North Carolina (15)?
7. What presently inactive coach has direct ties to three of the programs in the Final Four and to the coach of the fourth program?
8. Time for everyone's favorite parlor game, "Six Degrees of Kevin Stacom" -- Connect the former Boston Celtic (and Indiana Pacer and Milwaukee Buck) guard to all four schools in as few steps as possible. Also, how many steps will it take you to connect him to the game's inventor?
9. If you'd been hanging around Wilmington, N.C., in the late 1970s, what two prominent people associated with two Final Four teams could you have watched playing hoops for their schools?
10. Tyler Hansbrough (North Carolina), Kevin Love (UCLA) and Derrick Rose (Memphis) were named first-team A.P. All-Americans earlier this week. Besides this being the first A.P. All-American starting five not to include a senior, can you name the last time three first-team All-Americans appeared in the same Final Four?
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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