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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.
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 ImagesRamirez has homered at Yankee Stadium in 10 consecutive seasons. He has 29 home runs at the ballpark, in its final season before the team moves into a new stadium under construction across the street.
And while Ramirez is batting .343 with 18 RBIs this year, buddy David Ortiz is stuck at .111.
“If he don’t hit I’m going to hit for him,” Ramirez said.
Beckett beat Mussina 4-3 last Saturday at Fenway Park, where Ramirez hit a long homer off Mussina and a go-ahead, two-run double after the Yankees chose not to walk him with first base open in the sixth.
Beckett, who pitched Florida to the 2003 World Series title from the Yankee Stadium mound, struck out five in his third start of the season after being sidelined by a balky back in spring training.
“It’s a cool place. I kind of like the way they’re going to keep some of the flavor of this place at the new stadium,” Beckett said.
Jonathan Papelbon worked the ninth, allowing Robinson Cano’s RBI groundout and Melky Cabrera’s two-out solo homer before striking out pinch-hitter Hideki Matsui to end it.
The 39-year-old Mussina dropped to 19-17 against Boston. He remained tied with Hall of Famer Bob Gibson for 42nd place on the career wins list at 251.
“I missed so bad a couple times that I can’t remember what I tried to do. It was just lousy,” Mussina said.
Notes: Francona said the odds are against 3B Mike Lowell (sprained left thumb) being able to come off the disabled list as soon as he’s eligible, on April 25. ... New York’s Jorge Posada (arm fatigue) hopes to catch Saturday in Baltimore.
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