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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.
APOhio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Todd Boeckman and his backups at quarterback, Antonio Henton and Joe Bauserman, each completed a long pass that led to a touchdown as the Scarlet beat the Gray 20-7.
The announced attendance was 76,346, but that appeared to be inflated on a gray and rainy day.
“I think a lot of people probably bought their tickets and then left when the rain came,” running back Maurice Wells said. “I didn’t see 76,000.”
Ohio State officials were trying to set a national record for attendance at both the men’s lacrosse game and the spring football game that followed it at Ohio Stadium.
The lacrosse mark of 52,004, set at last year’s national semifinals in Baltimore, was never in jeopardy as 29,601 showed up early to also take in the lacrosse match.
Penn State
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The question going into the fall is which quarterback will coach Joe Paterno pick to lead the offense — Daryll Clark or Pat Devlin.
Devlin, who will be a sophomore this fall, was 8-of-13 passing for 62 yards.
Clark was 9-for-16 for 106 yards and two touchdowns, including one score to Derrick Williams.
Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — New starting quarterback Jonathan Crompton completed 13 of 20 passes for 266 yards and three touchdowns, leading the White to a 38-16 win over the Orange squad.
Defensive back Eric Berry picked off a bumbled pass and returned it 25 yards.
Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Quarterbacks Cutis Pulley and Mike Hartline matched each other as they compete to replace Andre Woodson.
Pulley’s 17-yard touchdown run was the difference in the White team’s 23-22 victory.
Pulley completed 12-of-26 passes for 134 yards with a touchdown and an interception and added 82 yards on the ground. Hartline hit 11-of-28 passes for 124 yards with a pick and a score and 38 yards rushing and a touchdown.
South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said he is not ready to name a starting quarterback after the spring game.
Junior Tommy Beecher led the Black team to a 37-34 win over sophomore Chris Smelley’s Garnet team.
Smelley threw five interceptions, going 13-for-30 for 219 yards and three touchdowns, while Beecher threw three picks, going 9-of-20 for 131 yards and one TD.
Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A crowd of 26,322, about twice as large as previous years, watched Chase Daniel go 22-for-28 for 195 yards and two touchdowns.
Coming off a 12-2 season and top-10 finish, Missouri’s spring scrimmage was nationally televised by ESPNU.
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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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.