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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.
ReutersLocked in an October-like pitching matchup, Sabathia gave up a leadoff single to Robinson Cano in the fifth, then picked the Yankees’ second baseman off first.
Cleveland’s crowd had just quieted when Cabrera drove Sabathia’s next pitch over the wall in left to give New York the only run it needed. It was Cabrera’s fifth homer, and sixth allowed already by Sabathia in 32 innings this season.
Sabathia, who has had to battle emotional outbursts on the mound in the past, was able to keep his cool in the sixth.
Derek Jeter led off with a hard-hit double and moved to third on a groundout. After pitching coach Carl Willis came out for a visit, a fired-up Sabathia struck out Alex Rodriguez and Shelley Duncan to end the threat, punctuating both Ks by yelling and pounding his fist into his glove.
Sabathia said he was releasing pent-up frustration. He lost three of his first four starts.
“It was everything,” he said.
Wang, who lost Game 1 to Sabathia in last year’s playoffs, was poised from the start and only got in trouble once.
Jason Michaels doubled to open the third and moved up on a passed ball with two outs, but Wang got Travis Hafner to ground out and end the inning.
Wang gave up three other meaningless singles to the Indians, who came in batting just .251 and have struggled offensively all season.
“He was amazing and so was C.C.,” Yankees catcher Jose Molina said. “You don’t see many 1-0 games, and this was one to appreciate.”
Notes: Rivera has not allowed a run in 10 innings this season. ... Cleveland’s Ryan Garko went 0-for-3 and is hitless in his last 19 at-bats. ... Wang is the first Yankees starter to be 5-0 since Kevin Brown in 2004. ... Jeter’s .379 career average (78-for-206) is the highest for any player in Cleveland’s 15-year-old ballpark. ... A new video game in the visitors’ clubhouse called “Big Buck Hunter,” where players fire fake shotguns at four-legged targets, has drawn a crowd of Yankees sharpshooters this weekend. On Sunday, Johnny Damon and pitcher Chris Britton were squaring off when manager Joe Girardi walked up. “You guys are killing cows,” Girardi said.
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DeMarco: Plug in a well-heeled ownership group and negotiate one of those mega-bucks TV deals that are going around, and the Dodgers could become the west coast version of the New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox.
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