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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.
APAlthough Maddux’s velocity has declined, Black noted that he still has great movement and can change speeds.
“Greg will have movement when he’s throwing to his grandchildren,” Black said. “He’ll change speeds to his grandson, probably.”
Maddux was sharp, including retiring the first seven batters.
His one mistake came when he fielded Willy Taveras’ dribbler to the right of the mound leading off the sixth and, in a rare defensive breakdown, threw wide of first baseman Gonzalez. Taveras sped around to third as the ball rolled into the Rockies’ bullpen down to the right-field line. Taveras scored on Omar Quintanilla’s grounder to third. It was Maddux’s first error since May 9, 2007, at Atlanta.
Colorado’s Ubaldo Jimenez (1-3) struck out a career-high 11 in taking the loss, allowing three runs and five hits in 6 1-3 innings.
Gonzalez hit an opposite-field homer to left with no outs in the fourth, his ninth. Tadahito Iguchi and Brian Giles walked ahead of Gonzalez, who homered on a 2-2 pitch.
The Rockies pulled to 3-2 in the eighth when Clint Barmes singled leading off against Heath Bell, advanced on a passed ball and scored on Taveras’ double to right.
Notes: RHP Greg Reynolds, the Rockies’ first-round pick in the 2006 draft, will make his major league debut as the Rockies’ starter in Sunday afternoon’s series finale. He’ll oppose RHP Chris Young.
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