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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.
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Prado has no ill feelings toward Dutrow, even though the trainer and Iavarone criticized him for trying to block Big Brown aboard Riley Tucker in the Preakness.
“He doesn’t think his horse can get beat so we’ll see what happens,” Prado said. “I have no complaints, no regrets, nothing against Rick. If he wins the Triple Crown, I will be the first one to congratulate him.”
Prado is scheduled to climb aboard Casino Drive for the first time Thursday morning. Trainer Kazuo Fujisawa does not train his horses in the conventional way American racing fans are used to — morning gallops followed by regularly scheduled timed workouts.
Japan’s leading trainer has about 50 horses, and their daily routine includes walking fast for 45-60 minutes “for warming up muscle, tendons, blood circulation,” said Tada, followed by a 10-minute walk around the paddock and a trip to the track for a jog, canter or gallop. Then it’s another 30-45 minutes of walking to cool down.
“On the track, we don’t go fast,” Tada said. “It’ every day a canter, a steady, good canter.”
Prado is up for anything if it means winning aboard Casino Drive, who is 2-for-2 with one win in Japan and the other in the Peter Pan Stakes on May 10 at Belmont. .
“When I start, riding, walks ... believe me, if that’s what it takes to have the horse to get familiar, I don’t mind,” he said. “My license says jockey. I jump in and do everything possible to do more.”
He’s also looking forward to galloping Casino Drive around Belmont Park .
“Hopefully he’ll do the things I want him to do,” he said. “It’s like jumping on a new car. You want to make sure the headlights and the steering wheel work, and hope when you press the gas pedal there’s a lot of gas left.”
The first of three pools of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager begins its three-day run on Friday and the bet's opening scenario is very similar to each of its opening pools since the wager was created in 1999.
It's first time that Classic will be broadcast in primetime on Nov. 3.
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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.
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