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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.
AP“The aggressiveness (of the Celtics) swayed the effective calls,” he noted. “They were aggressive. They went to the basket. We didn’t take charges in situations that we had charges to take, and the first half the contacts subsequently ended up being a foul shot. I thought that that was what we tried to focus on when we came in at halftime is we have to stop the penetration and get that accomplished, but they got off to another big jump in the third quarter and put us back on our heels again.”
The only guy the Lakers hit all night was 170-pound point guard Rajon Rondo, who tried to dunk on Lamar Odom and was knocked on his can. And Odom was quick to help him to his feet. I smell the Lady Byng Trophy, Lamar!
Jackson’s got a little experience on an NBA bench. He knows how to work a series. But he's making a mistake giving his team an out by laying the results of the first two games at the feet of the men with the whistles. A great coach from another sport, Bill Parcells, once said, “If you give a team a reason to make excuses, they’ll take it every time.”
If the Lakers play differently — with just a whiff of toughness — maybe this Finals will get interesting.
If the members of the Lakers vaunted bench take it personally that Rondo’s slaloming through them without a care, maybe he’ll give their defense a smidgen of respect.
But right now, the Celtics aren’t afraid of L.A. because the baby-soft Lakers haven’t given them cause to be.
“I wish I had an answer (for the lack of aggression) but I don’t,” said Lakers reserve Luke Walton. “They’re playing more physical than us right now. That’s something we have to change up back in L.A.”
They’d better. Or this series isn’t coming back to Boston.
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
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