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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.
EPASchilling ended last season with 3,116 strikeouts, 14th most in baseball history, a 216-146 record and a 3.46 ERA. In four years with Boston, he’s 53-29.
But he’s shined brightest in the postseason with an 11-2 record, the best of any pitcher with at least 10 decisions, and 2.23 ERA in 19 career starts.
In 2004, Schilling’s first season with the Red Sox after being traded from Arizona, he helped them end an 86-year championship drought.
He became a sports icon in Boston when he won Game 6 of the AL championship series and Game 2 of the 2004 World Series after a surgical procedure to suture a loose tendon in his right ankle. His bloodstained right sock became a part of baseball history.
“He came here at a time when we were aspiring to win a World Series and he was as big a part of it as anybody,” Francona said. “That stuff with the sock, that wasn’t fake. This guy would pitch and he pitched some unbelievably big games.”
Schilling’s injury influenced Boston to sign 2005 Cy Young award winner Bartolo Colon, who is 4-2, to a starting staff that includes Josh Beckett, Daisuke Matsuzaka, youngsters Jon Lester and Justin Masterson and Tim Wakefield.
Boston also has Clay Buchholz, who began the season with Boston but is now at Triple-A Pawtucket. He pitched a no-hitter last Sept. 1.
Losing Schilling “is disappointing, but I think we reached a point where we weren’t counting on Schill, per se,” Epstein said. “We’d never bet against Curt Schilling, but I think we always knew that this was a possibility.”
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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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