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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
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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.
Getty ImagesThe Cubs didn’t look sleepy early on after playing in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Thursday night and not getting back to Chicago until 2 a.m. They scored a run in the first as leadoff hitter Kosuke Fukudome beat out a swinging bunt and moved to third on Ryan Theriot’s sharp single to right center. Fukudome scored when Lee hit into a double play.
Dye tied it in the second with his third homer in two games, fifth in the last five and 15th of the season, a line drive that sailed over the left field bleachers and onto Waveland Ave.
Danks retired 11 straight before Fukudome’s one-out single in the sixth but third baseman Joe Crede took Theriot’s grounder and started the White Sox’s third double play of the day. Danks went six innings, allowing a run and five hits. Lilly lasted 6 2-3, giving up seven hits and three runs.
Guillen was on a roll before the game and got in another shot at one of his favorite targets, Wrigley Field. Especially the batting cage under the right field bleachers.
“You go to take batting practice and the rats are bigger than pigs out there. You want to take a look? I think the rats are lifting weights,” he said.
“That’s the way it is. This is a museum. People like to come to Wrigley Field. I don’t say people don’t like to come here. I said, ’Ozzie doesn’t like to come here.”’
Cubs manager Lou Piniella, who did a TV commercial that featured he and Guillen riding a bike together and taking turns on a trampoline — some doubles were used in the taping — brushed off the comments.
“If you can believe everything Ozzie says then I guess you should be ... I haven’t seen any rats around here to be honest with you,” Piniella said.
Notes: The Cubs announced that ace Carlos Zambrano, who had to leave his previous start Wednesday with a sore shoulder, has a minor strain. He had an MRI on Friday. The Cubs will determine on Saturday what course of action to use for Zambrano, who will miss his next start Tuesday. ... The Cubs are now 30-8 at home. ... Dotel had allowed just two homers in 33 1-3 innings entering the game.
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Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.