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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.
AFP/Getty ImagesBrett Favre
I can’t say that professional athletes never waver when they announce their retirements. Many have foolishly returned to games they couldn’t live without. But Favre underlined and bold-faced his independent credentials by flip-flopping over past few years about quitting the NFL, then finally announcing tearfully that he was done with football, and now inching his way back to the Pack. No one else would have the decisiveness to be so indecisive.
Chad Johnson
Janis Joplin once said, “Freedom is just another word for nothin’ left to lose.” I don’t really know how that applies here, other than perhaps to point out that, in stating his independence, he has blasted the Cincinnati Bengals so many times and committed so many acts of mutiny that he must feel, “Well, I got all that off my chest. Time to play football.” He really has nothing left to lose, except a bunch of football games if he doesn’t shut his mouth and play.
Alex Rodriguez
He’s the toast of the town: Every tabloid reporter wants to make toast out of him. You would think that after the Scott Boras contract debacle and his failure to come through in the postseason A-Rod would lay low. You would think that after he was photographed with that stripper that he would be more discreet in his off-the-field pursuits. So what does he do? Well, if reports are to be believed, he’s messing around with Madonna, one of the most famous women on the planet. Leave it to a baseball player who has always been an island onto himself to act so independently.
Tiger Woods
Most Americans are trained to listen to their bodies. When something aches, slow down. When pain lingers, see a doctor and rest. Tiger doesn’t see it that way. He thinks out of the tee box. Even though his knee was telling him, “What are you, nuts?! I’m dying here!” he toughed it out and won the U.S. Open before having surgery and shutting it down for the season. Sometimes the independent spirit in athletes comes with a bottle of Tylenol.
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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Robins: This year, six new breeds will be making their debut on the green carpet for the Westminster Dog Show, which begins Monday.
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