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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.
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There were two rain delays and the sun was sinking when they came back to finish their work in a fifth set that went 16 games. Seldom do we get a match in any sport that surpasses the expectations for it. This was one of them.
John McEnroe, who knows greatness when he sees it, called Nadal-Federer the greatest match he has ever seen. Considering that he played — and won — one of the greatest matches ever in the Davis Cup against Boris Becker, that’s high praise. In Spain, which also won the European soccer championship for the first time in 44 years, it’s the greatest sports year ever.
And for those of us on the other side of the pond, it’s the same. We’ve already had perhaps the greatest Super Bowl and perhaps the greatest U.S. Open and perhaps the greatest Wimbledon final — ever. And it’s all been thrown before us in the brief space of six months.
In the interludes, we’ve seen the Tampa Bay Rays constructing one of the most surprising baseball seasons ever — a season in which the National League is being dominated by the Chicago Cubs — and the Boston Celtics returning to the top of the NBA with a Finals win over their fierce rivals, the L.A. Lakers.
And it’s not over. In one month, the Olympics arrive in Beijing, and with them the promise of even more historic performances. Michael Phelps is going for eight gold medals in swimming — one more than Mark Spitz’s record in 1972, and teenager Katie Hoff may equal him. How would that be?
On the track, we’ve already seen Usain Bolt of Jamaica establish a new 100-meter world record, followed by Tyson Gay running the race faster than any human being ever has. Gay’s run wasn’t a record because he got too much help from the wind. But the promise of the greatest Olympic 100-meter final is now established.
It’s going to ruin us forever, is this year of 2008. It may already have. So it may as well go all the way. Let’s have Katie Hoff and Phelps win 16 golds between them. Let’s have the Cubs and the Rays in the World Series. Let’s see a legendary college football program — Alabama, anyone? — return to the top of the NCAA. Let’s see the Jets take a run to the Super Bowl. How about Sergio Garcia winning the British Open in a playoff with Phil Mickelson?
Why not? It’s 2008, the year of greatness.
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.
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After leading by 18 points in the first half, the Los Angeles Lakers were staring at a four-point deficit with less than two minutes to play.
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.
