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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.
AP“His stuff was a little bit better, but he was still erratic,” manager Eric Wedge said. “He was working from behind, and when he does come in, he hasn’t shown the command that he used to show to throw a quality strike and get guys out. He’s got some work to do.”
Tom Mastny, making his first appearance since July 13, relieved Laffey and forced in the tying run with a walk to Matthews. Mathis drove the right-hander’s next pitch to left-center for his eighth homer of the season and second in two days.
“Tom hadn’t been out there in a while, but that’s the role he’s in right now and he just didn’t have it today,” Wedge said.
Mathis’ grand slam was the 10th given up by the Cleveland staff, the most in the majors, and the most by the Indians in one season since the club began keeping track in 1951.
Ryan Garko hit a two-run homer that gave Cleveland a 4-2 lead in the fourth. He added a two-run single in the eighth that cut the Angels’ lead to 14-10. Sizemore added his 25th home run, one more than he had in 162 games last year.
Notes: The Angels’ 10-game margin is their largest since Aug. 16, 1995, when they had a 10½-game cushion. ... The 19 hits allowed by the Indians were a season high. ... The Angels’ pitching staff has held opponents’ pinch-hitters to only three hits in 55 at-bats this season. ... Dellucci, Asdrubal Cabrera and Ben Francisco were hit by pitches. The Indians have been plunked a major league-high 63 times. Last season, opposing pitchers hit 80 Cleveland batters to set a franchise record.
SportsTalk: Albert Pujols signs with the Angels and Prince Fielder joins the Tigers. Which team is better now?
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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