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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.
Golf's dream pairing - Woods and Mickelson - is on the course in the final round at Pebble Beach. Jason Sobel has 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.
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.
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At a press conference yesterday, it was announced that over 15,000 tickets have already been sold for the Allstate Arena event, that will eventually hold almost 19,000 screaming fans. The UFC show is expected to break the venue gate record, and has already sold over $2 million in tickets.
The card, headlined by a middleweight title match between Anderson Silva and Patrick Cote, is starting to round out as well, as the UFC announced several of the featured bouts.
In a lightweight fight, surging Tyson Griffin will square off with former lightweight champion Sean Sherk.
Griffin (12-1) has won four straight since dropping a decision to Frankie Edgar in February 2007. He most recently defeated PRIDE veteran Marcus Aurelio at UFC 86.
For Sherk (32-3), it will be his first match since losing his title to B.J. Penn in May.
Other bouts announced yesterday included a lightweight tilt pitting Hermes Franca vs. Gleison Tibau and Pete Sell moving down to welterweight to take on Josh Burkman.
The UFC previously announced a co-main event of Diego Sanchez vs. Thiago Alves. In addition, Goran Reljic, who made his UFC debut with a KO over Wilson Gouveai at UFC 84, will drop down to the 185-pound weight class to take on Thales Leites.
While it was announced that Mike Swick would also be fighting on the Oct. 25 card, Swick likely will not be ready to get back in the octagon. He recently underwent elbow surgery and is still healing and not yet able to train at full capacity. A November/December return remains more likely.
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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.
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