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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.
APBoston’s Josh Beckett won 20 games last season, but the NL hasn’t had a 20-game winner since Chris Carpenter of St. Louis, Roy Oswalt of Houston and Dontrelle Willis of Florida in 2005.
Even when Webb got into trouble, he kept the ball down and escaped.
After San Diego’s Brian Giles hit a leadoff single in the fourth and Adrian Gonzalez walked, Webb recovered to strike out Kouzmanoff and Chase Headley swinging, then Nick Hundley grounded out.
“He gets more people to chase pitches down in the zone, so you just have to be really patient and really selective at what you swing at,” San Diego’s Adrian Gonzalez said.
Reineke, who beat the Phillies last Saturday in his major league debut, worked six innings, allowing three earned runs and five hits. He walked three, one intentionally, and had four strikeouts.
Adam Dunn, who leads the league with 34 homers, was intentionally walked in the fifth and drew another one in the eighth, boosting his major league lead to 94. He had seven walks, two home runs and five RBIs in the series for Arizona.
Notes: LHP Randy Johnson, who starts Friday against Florida, holds Arizona’s franchise record with 24 wins in 2002. ... Padres LHP Shawn Estes, coming back from a broken left thumb, will pitch Tuesday for San Diego’s Triple-A team in Portland. ... Padres C Josh Bard, on the 15-day DL with a strained right elbow, worked out Thursday. Black said he could be activated Friday in San Francisco. ... Arizona’s last shutout was a 3-0 win at San Diego on July 29. The Diamondbacks’ last three-game sweep was July 25-27 in San Francisco. San Diego hadn’t been swept since a four-game series July 17-20 at St. Louis.
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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