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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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Getty ImagesFavre shot down reports that Thompson and McCarthy had chartered a flight to Mississippi to talk to the quarterback in late March about finalizing his comeback, only to have Favre back out at the last minute. Favre said McCarthy told him they were heading to Orlando, Fla., for the owners’ meetings and wanted to stop by to speak with him.
“The next day I told him, ’Mike, don’t worry about coming down or dropping by. I still can’t commit,”’ he said. “They made it sound like they had chartered a plane just to see me and I had made a call and said, ’I’m coming back,’ which is not true.”
A series of he-said, they-said accusations followed, as did rumors of where Favre might end up. The Packers wouldn’t grant Favre his release to become a free agent, but Tampa Bay and the Jets entered the picture as trade partners.
Favre agreed to come to New York after a persuasive conversation with general manager Mike Tannenbaum.
“Mike called me on the phone and I couldn’t get him to shut up,” he said with a grin, “but he sold me.”
Favre has promised the Jets nothing beyond this season. And, he says, none of that matters now, not with the season opener at Miami a week away.
“I didn’t want to go anywhere, including Green Bay, and go through a bad season and lose and get beat up and everyone say, ’What the hell did he come back for?”’ Favre said. “Now, that could happen here, it could happen in Green Bay and it could happen anywhere. I’ve always felt like I give whatever team I’m on a good chance to win, but there’s way more to it than one guy. ...
“The bottom line was that I wanted to play and I felt like this team had a good chance to win. It would be difficult, as it would be anywhere, but I felt like this would be a good fit for me.”
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