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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.
AP“They said this was the kind of uniform we played in. I don’t remember getting this one,” he said, drawing laughs.
Berra was one of six Hall of Famers on the field. Family members stood in for the greats who are gone, such as Phil Rizzuto, Thurman Munson, Elston Howard and Roger Maris.
Don Larsen, who pitched a perfect game here in the 1956 World Series, scooped dirt from the mound into a plastic cup, assisted by Whitey Ford.
It was one of many nostalgic scenes on this night, only possible at Yankee Stadium.
Center field was the finale. The Mick, Bobby Murcer, a huge roar for Williams — back at Yankee Stadium for the first time since the team let him go after the 2006 season.
Then the Yankees starters from Sunday night joined the former stars at their positions. Julia Ruth Stevens, 92-year-old daughter of the Babe, threw out the ceremonial first pitch to injured catcher Jorge Posada. Berra voiced over a salute to the old ballyard and it was finally time to play ball.
“Only this time when it’s over, it’s over,” Berra said.
Much like this season, the Yankees started slowly.
Baltimore jumped ahead of Pettitte 2-0 before Damon’s three-run shot to right in the third — not far from where he hit his grand slam for Boston in Game 7 of the 2004 AL championship series.
Molina, filling in for Posada, added a two-run shot off rookie Chris Waters (3-4) in the fourth to give New York a 5-3 lead.
Struggling through an extremely disappointing second half, Pettitte snapped a five-start losing streak. He left to a standing ovation in the sixth, waved his cap and came out for a curtain call.
Notes: Roger Clemens wasn’t among those mentioned when highlights rolled of great Yankees pitchers during the pregame ceremony. ... Pettitte fanned Ramon Hernandez in the second for his 2,000th strikeout. ... Damon’s bat and Molina’s spikes are headed to the Hall of Fame.
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Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.