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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.
AP6. The other team in Utah
Many believe Utah, not BYU, is the best non-BCS team in the state of Utah. The Utes roll into Laramie this weekend, facing a reeling team that can't get out of its own way and can't choose a quarterback.
And you know what? This thing screams upset.
Utah is coming off an emotional win over Oregon State, and a cold front is expected to move through the front range and bring freezing rain and "light accumulations" of snow. It's the perfect storm of adversity.
That, or the Cowboys increase their NCAA-worst negative-19 turnover ratio.
7. Back to reality
Ah, a lovely trip to Starkville. The drive to the middle of nowhere, the best barbeque in the south, and those annoying, aggravating cowbells.
And an unbeaten team coming to town for another big SEC game. Admit it, you wouldn't be surprised in the least of Vanderbilt didn't win another game this season.
The schedule: at Mississippi State, at Georgia, Duke, Florida, at Kentucky, Tennessee, at Wake Forest.
Look, I'm as impressed as the next guy with Vandy's 5-0 start, but does anyone really think the Commodores can compete with any SEC heavyweight not sporting an offensive coordinator named Franklin?
The Bulldogs play solid defense, and walk-on quarterback Tyson Lee won't make mistakes. Nice having you around, Vandy.
8. Tough Trojan
It now appears as though USC quarterback Mark Sanchez will start against Arizona State. This is good for two reasons:
1. Sanchez bounces back quickly from yet another knee injury.
2. SEC fan can't taunt USC about playing with Arkansas castoffs.
9. Hey, Fiesta!
While you were watching the SEC and USC and all those terrific quarterbacks in the Big 12, the team in South Bend that everyone loves to hate has quietly won four of five games to begin the season.
And now we have this: with a win at North Carolina, Notre Dame is headed to a BCS bowl — like it or not. The schedule is favorable and, frankly, the Irish offense is beginning to find its stride because QB Jimmy Clausen is embracing the beauty that is checking down to secondary receivers and purposely throwing incompletions.
All that said, North Carolina has more athletes and more speed on defense than Michigan State, and the Irish struggled mightily against the Spartans.
10. T.P. is no V.Y.
Now I've heard it all. Terrelle Pryor is drawing comparisons to Vince Young.
Deep breath, everyone. I'd look like Young against the Purdue defense, and let's not be so quick to compare a freshman to, I don't know, the best player in the sport's modern era.
That said, Pryor is a better thrower than Young at this point in both of their college careers. For whatever that's worth.
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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.