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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.
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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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Over the years, no fans have followed their team to the Maui Invitational like Kentucky fans. Suddenly, it seems every white rental car on the island has a blue “K” flag flapping out the back window and choreographed cheers break out at any time.
The local Denny’s had lava plant rocks — rocks from nearby volcanos with flowers actually growing out of them — on each table.
An older couple wearing their Kentucky warm-weather clothing was looking at one of the rocks when the waitress told them they were for sale in a nearby store if they were interested.
After a long look, the man asked the question only a ’Cats fan could: “Does it come in blue?”
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There have been so many great games over the years at the Maui Invitational — Chaminade’s upset of then No. 1 Virginia and Ralph Sampson in 1983 was not part of the tournament — and no team has played as well on the island as Duke.
The Blue Devils have made four trips to Maui and returned with the Wayne Duke championship trophy every time, an impressive 12-0 record in a building which has become known as “Cameron Way West.”
It will be tough for any tournament to match the last two days of the 2005 Maui Invitational.
In the semifinals, No. 8 Gonzaga beat No. 12 Michigan State 109-106 in triple overtime and No. 3 Connecticut beat No. 9 Arizona 79-70. The next day, Michigan State beat Arizona 74-71 in overtime for third place and Connecticut, on a turnaround jumper by Denham Brown at the buzzer, beat Gonzaga 65-63.
“This must be a special building, to get two days like that,” Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun said. “Any chance of getting some NCAA tournament games here?”
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Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 15 points and Evan Smotrycz added 13, helping No. 22 Michigan remain unbeaten at home with a 70-61 win over Illinois on Sunday.
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