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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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APHarrington grew up in northern New Jersey and was drafted by Walsh when he was in Indiana. Harrington joined the Warriors in a trade with the Pacers in January 2007 and played a large role in ending Golden State’s 12-season playoff drought later that year, but the 6-foot-9 perimeter shooter grew disenchanted with his role in Don Nelson’s offense last year and asked for a trade.
Crawford could provide a short-term solution to Golden State’s woes at point guard, where the team is still without the injured Monta Ellis.
The Clippers were interested in Randolph over the summer, seeking a natural power forward to play alongside center Chris Kaman after losing Elton Brand to Philadelphia in free agency. Randolph, who spent most of his career in Portland, has career averages of 16.4 points and 8.2 rebounds over seven seasons.
“We had our best success a couple of years ago when we had two low post scorers where we had one in the game at almost all times,” Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy said. “It’s nice when the ball doesn’t go in the basket from the outside and you need a bucket in low. We have a couple of guys that have the ability to deliver that.”
The Knicks have been above the cap for years and haven’t been able to make a free-agent splash in more than a decade. But they are now in position — perhaps so good that Walsh didn’t rule out possibly being able to land two max players in two years.
“I have a good idea of what we just did,” Walsh said. “I can’t tell you that I’ve thought out what I’m going to do in two years or something like that. I haven’t done that. All I know is that we’ve created more cap space than we had.”
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
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