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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.
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APThe NCAA acknowledged that Indiana intended to closely monitor Sampson and his assistants but said the university fell short, largely because it did not have a good system in place when Sampson was hired and had to develop one “on the fly.” Compliance officials did not follow up on phone record requests in a timely manner and focused too much on collaborating with the men’s basketball program and not enough on adhering to requirements, it said.
“I was gratified they accepted the penalties and added nothing new to it, and that’s good,” said Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, who’s in Hawaii for the EA Sports Maui Invitational. “They recognized that the program had been devastated by the penalties and the departure of virtually of the whole team. While it’s the end of a dark chapter, hopefully it is the beginning of a new chapter.”
Under terms of its probation, IU will be required to implement a comprehensive educational program on NCAA recruiting and eligibility rules for all coaches and their staffs and report annually to the NCAA on progress and participation.
IU President Michael McRobbie said the athletics department already has begun that work.
“This was a one-time deviation from a half-century record of having no major NCAA infractions,” McRobbie said in a statement. “The coaches who were directly involved in this are no longer employed by Indiana University. And, we are very determined never to allow anything like this to happen again.”
McRobbie and Crean said the focus now is on restoring a program that has undergone a complete overhaul.
Only two players from last season’s team remain. The others were kicked off, transferred, graduated or left early for the NBA. The team has just nine scholarship players instead of the 13 allowed by NCAA rules after giving up scholarships because of the NCAA investigation and poor academic scores.
The university bought out Sampson’s contract for $750,000 in February. None of Sampson’s assistants was retained, and athletic director Rick Greenspan announced his resignation the same day the failure to monitor charge was filed. He will leave at the end of December.
“This is what gutting a program looks like, and you have to keep moving forward,” said Crean, who left Marquette to take over the program in April. “That’s what we’ll do, and we get to do it in the long term.”
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.
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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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.