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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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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - James Johnson scored 15 of his 21 points in the first half, and No. 15 Wake Forest routed Indiana 83-58 on Wednesday night.
L.D. Williams added 16 points for the Demon Deacons (7-0), who continued their best start since 2003, when they opened with 11 straight wins in Chris Paul’s freshman year.
Indiana native Jeff Teague scored all 14 of his points after halftime and freshman Al-Farouq Aminu finished with 12 for Wake Forest, which shot 61.5 percent in pushing its record in the made-for-TV ACC/Big Ten Challenge to 5-0 at home and 8-1 overall.
The Atlantic Coast Conference’s stingiest defense held the rebuilding Hoosiers (4-3) to 37.7 percent shooting and forced them into a season-high 26 turnovers — the fifth time that first-year coach Tom Crean’s freshman-laden team has turned it over at least 20 times.
Malik Story scored 10 points on 4-of-12 shooting and fellow newcomer Nick Williams had 10 rebounds for Indiana, which had its two-game winning streak snapped.
Wake Forest took its first 20-point lead less than 30 seconds into the second half when Teague’s layup made it 51-31, and Indiana didn’t get closer than 15 after that.
But playing for the first time since winning a holiday tournament in California, the Demon Deacons showed a few flaws in their game.
They turned it over a season-high 24 times and, after a 62-rebound performance last time out against Baylor, their rebounding advantage was just 34-30 despite having four players 6-foot-11 or taller lining up against an Indiana team with just three who are at least 6-9.
Still, they had more than enough to take care of an Indiana team with one senior — the only player on the roster with significant minutes in last season — in its first true road game of the year.
Wake Forest held the Hoosiers’ leading scorer, freshman Tom Pritchard, to four points — nearly 12 below his average — on 1-of-7 shooting.
The Demon Deacons took control late in a sloppy first half in which the teams combined for 28 turnovers.
Wake Forest took the lead for good during an Aminu-fueled 12-2 run midway through the half before pushing it into double figures by reeling off seven straight points in a minute. Johnson capped the spurt with a 3-pointer from the left wing with just under 5 minutes before the break that made it 39-25. The lead was 47-31 at halftime.
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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