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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.
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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.
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.
APThe Cubs were the NL favorites, and if they had won, there’d be no question about 2008 being not just the greatest sports year we’ve ever seen, but without question the greatest we would ever see. But the Cubs choked as only they can, opening up the playoffs for the Phillies. They met the Rays in a World Series whose final game took three days to complete. It wasn’t a seven-game classic, but any time any Philadelphia team can call itself champions is a year for the history books.
It didn’t matter what kind of auto racing you were a fan of, 2008 delivered for you. Danica Patrick became the first woman to win in an Indy Car early in the season in Japan. She didn’t win again, but she did get in fights with other drives, both male and female, and kept attention focused on the sport. In F1, the void left by Michael Schumacher’s retirement was filled by the 23-year-old Lewis Hamilton. The British driver wrapped up the championship at the Brazilian Grand Prix in November, suffering racial taunts in becoming both the youngest F1 champion and the first black champion.
And in NASCAR, Jimmie Johnson, who had started the season slowly, roared back in the season-ending Chase for the Cup. In the process, he joined Cale Yarborough as the only man to win three straight NASCAR championships.
We’re still not done, but it really doesn’t matter what happens in the year’s final weeks. Alabama won’t play for a national championship, but the Tide went 11-0 and was ranked No. 1 before losing the SEC championship game to Florida. And the University of Buffalo, recently the worst team in Division I college football, had won the MAC championship and was going to the first bowl game in school history.
Okay, so it’s not one of the greatest stories ever, but it kind of fits in the greatest year ever, a year that decades from now you’ll be telling your great-grandchildren you were lucky enough to witness.
Just don’t mention Kimbo Slice.
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.
NEW YORK (AP) - As the glow fades from the Giants' Super Bowl triumph, some New York sports fans are tuning in to basketball and hockey, with the Rangers in first place and the Knicks' overnight sensation, Jeremy Lin, sparking "Lin-sanity.''
Robins: This year, six new breeds will be making their debut on the green carpet for the Westminster Dog Show, which begins Monday.
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