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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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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Coach Urban Meyer tried to reassure Florida fans of his commitment to he Gators on Tuesday, but reiterated that Notre Dame might always be his “dream job.”
Meyer said he was “trying to be extremely respectful for all involved,” but his latest comments might not help stave off criticism.
“Our staff has given our life to Florida football for four years,” Meyer said following the team’s first bowl practice. “We plan on giving our life to Florida football for a long, long time. You start hearing, ’Well coach, I thought you said (Notre Dame was) your dream job.’ I grew up in the North and that was my dream job. Probably always will, but that has nothing to do with this.
“This is my dream job. This is my job. I hope to be here for a long, long time. I hear that out there and it’s my fault. But this is everything I want in a school. This is the best job in America. You don’t give your life to a school like our whole staff has. We plan on doing this for a long time.”
Last week, Meyer told a Miami radio station that he might want to coach the Fighting Irish once his three children completed high school.
Meyer spurned Notre Dame in 2004, instead choosing to move from Utah to Florida. He won a national championship in his second season and will play for another one next month in the Bowl Championship Series national title game in Miami.
“Once my kids are done, maybe some day I’ll go coach there,” Meyer told WQAM. “I don’t know that. That’s way down the road. Being a father and being able to recruit the best athletes in America within a five-hour radius of my home, that’s why I came to Florida. I thought we could have a great chance at success.”
There was plenty of speculation that if Notre Dame fired Charlie Weis after this season, the school would take another run at Meyer.
Meyer signed a seven-year, $3.25 million extension after the 2006 championship. But he made it clear during the radio interview that returning Notre Dame — he was an assistant there from 1996 to 2000 — was still a possibility.
“To be the head football coach of Notre Dame, you’re on a plane recruiting because you recruit San Diego as hard as you recruit New York as hard as you recruit Florida, Texas, Ohio,” said Meyer, whose youngest child has yet to reach middle school. “It’s a national recruiting base. I recruited there for six years, and I spent every night in a hotel in an airport. I’m going to be a good father first.”
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