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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.
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.
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Do your best. Do the right thing. Don’t whine. Don’t blame. Be accountable. Treat other people well.
These are some of the things we are taught at a very young age to do and to avoid in life. Simple things to say. But sometimes hard to carry out.
The Detroit Lions are professional sports’ easiest punch line. Their head coach, Rod Marinelli, is the most obvious punching bag.
But Marinelli’s been heroic in 2008. Not for his head coaching acumen. Clearly, he’s been an utter disaster on the sidelines. But in the Lions locker room and in public, the 59-year-old has been a shining example of how to deal with defeat. After defeat. After defeat. And so on.
Four days before Christmas, Marinelli’s Lions lost to the New Orleans Saints 42-7 to become the first team to ever get to 0-15.
“No excuses,” he said without indignation. “I accept full responsibility for everything that’s gone on. I don’t point fingers. It’s on me, totally. My loyalty (to my team) is my strength.”
It’s been a helluva hard year for a lot of us. Jobs are going away. Everybody’s looking over their shoulders. It’s getting hard to keep your nose pressed to the grindstone when you’re not sure if the grindstone’s going to be taken away from you (along with the house and money you saved) at any moment.
A lot of people have reason to stare at their shoes and run their fingers through their hair and wonder what they will do next.
Maybe that’s you. Maybe it’s someone you know. If it is, it wouldn’t hurt to read or share these simple, impassioned words Marinelli uttered in a postgame press conference after yet another Lions loss.
Asked how he could remain optimistic while he and his team were making history as a symbol of failure, Marinelli said, “You’re in this dark tunnel and you’ve got no way out. You’re waiting for light, and you see that light. What do you do? What do you do? You start digging and getting out. …
"I’ve always believed you stay in the tunnel and you keep digging when you expect no light. You have the same faith when you expect no light. You have the same belief in what you’re doing when you expect no light. … It’s dark and I’m going to dig through. My shovel is sharp and my pick is sharp. And my will is outstanding.”
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.
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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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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.
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