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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
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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.
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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APVANCOUVER, British Columbia - Mats Sundin practiced for the first time with the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday after signing as a free agent before Christmas.
The 37-year-old center said he delayed his return to the NHL until his desire to play had been restored. He played with Toronto during the 2007-08 season.
“Last year was frustrating,” he said. “We struggled. It was a mixed emotional season. When I look back at last year I really enjoyed playing. Hopefully I can pick up where I left off.”
Sundin wasn’t scheduled to be in the lineup for Tuesday night’s game against Philadelphia and wasn’t sure when he would debut with the Canucks.
“I feel the Canucks have a good enough team to be strong in the playoffs,” he said. “I hope I can contribute and bring my game back the way I played last season.”
The former Maple Leafs captain ended five months of speculation Dec. 18 when he agreed to spend the rest of the season with the Canucks. The Swede will earn about $5.6 million.
He is a nine-time All-Star who scored 32 goals last year with the Maple Leafs. He is Toronto’s all-time leading scorer with 987 points (420 goals, 567 assists) and was the team’s captain in 10 of his 13 seasons there.
Sundin, 6-foot-5 and 231 pounds, brings size and a scoring touch to a Canucks team that already is sound defensively. Entering Tuesday night, the Canucks were second in the Northwest Division with a 20-14-3 record for 43 points.
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.
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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.