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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.
Getty ImagesI understand a bit of historical airbrushing surrounding the custom team publication. NFL Films faces the annual task of creating a film for every team in the NFL, including total disasters.
They make for great viewing, if only to watch the editors squirm to find one bit of good footage in the garbage pile of even the 2008 Detroit Lions' season while the announcer booms something like "The Detroit Lions fought valiantly, and only allowed 351 yards and 2 TDs to Drew Brees in a 42-7 loss."
At least they leave the facts and nasty bits in, though. This year's Notre Dame media guide was outsourced to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, who excised not just the 2007 3-9 Notre Dame season from the record , but also any losing record whatsoever from Weis' record.
This was explained by the following:
"In a lot of cases those decisions are made on the fly, on deadline pressure," Notre Dame senior associate athletics director for media relations John Heisler said. "Whenever we did that in the beginning for Charlie or whatever, I don't know that there was a reason why we were trying to go back and make it look like something else."
Weis' bio is especially egregious in the self-editing going on here, but at least they can cite prior success as a head coach. If Auburn were to do the same for Gene Chizik, his resume would have this gaping hole between 2006-2008, since that covers the span of time the Tigers' new coach spent going 5-19 at Iowa State over three seasons.
As it stands, the bio cites his two year contract extension as the best validation of "Chizik's leadership and vision for the program" ... the same contract extension he skipped out on to take the job at Auburn. Those aren't losses, reader: they're "learning experiences," and judging by the number on Weis and Chizik's record as college head coaches, they've learned a lot in the last three years.
It took a while for the light bulb to go on, but when it did, Jonas Gray finally showed the talent many had expected from the blue-chip prospect from Detroit. In a recent interview, Gray, who is rehabbing an ACL injury to get ready for the NFL Scouting Combine, expressed the confidence and support he has for head coach Brian Kelly.
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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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After leading by 18 points in the first half, the Los Angeles Lakers were staring at a four-point deficit with less than two minutes to play.
