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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.
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Getty Images for NASCARSo, no sooner do I put out a video blog saying it's too soon to split up Kyle Busch and Steve Addington, than Joe Gibbs Racing announces they're splitting up Busch and Addington before the season is even over. I guess that's why I'm a NASCAR blogger and J.D. Gibbs is a NASCAR owner.
Here is the stat that's hard for me to get over: 12 wins in less than two years. Yes, the team's four wins in 2009 are half as many as it recorded in 2008, but they're still twice as many as Kyle ever got as part of the Hendrick juggernaut. If we're talking stats, let's also acknowledge that eight points are all that stood between the No. 18 and a Chase date.
What Joe Gibbs Racing is basically saying, is the struggles the team has experienced over the past three months trump everything that came before. Clearly, they believe new energy and a new direction are required. I'll say this: If they were committed to making a change, now was definitely the time to do it.
There is one thing that is not going to change with Dave Rogers sitting atop the No. 18 war wagon, however ... Kyle Busch.
How much of Kyle's struggles have been of Kyle's own making? We will soon have the opportunity to find out. At times, it has appeared Kyle let his frustrations get the best of him. It has appeared he has given up on a car if it wasn't completely dialed in. Kyle's callow attitude and tempestuousness will not go away just because Addington goes away.
Rogers certainly did not impress as Jason Leffler's crew chief back in 2005 when Leffler piloted the No. 11. True, Rogers has complied some impressive Nationwide stats since, but that doesn't mean he can wrap his wrench around the "Car of Tomorrow," especially in an era of no testing.
I am far from ready to concede that the Busch/Addington pairing is a failure. I understand the need to represent in the postseason, but I think that duo had championship potential.
Split them up and let them go their separate ways. I'll be keeping an eye on which turns out to be greater, the whole or the sum of the parts.
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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.
