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Ryan Callahan scored three goals as the New York Rangers beat Philadelphia 5-2 on Saturday for their seventh straight win over the Flyers.
Jeremy Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
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.
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The United States swept favored Switzerland out of the Davis Cup on Saturday when Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan beat Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Luis Suarez's refusal to shake hands with Patrice Evra overshadowed Manchester United's 2-1 win over rival Liverpool that lifted the defending champions to first place in the Premier League on Saturday.
Marlies Schild of Austria won her sixth World Cup slalom of the season Saturday after overall leader Lindsey Vonn and defending champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch crashed out in the opening run on the windy Pyrenees course.
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An opening week in which only one ranked team lost meant few changes in the first poll of the regular season.
In fact, there were no changes among the top 14 teams, while Ohio State moved up one spot to join Michigan in a tie at No. 15.
Kansas beat Hofstra 101-65 in its only game and was the runaway No. 1 in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, just as it was in the preseason Top 25. The Jayhawks received 58 first-place votes from the national media panel, three more than in the preseason poll.
Michigan State beat Florida Gulf Coast 97-58 in its opener and was again No. 1 on five ballots to hold second.
Texas, which again had one first-place vote, Kentucky, which dropped from three No. 1 votes to one, and Villanova remained third through fifth.
Defending champion North Carolina, who lost their only first-place vote from the preseason poll, won its games against Florida International, North Carolina Central and Valparaiso last week by an average of almost 25 points.
This week the No. 6 Tar Heels will see the quality of their competition pick up considerably with the possibility of facing five ranked opponents in the next eight games.
They will play Ohio State in the 2K Sports Classic on Thursday in New York, and could face California in the final or third-place game. Also included in the stretch is a home game against No. 2 Michigan State in a rematch of last year’s national championship game, a trip to No. 4 Kentucky and game against No. 3 Texas in Dallas Cowboys Stadium on Dec. 19.
Purdue, which beat Cal State Northridge 89-63 in its only game, remains No. 7.
West Virginia, Duke and Tennessee held on to round out the top 10.
Maryland was the only newcomer to the poll at No. 25. The Terrapins moved into the rankings for the first time since the final poll of the 2006-07 season. They replaced Mississippi State, which fell out from 18th following its season-opening 88-74 loss to Rider.
Butler was 11th and was followed by Connecticut, California, Washington, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Dayton, Georgetown and Louisville. The last five ranked teams were Georgia Tech, Clemson, Illinois, Minnesota and Maryland.
The Big Ten still leads with six ranked teams — Michigan State, Purdue, Michigan, Ohio State, Illinois and Minnesota. The Atlantic Coast Conference (Maryland, North Carolina, Duke, Georgia Tech, Clemson) and Big East (Villanova, West Virginia, Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville) had five each.
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Jeremy Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
Doron Lamb hit a 3-pointer with 3:18 left to put No. 1 Kentucky ahead to stay, and the Wildcats took a big step toward a Southeastern Conference regular-season title by beating Vanderbilt 69-63 Saturday night for their 17th straight win.
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