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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.
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Move over, Hollywood and NFL types, golf's two real A-listers take center stage Sunday at Pebble Beach, both in need of a win.
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.
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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Sporting events from NFL games to harness races were rescheduled Saturday as a winter storm swept across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, dumping more than a foot of snow in some areas.
In Philadelphia, the Eagles-49ers game on Sunday was pushed back to 4:15 p.m. from 1 p.m. after about 9 inches fell. The Bears-Ravens game in Baltimore also was pushed back to the late-afternoon slot.
The Bears’ flight was already delayed — they hoped to leave Friday night, but never got off the ground. They finally arrived in Baltimore late Saturday night.
Travel across the region was crippled and the storm caused widespread power outages.
Authorities in Virginia said three people were killed by the storm, which stretched from the Carolinas north to New England and also spread into some Midwestern states. In Ohio, two people were killed in accidents on snow-covered roads hit by the same storm system.
Mayors in Washington and Philadelphia declared snow emergencies and the governors in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Delaware declared states of emergency.
“It’s going to be an all day thing. It’s going to be on and off,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Kevin Witt in Sterling, Va.
Several college basketball games were postponed, too. Virginia’s home game against UNC-Wilmington was put off until later in the season, even though the Seahawks were already in Charlottesville. Athletic director Craig Littlepage said the school didn’t want to make fans come out in heavy snow on slick roads.
The university’s aquatic and fitness center has been opened as a Red Cross emergency shelter for stranded travelers.
In Washington, where 14 inches of snow were recorded at Reagan National Airport across the Potomac, a men’s game between Maryland-Baltimore County and American was rescheduled from Saturday to Sunday, and George Washington’s women’s game against Mount St. Mary’s also was postponed, but hadn’t been rescheduled yet.
Georgetown postponed its women’s game against Jacksonville State to later in the season.
In Salem, Va., the NCAA Division III football championship had its kickoff moved back from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. before taking place.
New Jersey’s Freehold Raceway canceled its live harness racing card and simulcast wagering, saying it planned to reopen on Sunday, when only simulcasting is scheduled.
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.
NEW YORK (AP) - As the glow fades from the Giants' Super Bowl triumph, some New York sports fans are tuning in to basketball and hockey, with the Rangers in first place and the Knicks' overnight sensation, Jeremy Lin, sparking "Lin-sanity.''
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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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.
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.