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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.
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LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech chancellor David Smith said he was complimenting Bob Knight when the coach came “charging up behind me furious with fists clenched,” during a public confrontation at an upscale grocery store.
A memo written by Smith was obtained by the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, which posted it on the newspaper’s Web site Thursday night. The newspaper obtained the memo, written for a file at the school, through an open records request.
The newspaper also obtained a letter athletic director Gerald Myers wrote asking that Knight not be suspended, and a draft of a letter Myers wrote to Knight reprimanding him and informing him of a three-day suspension.
Knight was reprimanded Tuesday, but not suspended, after getting into a verbal spat with Smith on Monday.
In the memo, Smith wrote that he initiated a conversation with Knight in the store to compliment the coach.
“I expressed the same sentiment that I did with Gerald Myers that despite some tough losses I especially wanted to commend him on how he handled the last few weeks and in particular the student section at the University of Texas game,” Smith wrote. “His demeanor and habitus changed drastically. With a red face his response was curt and angry as he responded, ’I always handle things well, and have always handled things well.”’
After a win against Baylor on Tuesday night, Knight admitted he could have avoided a confrontation by simply walking away.
In his version of the spat, Knight said Smith followed him to the side of the salad bar and said, “You’ve got issues. What are they?”
“Right then is where I think I was at fault,” Knight said. “I should have shook my head, walked away, done a lot of other things, and I didn’t. I went on to tell him what one of those issues was and then it got back and forth a little bit.
“But the one thing there was, that I absolutely did not instigate anything.”
Smith wrote that it became clear to him that Knight was still bothered by an encounter last season when the coach abruptly walked away from Smith.
He said that Knight followed him into the store’s parking lot Monday and accused Smith of calling him a “liar” last season
Myers, who was with Knight, attempted to pull the coach away, according to Smith.
After driving away, Smith said he saw Knight’s car at an intersection. He then said Myers began yelling at the coach, who had left the car and walked across the street.
“Gerald proceeds to try to call Bob Knight but finally leaves the car across (the street) to the north. The car sat abandoned with the driver door open, stranded in the left turn lane,” Smith wrote.
“Bob Knight abruptly returns to his car, turns left and appeared to be trying to get Gerald back into his vehicle. Several dozen cars and passers-by witnessed this event.”
Myers and Smith have both said they will not comment on the verbal spat.
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