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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.
Golf's dream pairing - Woods and Mickelson - is on the course in the final round at Pebble Beach. Jason Sobel has 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.
Euro Roundup: First-place Manchester City won 1-0 at Aston Villa on Sunday on Joleon Lescott's goal in the 63rd minute, maintaining its two-point lead over Manchester United in the Premier League.
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.
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Red Sox fan killed by police Oct. 22: Victoria Snelgrove, 21, died during rowdy celebrations following the Red Sox's clinching victory over the Yankees after police shot her in the eye with what was designed to be a non-lethal projectile that would douse the target with a pepper-like spray. |
BOSTON - Hundreds of mourners paid their final respects Tuesday to a college student killed when police fired pepper-spray pellets into a raucous crowd after the Boston Red Sox won the American League pennant.
About 500 friends, family and dignitaries — including Gov. Mitt Romney, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Boston Police Commissioner Kathleen O’Toole — filled St. John’s Catholic Church for the funeral Mass for Victoria Snelgrove.
In a eulogy marked by soft sobbing from mourners — many of them young friends and classmates of Snelgrove — the Rev. Wally Keymont criticized the rowdy fans whose behavior led to the young woman’s death.
“Why did this have to happen?” he said. “I don’t know why. Some people feel it’s their God-given right to riot, to destroy property and cause mayhem. ... It is destructive and it is deadly.”
Snelgrove, a 21-year-old junior at Boston’s Emerson College, was hit in the eye by a pellet early Thursday as police they tried to control the 80,000 revelers who gathered outside Fenway Park after the Red Sox beat their archrival New York Yankees.
The Police Department is investigating to determine whether the use of force was justified. The district attorney’s office is also looking into the matter.
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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.