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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.
NCAA Photos via APTaquan Dean and Larry O’Bannon picked Garcia up last time, but couldn’t do it again. Dean never found his touch, going 4-for-15 and only making two 3-pointers as part of a 12-point night. O’Bannon went 4-for-10 for 12 points.
Forward Ellis Myles led the Cardinals with 17 points, but that was the problem: Louisville simply doesn’t win much when it has to look to its forwards for the bulk of the scoring.
“It was difficult,” Pitino said. “We didn’t pitch a perfect game, but we hung in there as long as we could. We faulted to a better basketball team.”
Pitino put on his usual show — stomping, screaming, trying to coax more out of a team that has largely been regarded as an overmatched underdog on many of its stops this year.
But unlike last week, when the Cardinals rallied from 20 points down for a win over West Virginia and the eighth trip to the Final Four in program history, there was no adjustment Pitino could make.
His team was getting beaten on the boards — 38-26 — and in the end, Illinois had too many good players in too many spots for the Cardinals to overcome.
“Being disappointed is when you get knocked out in the first round,” said Pitino, coaching in his fifth Final Four. “When you go to the Final Four, if there’s any disappointment, then you can’t appreciate the game as you should.”
After O’Bannon scored five straight to open the second half and give Louisville its only lead, Powell spotted up for a 3-pointer to grab the lead back. On the next possession, he shot an open 3, which he missed, but grabbed the rebound himself for a two-handed jam.
“It was just bouncing my way,” Powell explained.
He mixed lay-ups, short, spinning jumpers, another 3-pointer and one other putback of a teammate’s miss.
Leading 64-55 and with both teams unable to score for nearly two minutes, it was Powell who layed in another teammate’s miss to make it 66-55 with 2:30 left and begin the celebration.
When the buzzer sounded, several Illini stuck their forefingers in the air and pointed toward the crowd — needing one more win to fashion the perfect ending to what Weber has called a “fairytale season.”
“I was excited when ... it got under a minute,” Weber said. “I was excited because I knew we were in the championship game, and that’s been our goal.”
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.
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 15 points and Evan Smotrycz added 13, helping No. 22 Michigan remain unbeaten at home with a 70-61 win over Illinois on Sunday.
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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.