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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.
PBT: Jeremy Lin wasn't his hot self on Saturday, but he still led the Knicks to victory.
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.
Getty ImagesThe team’s frontcourt star, Sophia Young, never played basketball before she came to the U.S. at age 15. Now, her mother is watching her daughter play basketball for the first time ever, and she is witnessing a joyous emergence. Young and Steffanie Blackmon are the best one-two frontcourt pair in the game.
Baylor, a No. 2 seed that was not expected to get past LSU in the semifinal, is still here, looking to make the big, final play. It is the same way that Mulkey-Robertson once ran her Lady Techsters as a prescient point guard, as the floor leader. Lousiana Tech foolishly let this woman get away, and now Baylor has her.
And Joanne McCallie, the Spartan coach, has been as instrumental turning around Michigan State as Mulkey-Robertson has been transforming Baylor. McCallie came from a small, successful program in Maine, with limited resources. And she hasn’t looked back.
Her Spartans managed a stunning victory against Tennessee, coming all the way back from 16 points down against the world’s most famous college program, 68-64. It’s still not easy to figure how they did this. Victoria Lucas-Perry, one of the weaker links on the team, somehow ended up with 14 points and 6 rebounds. It was that way, too, for Baylor hours before, when Emily Niemann became the unlikely star, an effective three-point bomber.
So here we go, with the oddest final in recent times. These two teams were respected coming into the tournament. They were No. 1 and No. 2 seeds. A Final Four was a reasonable ambition. But a final?
We have no UConn. No Tennessee. No Diana Taurasi. No star in the backcourt. Baylor will have to figure out a way to stop forward Liz Shimek, who has some cute moves in the lane. State must slow Young, whose quick slants are equally punishing.
Neither team has the resume or pedigree to believe it should win, yet neither one seems willing to lose. It is a game begging to be decided by a three-point shot from a substitute, after a starter falls into foul trouble.
The best part about it is that we don’t have a clue about these guys this time. Finally, somebody gets to start a fresh dynasty. Ahh... Breathe the air.
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.
Herb Pope scored 19 points, including four free throws in final 10 seconds, and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Seton Hall to a 73-66 victory over Pittsburgh 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.