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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.
Getty Images fileIndiana Pacers forward Jermaine O'Neal says he thinks racism might be one of the reasons the NBA is pushing for an age limit for rookies in the next collective bargaining agreement.
“In the last two or three years, the rookie of the year has a been a high school player. There were seven high school players in the All-Star game, so why we even talking an age limit?” O’Neal said on Monday. “As a black guy, you kind of think that’s the reason why it’s coming up. You don’t hear about it in baseball or hockey."
High school players LeBron James and Amare Stoudemire have won the last two rookie of the year awards.
Players currently must be 18 to be drafted, but NBA commissioner David Stern is seeking to raise that limit to 20, or two years out of high school.
The Sporting News reported that the proposed plan would still allow the younger players to enter the draft and earn full rookie-scale salaries, but they would be required to play in the NBDL — the NBA's equivilant of baseball's minor leagues — until they are 20.
"To say you have to be 20, 21 to get in the league, it’s unconstitutional," O'Neal said. "If I can go to the U.S. army and fight the war at 18 why can’t you play basketball for 48 minutes?”
The Pacers beat the Raptors 94-90 on Monday, although O'Neal, a three-time All-Star, is on the disabled list.
According to The Sporting News, O'Neal's opinion is in the minority among NBA players.
"Most players," one prominent agent told The Sporting News, "are not going to be teenagers again."
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
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