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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.
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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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But the main reason for their success all dates back to the day in the spring of 1997 when they won the draft lottery and the right to select Duncan with the No. 1 pick. They haven’t lost 30 games in a season since.
“He hasn’t changed a lick, very honestly,” Popovich said. “He’s exactly the same person that I laid on the sand with down in St. Croix when we drafted him, and we talked basketball and tried to figure out who each other was and what we were thinking and what the future might hold, just to see if we got along or see if we clicked at all.
“He’s basically an introverted, quite humorous, highly intelligent, easygoing guy, who has gotten over himself. He’s not that impressed with himself. He just likes playing ball and he goes home and does whatever he does. That’s him.”
Duncan won’t turn 30 until next year’s playoffs, while Ginobili is an All-Star at 27 and Parker is only 23.
The Pistons’ core also is relatively young, with three 30-year-olds who were born within 10 days of each other in 1974 — Antonio McDyess and the two Wallaces — all but certain to spend the next several years of their careers in Detroit.
Billups is 28, and Hamilton is 27.
The credit for assembling the Pistons’ roster goes to Dumars, whose most notorious personnel move — selecting Darko Milicic rather that Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony or Chris Bosh with the overall No. 2 pick in 2003 — was certainly not his best.
He acquired Hamilton from the Washington Wizards when Michael Jordan was running that franchise, swapping Jerry Stackhouse, and Dumars also made a brilliant move when Grant Hill decided to leave as a free agent in 1999, convincing the Orlando Magic at the last minute to execute a sign-and-trade deal that brought Ben Wallace to Detroit.
All Wallace has done since then was win three defensive player of the year awards, while Hill has spent the vast majority of his time in Orlando recovering from numerous operations to his ankle.
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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