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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.
Eleven shots separated Phil and Tiger Sunday at Pebble Beach as Lefty secured his 40th Tour win. Jason Sobel had 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.
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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APRoddick's favorable draw
If Roddick could’ve arranged his half of the draw himself heading into the second week of Wimbledon, I think what he faces would be exactly what he would want.
In the quarterfinals, Roddick will play No. 9 seed Sebastien Grosjean, who is capable of creating some nervous moments for the American.
While it’s true that Roddick holds an impressive 6-1 record over Grosjean in their previous outings, the Florida-based Frenchman is comfortable on the grass. Proof of that is that he’s reached the semifinals here the past two years and owns a 20-6 record at Wimbledon
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In the semifinals, Roddick would have to contend with one of two players: Thomas Johansson or David Nalbandian.
I think Nalbandian, who was a finalist here in 2002, could give Roddick the most problems, but I don’t imagine any of those four guys should be able to take him out of the tournament.
Needing to play on the final Sunday
If Roddick doesn’t make it to the final, I can say that I came in here questioning him and where he currently is with his game and I would leave with the same questions.
Certainly, the last time I felt that he played at the top of his game was here in the final against Roger Federer last year. He he'll have to break from a disappointing recent past if he's going to emerge a champion at the All-England Club this summer.
He needs to get back on track as he has fallen from No. 1 in the world to No. 4.
Roddick's the lone American eagle and I’m expecting to see in next Sunday’s final. There's no question his career can use that sort of a boost.
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.
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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.
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