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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.
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.
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AP"Don't know a thing about his family and I don't really care," Headley said. "I probably looked at 200, maybe 250 horses the day I bought Surf Cat. But I only picked three.
"He met all my requirements, even though each one will be a little bit different," Headley continued. "He was a little flatter muscled, a little longer-legged, a little more elegant. But yet he had all the bone, all the girth, the straight leg. The horses I like all have a real nice look to their top line. To see that is hard to do, and to explain it is even harder."
As a racehorse, with three wins and three close seconds in six starts, Surf Cat has yet to waste an afternoon. His Swaps effort was thrilling, especially since he blew a shoe in the paddock then hit the first turn so fast he fishtailed.
"I don't think he saw the rail," Headley said of that turn. "His vision was blocked by the horse inside him, and he wears those semi-cups, so he just probably thought he was supposed to run straight. As for the lost shoe, I think that affected his trainer a lot more than it did him."
Surf Cat might not be quite ready to go hunting for Afleet Alex, but he has put the rest of the active West Coast 3-year-olds neatly behind him.
"I'm already way ahead of where I thought I'd be with this horse," Headley said. "So I'll stay cool. I won't be forced into running anywhere."
Even so, Headley will consult his various oracles before moving to the next step.
"I had an advantage," Headley said. "I got to watch champions, and I've taken something from every one - guys like Red McDaniel, Bill Molter, Frank Childs, Carl Roles, Buster Millerick, Charlie Whittingham.
"There are a lot of trainers who think they're geniuses in their own mind," Headley added. "I prefer to put as many geniuses as I could in my mind."
The first of three pools of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager begins its three-day run on Friday and the bet's opening scenario is very similar to each of its opening pools since the wager was created in 1999.
It's first time that Classic will be broadcast in primetime on Nov. 3.
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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.