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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.
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.
NEW YORK - Ratings for baseball’s All-Star game hit a new low for the second straight year.
The American League’s 7-5 victory over the National League in Detroit received an 8.1 rating and 14 share on FOX, Nielsen Media Research said Wednesday, down 8 percent from the 8.8 rating for the AL’s 9-4 win last year in Houston.
The AL took a 7-0 lead in Tuesday night’s game, which was watched by an average of 8,878,000 television households, a decrease from 9,504,000 last year. FOX estimated 29.5 million people tuned in, down from 32.8 rating last year.
This year’s game, which gave Fox a prime time win, had a high rating of 9.2 from 9:30-10 p.m., then dropped to an 8.4 as the AL went ahead 5-0 and a 7.7 when it took a seven-run lead.
While baseball’s All-Star rating has declined it easily remains the strongest among the major U.S. sports — and the only one this year that has been televised by on an over-the-air network.
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There was no NHL All-Star game this year because of the lockout that ended Wednesday, which wiped out the 2004-05 season.
St. Louis, where the game drew a 23.3/34, was the highest-rated market for the third straight year, followed by host Detroit, at 22.5/33, up 58 percent from last year’s 14.2/21. With four members of the World Series champion Red Sox in the starting lineup, the game drew a 19.5/33 in Boston, an increase of 54 percent from last year’s 12.7/23.
The famous 1971 All-Star game, when six future Hall of Famers homered at Detroit’s Tiger Stadium, got a 27.0 rating and 50 share on NBC, and it was watched by an average of 16.23 million homes. That was in an era when ABC, CBS and NBC dominated the ratings and there was little or no competition from cable television.
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After leading by 18 points in the first half, the Los Angeles Lakers were staring at a four-point deficit with less than two minutes to play.
