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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.
APScott Downs (1-3) gave up two runs — one earned — and six hits in six innings for Toronto, which lost its fourth straight. He was making his Yankee Stadium debut.
“I went out on the field when nobody was out there and looked around,” he said. “It’s a dream come true. A lot of kids dream about coming here to pitch, at Yankee Stadium, and I got to do it.”
Gibbons was ejected by plate umpire Marvin Hudson in the seventh for arguing after Bernie Williams was called safe at the plate on Matsui’s two-run single. Zaun had tried to block the plate.
“If you want them to fight for you, you have to fight for them,” Gibbons said.
New York went ahead in the second when Jorge Posada’s line drive that bounced off the glove of shortstop Russ Adams into short left field for an error that allowed Rodriguez to score.
Matsui added a long sacrifice fly to left-center in the fifth and made it 4-0 with the seventh-inning single off Pete Walker.
Jason Giambi ended an 0-for-21 slide with a single in the fourth and had an RBI single in the seventh off left-hander Scott Schoeneweis, who also allowed a run-scoring single to Escalona.
Wright was pleased to have started the homestand with a win.
“Coming back home here after the way I pitched and getting hurt and whatnot, I think it was a big start for me,” he said. “I was excited to pitch again here.”
Notes: The game drew 50,162, ending the Yankees’ streak of consecutive sellouts at 22. New York has sold out 33 of 62 home dates and is on pace to draw a team-record 4.03 million fans, assuming no dates are lost to rainouts. ... Tino Martinez ran for Giambi in the seventh, his 2,000th major league appearance. ... Toronto was blanked for the ninth time, tying Cleveland and Oakland for the AL lead.
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