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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.
APGlavine believes he’s evolving in his craft, and Arizona manager Bob Melvin agreed.
“He’s throwing cutters,” Melvin said. “He’s throwing into left-handers, throwing changeups to left-handers, and it used to be just sinkers and changeups away for effect and go back out there. He’s pitching in a lot more and he’s manipulating the baseball off his fastball.”
The stretch ended when Gonzalez and Clark singled leading off the seventh. Clark was erased when Troy Glaus hit into a double play, but Green hit an RBI double into the gap to end the shutout bid.
New York scored twice in the first after Kaz Matsui singled with one out and Webb walked Carlos Beltran behind him. Floyd followed with a double into the right-field corner.
“Brandon is a tough pitcher,” said Floyd, who worked the count full before his first hit. “You’ve have to try to get him early. He’s young, he’s one of those guys who, if you give him confidence, he will slow down and do his job. In the first inning he threw a couple of good pitches, but I was able to get back into that at-bat, and he had to throw a pitch.”
Reyes made it 3-0 with his drive into the grandstand in the fifth.
In the sixth, Floyd and David Wright singled, putting runners on the corners with nobody out. But Webb struck out Diaz and got Mike Jacobs, making his first start after becoming the fourth player in franchise history to homer in his first major league at-bat the day before, to ground into an inning-ending double play.
Notes: Wright robbed Glaus of an extra-base hit in the second inning, taking two steps before diving to his right at third to stop a sharp grounder, then throwing out Glaus at first. ... Floyd has 23 RBIs in his last 31 games. ... Beltran stole second in the third, increasing the Mets’ NL-high total to 122 stolen bases. ... The Diamondbacks have lost 13 of 19.
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DeMarco: Plug in a well-heeled ownership group and negotiate one of those mega-bucks TV deals that are going around, and the Dodgers could become the west coast version of the New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox.
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