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Ryan Callahan scored three goals as the New York Rangers beat Philadelphia 5-2 on Saturday for their seventh straight win over the Flyers.
Jeremy Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
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.
CFT: Jordan Jefferson makes it clear he wasn't happy with LSU's game plan in the Tigers' BCS Championship Game loss to Alabama.
Move over, Hollywood and NFL types, golf's two real A-listers take center stage Sunday at Pebble Beach, both in need of a win.
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.
Luis Suarez's refusal to shake hands with Patrice Evra overshadowed Manchester United's 2-1 win over rival Liverpool that lifted the defending champions to first place in the Premier League on Saturday.
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.
An unidentified Florida Marlins batboy — suspended for taking on a milk-drinking dare from a player — is finding a finanacial boon may come with his sudden fame.
The batboy was suspended by the team for six games for accepting a dare from Dodgers pitcher Brad Penny to drink a gallon of milk in an hour without throwing up. Penny used to pitch for the Marlins. According to Penny, the boy drank the milk in the allotted time, but could not keep it down.
In the wake of the suspension, the Milk Processor Education Program is offering to pay the batboy $500, the original prize of the dare, plus any lost wages that resulted from the suspension, ESPN reported on Thursday. According to the report, the batboy must agree to drink three glasses of milk a day, but not all at one sitting.
Also, according to ESPN, the Twins' minor-league team in Fort Myers, Florida has offered to have the boy as an honorary batboy during their game on Monday.
"Similar to a rehab stint, we want to help this kid stay on top of his game," Fort Myers Miracle GM Steve Gliner told ESPN. "Instead of crying over spilt milk, we decided to offer him the honorary post."
According to the Miami Herald, Penny was angry about the suspension.
''It's kind of ridiculous that you get a 10-game suspension for steroids and a six-game suspension for milk,'' Penny told the paper.
Penny pitched for the Marlins from 2000 until the middle of last season, when he was traded to the Dodgers.
''It's ridiculous that they worry about stuff like that,'' Penny told the Herald. "It shows they [the Marlins organization] don't know anything about the game. That kind of stuff goes on everywhere. It didn't affect the way he worked, the way he did his job.''
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