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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.
PBT: Jeremy Lin wasn't his hot self on Saturday, but he still led the Knicks to victory.
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.
Golf's dream pairing - Woods and Mickelson - is on the course in the final round at Pebble Beach. Jason Sobel has 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.
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.
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.
AP“It looked like he just ran out of gas,” Nationals manager Frank Robinson said about Halama. “He had nothing.”
Abreu added an RBI single off Mike Stanton in the fourth, scoring Michaels, who went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three runs scored. Stanton was pitching in his fourth game in three days, symptomatic of a bullpen hampered by injuries and some short recent outings by starters.
“The thing about the pitching staff right now is it’s taxed. It’s overtaxed. It’s tired,” Robinson said.
For the Phillies, it was their third straight victory against teams trying to catch them in the wild-card standings, following two against the New York Mets.
Washington was a step late all night. In addition to Michaels’ play in the first, center fielder Preston Wilson had a ball go in and out of his glove on a tough play in the fourth. And Wilson was called out in the sixth when Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins ranged to his right and slid in the outfield grass to stop a grounder, then made a one-hop throw to first.
“We’ve got to realize what we’re playing for,” Wilkerson said. “Now’s the time to want it.”
Notes: Alex Gonzalez of the Devil Rays now has most at-bats with the bases loaded among active players without a grand slam. ... Phillies RHP Gavin Floyd will start Sunday in place of RHP Robinson Tejeda (inflammation in his pitching shoulder).
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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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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.