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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.
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Taking notes
Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman said he would pay close attention to the Presidents Cup matches, and he meant it.
Instead of watching on television, Lehman showed up on the course Friday. He was decked out in a white Presidents Cup shirt and stood behind the 18th green as Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco halved their better-ball match against Michael Campbell and Angel Cabrera.
“I’m just here to watch, to see who’s playing with who and how it works — how they interact, was it good, was it bad and if they would want to do it again,” Lehman said.
The Ryder Cup is one year from now in Ireland.
Lehman played in the Presidents Cup three times.
Flying Tiger
Team captains Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player had to stop their daily Presidents Cup news conference for a few seconds Friday evening when a noisy, low-flying plane went over the media tent.
“I hope Tiger comes back for morning play,” Nicklaus said, drawing a big laugh as he looked toward the ceiling. “He’s got to go to dinner somehow, guys.”
Wrapped wrist
After Friday’s rain delay, International player Peter Lonard returned to the course with his left wrist wrapped.
“My wrist just sort of locked up at the start of the week, and the (trainer) reckons it looks better if I put a little white towel around it or something — a magic sponge,” Lonard said. “It’s fine.”
It must be. He and Nick O’Hern beat Davis Love III and Kenny Perry 3 and 2.
TV switch
NBC has moved the first hour of Saturday’s Presidents Cup broadcast to the USA Network in order to devote an extra hour of coverage of Hurricane Rita’s expected landfall in the Gulf Coast.
USA will carry the tournament from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., while NBC airs a special edition of “Saturday Today.” NBC’s coverage of golf begins at 9 a.m. and is scheduled to end at 6 p.m.
Pointless players
After two days of the Presidents Cup, five players have yet to score a point: Fred Couples, Kenny Perry, David Toms and Davis Love III of the American team and Stuart Appleby of the International team.
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