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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.
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.
Two-time Breeders' Cup Mile winner Goldikova will attempt to become the first horse in history to win three Breeders' Cup races next year as her owners, the Wertheimer brothers, announced Monday that the daughter of Anabaa would remain in training at the age of 5.
Trained by Freddy Head, Goldikova has won five other Group 1 races in France and England in addition to her consecutive triumphs in the Mile - the Prix Rothschild twice, the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp, the Prix Jacques le Marois, and the Falmouth Stakes. It is likely that she will be campaigned strictly at a mile in 2010 as her two efforts at other distances this year, the 1 1/8-mile, 55-yard Prix d'Ispahan and the seven-furlong Prix de la Foret, resulted in defeat.
Head has reported from his Chantilly training base that Goldikova has recovered well from her recent exertions at Santa Anita and will spend the winter at the Wertheimer's stud farm in Normandy. William Hill, picking up on the news that she will run again next year, immediately installed her as its 3-1 favorite to complete her Breeders' Cup Mile triple.
The Mile is the Breeders' Cup race in which repeat victories are most common. The Francois Boutin-trained Miesque, who was ridden by Head, got the ball rolling with wins in 1987 and 1988. Lure followed with a double for trainer Shug McGaughey and jockey Mike Smith in 1992 and 1993. And Michael Dickinson trained Da Hoss to victories in 1996 and 1998. Horses trained in France have won eight of the 26 Miles to date.
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.
NEW YORK (AP) - As the glow fades from the Giants' Super Bowl triumph, some New York sports fans are tuning in to basketball and hockey, with the Rangers in first place and the Knicks' overnight sensation, Jeremy Lin, sparking "Lin-sanity.''
Robins: This year, six new breeds will be making their debut on the green carpet for the Westminster Dog Show, which begins Monday.
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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.