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national hockey league

MVP Gaborik tips hat (trick)to Rangers’ teammate

OTTAWA – Marian Gaborik made New York Rangers teammate Henrik Lundqvist pay for not selecting him to play for Daniel Alfredsson’s team in the NHL All-Star game.

Gaborik beat Lundqvist twice in the first period, finished with three goals and an assist and earned MVP honors in leading Team Chara to a 12-9 win over Team Alfredsson on Sunday.

Chara, with the eventual winning goal, Marian Hossa and Corey Perry broke the game open by scoring three times in a span of 1:22 that put their club ahead 11-8 with 6:34 remaining.

nfl

Ex-Bronco Marshall named Pro Bowl MVP with 4 TDs

HONOLULU – Brandon Marshall caught six passes for 176 yards and a Pro Bowl-record four touchdowns, and the AFC used a second-half surge to beat the NFC 59-41 on Sunday.

The Miami Dolphins wide receiver, formely with the Denver Boncos, had a touchdown catch in each quarter.

He was selected the game’s MVP.It was clear from the start it was Marshall’s day. He hauled in a deflected, go-ahead 47-yard TD pass from Andy Dalton, while on his back, to give the AFC a 38-35 lead late in the third quarter. It was Marshall’s third TD catch of the game, tying Jimmy Smith’s Pro Bowl record set in 2004.

golf

Tiger melts down in the heat of the United Arab Emirates

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Robert Rock held his nerve Sunday to hold off U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship for the biggest win of the Englishman’s career.The 117th-ranked Rock shot a 2-under 70 for an overall 13-under 275 to beat the 22-year Northern Irishman by a shot and the 14-time major winner by two. Woods finished in a tie for third with Thomas Bjorn (68) and Graeme McDowell (68).

After triple bogey 8 at 18, Stanley loses in playoff

SAN DIEGO – Brandt Snedeker won the Farmers Insurance Open in a playoff not even he thought was possible.

Kyle Stanley led by seven shots early in the final round Sunday, and he still had a four-shot lead as he stood on the 18th tee at Torrey Pines. Just like that, he went from being anointed a rising star to a meltdown that ranks among the most shocking in golf.

Snedeker, who had already finished his round, watched Stanley spin a wedge into the water, then three-putt from 45 feet for a triple-bogey 8 and a 74.

Two playoff holes later, both were in shock.Snedeker’s tee shot hopped over the green and would have gone into a canyon except that it bounced off a television tower. He chipped to about 5 feet and made the par.

Stanley three-putted again from just outside 45 feet, his 5-foot par putt catching the right lip.

World Cup Ski Racing

Vonn’s weekend sweep comes up .03 short

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland – Lindsey Vonn was denied a three-win weekend sweep by just 0.03 seconds as Maria Hoefl-Riesch won a super-combined event Sunday.

The scheduled men’s World Cup super-G in Garmish-Partenkirchen, Germany, was canceled Sunday because of thick fog.

Women’s soccer

Wambach moves ahead of Lilly; U.S. wins 4-nil;

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Abby Wambach and Alex Morgan scored two goals apiece, and the U.S. women’s soccer team beat Canada 4-0 on Sunday night in the championship game of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament.

Wambach pushws her total to 131 international goals, one ahead of longtime U.S. captain Kristine Lilly and into second place on the career list. The 31-year-old forward trails only Mia Hamm at 158.

Associated Press