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Brittany Lincicome was brilliant when it mattered most.Lincicome sank a six-foot eagle putt on No. 18 to upstage good friend Kristy McPherson and win the Kraft Nabisco Championship on Sunday, capturing her first victory in a major.

Paul Casey won the Shell Houston Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory, beating J.B. Holmes with a bogey on the first playoff hole.

Tom Izzo was surrounded by coaches and confidants in a conference room at Michigan State’s hotel, trying to figure out how to beat North Carolina for the national title.

Less than 12 hours after beating Villanova in the Final Four, Wayne Ellington and some North Carolina teammates chatted over breakfast Sunday about what it was like to play in front of 70,000 fans at Ford Field.

Moments after any sliver of hope for a post-season appearance officially disappeared, the Toronto Raptors took the news in stride — perhaps because despite their late-season surge, the stage had been set for their early dismissal well before Sunday.

RDC Queens head coach Rob Weddell seemed very relaxed as he sat in the stands watching the team’s ID camp at the Arena Saturday afternoon.

Canada’s Kevin Martin lived up to the pre-tournament hype Sunday, crushing two opponents to earn a share of first place along at the Ford world men’s curling championship.

It didn’t take long for the Bentley Generals to regain their momentum in the McKenzie Cup senior AAA hockey series against the Fort St. John Flyers.

Hope remains alive in Edmonton.

As his Michigan State teammates hustled downcourt, Kalin Lucas looked around at a stadium ablaze in green and white, turned on his megawatt smile and raised both his arms.