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Keegan Bradley had no thoughts about a course record, or the possibility of a 59, after consecutive bogeys in the middle of his opening round in the Byron Nelson Championship at Irving, Texas. Until his 136-yard wedge shot on his final hole Thursday. "It was going right at it. [A 59] crossed my mind for a second, and it would be unbelievable if I buried this," Bradley said. "But I had three feet to shoot 60. I was actually very nervous, uncomfortable over it and thank God I made it. " Bradley shot 10-under-par 60, completed by that short birdie at the 428-yard ninth hole, to break the TPC Four Seasons course record and match the best round ever at the Nelson.

The 18,000-plus fans who crammed into Staples Center didn't want to leave, lingering to digest what they had seen and savor an improbable moment. Who could blame them for trying to prolong a moment so stunning that it was at least the equal of the many feats the Kings pulled off last spring in winning the Stanley Cup for the first time in 45 years? The Kings won a game they seemed bound to lose Thursday, rallying for two goals in the last two minutes for a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks to take a solid 2-0 series lead.

at Charlotte 107, Denver 95: Gerald Wallace had 25 points and 16 rebounds and the Bobcats frustrated Carmelo Anthony to end the Nuggets' four-game winning streak. Anthony, the NBA's leading scorer, had 34 points and seven rebounds, but he picked up a technical foul with just under a minute left. New Jersey 103, at Chicago 101: Brook Lopez scored 25 points and Devin Harris made the go-ahead basket with 14.9 seconds left as the Nets got their second win of the season and first on the road.

CHICAGO - What's that thing called when you score more runs than the other team for a few days in a row? Oh yeah, a winning streak. The Angels reacquainted themselves with the concept Saturday night with a 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox in U.S. Cellular Field to extend their winning streak to three, matching a season high. Jerome Williams survived a five-hit second inning to throw 6 2/3 strong innings, giving up two runs and seven hits; Mike Trout hit a two-run home run in the first, and the bullpen combined for 21/3 innings, as the Angels won their first road series of the year.

Tomas Plekanec scored his second goal of the game in overtime and the Montreal Canadiens ended Washington's team-record winning streak at 14 games with a 6-5 victory over the Capitals on Wednesday night. The Capitals, who hadn't lost in nearly a month, fell three wins short of tying the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins' NHL-record streak of 17 games. Brooks Laich tied it at 5-5 for Washington, scoring his third goal of the game with 18.4 seconds left and goalie Jose Theodore pulled for an extra attacker.

at Utah 120, Orlando 111: Deron Williams scored 32 points and had 15 assists and eight rebounds, leading the Jazz to a victory that snapped the Magic's six-game winning streak. Boston 104, at Washington 102: Rajon Rondo's driving dunk with a minute remaining broke a tie and led the Eastern Conference-leading Celtics to their ninth straight victory. -- associated press

Marian Gaborik scored two goals and added an assist as the New York Rangers ended a three-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory against the Phoenix Coyotes on Monday night. New York netted two goals on five shots in the first period and two more on only six more attempts in the second to chase goalie Ilya Bryzgalov. -- associated press

Jason Kidd had 20 points and nine assists, Caron Butler added 16 points, and the Dallas Mavericks recovered from a lethargic start and matched the NBA's longest winning streak this season with their 13th straight victory, 96-87, over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night. Rookie Roddy Beaubois' 16 points and Shawn Marion's 14 points and 13 rebounds helped the Mavericks equal Cleveland's winning streak from Jan. 10-Feb. 11. -- associated press

Could Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs today? Could Wayne Gretzky score 200 points today? Could UCLA win 88 in a row today? Could Wilt Chamberlain score 100 points and average 50 points and 25 rebounds a season today? Who knows? These people were head and shoulders above their peers at the time. The UConn women have won 89 consecutive games. Don't compare them to others, revel in their accomplishment; they are head and shoulders above their peers. Bill Homann San Marcos :: Congratulations to the UConn women's basketball team for winning their 89th straight game and extending the women's record that they own. However, they did not break the men's record set by UCLA.

HOUSTON — Aaron Brooks swished a jumper with 2.9 seconds left and scored 31 points to help the Houston Rockets rally for a 125-123 victory over Denver on Monday night, snapping the Nuggets' six-game winning streak. Carmelo Anthony scored 45 points for the Nuggets, but missed a three-point try at the buzzer. Luis Scola grabbed the final rebound. Scola, who was coming off a career-high 44-point game, converted a key three-point play with 41 seconds remaining to put Houston ahead, 122-121.

The Miami Marlins have the worst record in the National League. Their lineup Saturday night included three position players batting .170 or worse. But a 7-1 victory at Dodger Stadium over this band of fringe major leaguers transformed the Dodgers' clubhouse. Music blared over the sound system. Children ran and screamed. Players were smiling. The eight-game losing streak was over. The last-place Dodgers won for the first time this month, as Hyun-Jin Ryu pitched 6 2/3 innings and Andre Ethier collected four hits.

The Dodgers are delivering on the promise they made in their marketing slogan. This is "A Whole New Blue. " These Dodgers have hit depths unknown to them even during their 10 months in bankruptcy, their 5-4 defeat against a group of no-names wearing Miami Marlins uniforms Friday night extending their losing streak to eight games. The last time the Dodgers lost eight consecutive games was in 2008. That losing streak was immediately followed by an eight-game winning streak and those Dodgers went on to win the National League West.

When: 2 p.m. Where: Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kan. On the air: TV: UniMas; Radio: 690. Records: Chivas USA 3-3-2, Sporting Kansas City 4-3-2. Record vs. Sporting Kansas City (2012): 0-1-0. Update: Chivas USA is looking for its first victory in four games after posting two losses and a tie in April. Among the players hoping to help Chivas USA is rookie forward Julio Morales, a 19-year-old Glendale native still looking to score his first goal in Major League Soccer.

OAKLAND -- A strong scent of desperation was in the air Wednesday in the Oakland Coliseum, where Angels Manager Mike Scioscia, his bullpen options limited by injury and ineffectiveness, went to extreme lengths to win a game Scioscia left starter C.J. Wilson in long enough to throw 123 pitches, a decision the left-hander rewarded by rebounding from a 36-pitch first inning to give up two runs and six hits in 61/3 innings and escape...

Pluses Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis, who will be 38 in June, became the oldest player to win the NHL scoring title. He took over the lead Wednesday from Sidney Crosby, who had held it since suffering a broken jaw on March 30. St. Louis finished with 17 goals and 60 points in 48 games, three points ahead of teammate Steven Stamkos (29 goals, 57 points). St. Louis previously won the scoring title in 2003-04. Undrafted, cut by two NHL teams, written off as too small, he's a great lesson in perseverance.

With only five regular-season games remaining, the Ducks start a four-game swing through western Canada Friday when they first visit Calgary before two games at Edmonton and another at Vancouver. Ducks center Andrew Cogliano said he hoped a trip to hockey-crazed Canada might jolt the Ducks out of their three-game losing streak. "We go to Canada, good hockey atmosphere," Cogliano said. "It's a good time to get ready, a good team-bonding trip to play some good hockey and go into the playoffs playing well.

Lyle Overbay and Aaron Hill hit home runs and Toronto ended New York's winning streak at seven games with a 5-4 victory Monday night. Overbay drove in two runs, and Edwin Encarnacion and Joe Inglett also drove in runs for the Blue Jays, who played an inspired game about 30 minutes after learning that teammate Alex Rios had been claimed off waivers by the Chicago White Sox. Shawn Camp (1-5) picked up the victory in relief of starter Marc Rzepczynski, who gave up three home runs and didn't make it out of the fourth inning.

at Chicago 101, Atlanta 98 (OT): Derrick Rose scored a career-high 32 points and the Bulls overcame a season-high 40 points from Joe Johnson to end the Hawks' winning streak at six games. at Phoenix 121, Washington 95: Steve Nash had 15 points and 15 assists before sitting out the fourth quarter as the Suns, the only NBA team without a home loss, improved to 10-0 in Phoenix. Utah 110, at Charlotte 102: Deron Williams had 23 points and 10 assists, and Carlos Boozer had 22 points and 11 rebounds as the Jazz bounced back from Friday's blowout loss in Atlanta.

They tried to patch it together in the absence of defensemen Matt Greene and Willie Mitchell, acquiring one young defenseman in February and a veteran defenseman April 1. Others received expanded responsibility with the Kings, and, at times, flourished. Still, with the playoffs looming, the best replacement for Greene was always going to be Greene, of course. (Unfortunately, that won't work with Mitchell, whose future remains murky.) Greene, who had back surgery to repair a herniated disc, played in his first game since Jan. 19, and it was a measured success.

Ten minutes into his band's performance Friday night at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, singer Damon Albarn of Blur realized he hadn't introduced himself. So after a hard-driving rendition of Blur's song "There's No Other Way," the frontman took a second to address the tens of thousands of music fans sprawled across the manicured grounds of the Empire Polo Club. "For those of you out there who are unfamiliar with us," he said, "we're from England. " The audience might've guessed.