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Alex Ovechkin's record-setting goal in the first period wasn't enough to calm the nerves of the Washington Capitals, whose march toward the playoffs was being threatened by a nothing-to-play-for last place team.

His third-period blast that gave the Capitals the lead? Now, that did the trick. Serenaded again with chants of "M-V-P!" from the red-clad sellout crowd, Ovechkin scored his 64th and 65th...

The Nigerian Nightmare finally achieved his sweetest dream. Samuel Peter stopped Oleg Maskaev in the final seconds of the sixth round Saturday night, claiming Maskaev's WBC heavyweight title with one last flurry of powerful punches.

Peter (30-1, 23 KOs) was more potent and more poised than the 39-year-old champion in front of a lively sellout crowd at Plaza de Toros, Cancun's bullfighting ring and...