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American Vonn wins downhill; earns second gold

Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, won for the fourth time in five races.  (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Lindsey Vonn won the downhill, for her second gold at the World Alpine Ski Championships in Val d’Isere, France giving her four victories in her last five races. Vonn became the second American woman to win two golds at a worlds. Andrea Mead Lawrence won the slalom and giant slalom at the 1952 Oslo Olympics, which doubled as the worlds.

Vonn was timed in 1 minute, 30.31 seconds for her run down the Rhone-Alpes course.

Swiss teen Lara Gut finished second, 0.52 behind.

In the men’s race, Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal won the super-combined. Julien Lizeroux of France was second, 0.90 behind, and Natko Zrncic-Dim of Croatia was third, 1.58 back.

Bode Miller squandered a chance at a medal, and Olympic champion Ted Ligety was disqualified because his bindings were slightly too high above his skis.

Vonn cut her right thumb on a champagne bottle while celebrating her downhill victory.

Vonn required four stitches to close the wound, but team officials said they did not expect her to miss her remaining events, giant slalom and slalom.

NBA

Radmanovic key in debut

Emeka Okafor had 19 points and 16 rebounds, Vladimir Radmanovic hit three fourth-quarter 3-pointers in his Charlotte debut, and the Bobcats pulled away from the road-weary Los Angeles Clippers for a 94-73 win Monday in Charlotte, N.C., to snap a five-game losing streak.

Boris Diaw and Raymond Felton added 15 points apiece for the injury-riddled Bobcats, who depended on Radmanovic two days after he was acquired from the Los Angeles Lakers.

Radmanovic finished the night with 13 points.

•Grizzlies beat short-handed Hornets: O.J. Mayo had 22 points and a career-high 16 rebounds, while Mike Conley scored 18 and handed out eight assists to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to an 85-80 victory over the New Orleans Hornets in Memphis, Tenn.

Peja Stojakovic scored 23 points to lead the Hornets, who were without their top three players in Chris Paul, Tyson Chandler and David West. Paul and Chandler were out with injuries, while West was suspended for the game after his flagrant foul against Minnesota’s Mike Miller on Sunday.

•Mavericks’ Terry has surgery: Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Terry had surgery in Dallas to stabilize a fracture in his left hand.

The team said there is no timetable for when Terry might return.

T-Wolves take big hit: Minnesota Timberwolves’ star center Al Jefferson, who has emerged as one of the best post players in the league, will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in his right knee.

Hockey

Devils shut down Rangers

Scott Clemmensen made 27 saves in posting his first NHL shutout in nearly five years, and Zach Parise scored twice to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 3-0 victory over the skidding New York Rangers.

•Flames take out Canadiens: Matthew Lombardi and Dustin Boyd scored short-handed goals to propel the Calgary Flames to a 6-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in Calgary, Alberta.

•Blues, Murray ink deal: The St. Louis Blues signed center Andy McDonald to a four-year contract extension.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

•Boston University wins Beanpot: Jason Lawrence scored the go-ahead goal for the second straight week and Boston University won yet another Beanpot, beating Northeastern 5-2 in the tournament’s 57th annual event in Boston.

In the consolation game, Benn Ferriero scored the tie-breaking goal; his second of the game, with 41.3 seconds left in regulation to lift Boston College to a 4-3 win over Harvard.

College Basketball

Tigers tackle Jayhawks

Zaire Taylor hit a 10-footer from just outside the lane with 1.3 seconds to go, capping No. 17 Missouri’s comeback from a 14-point halftime deficit in a 62-60 victory over No. 16 Kansas in Columbia, Mo.

DeMarre Carroll had 22 points and seven rebounds for the Tigers (21-4, 8-2 Big 12).

Cole Aldrich had 15 rebounds, five blocked shots and eight points for Kansas (19-5, 8-1).

•Young leads Pitt over Mountaineers: Sam Young scored 20 points as No. 4 Pittsburgh (22-2, 9-2 in Big East) seized the lead with a late first-half run and went on to beat rival West Virginia (16-8, 5-6) 70-59 in Pittsburgh.

Fresno State holds off Boise State: Paul George scored a career-high 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Monday night to help Fresno State (10-14, 2-7 WAC) hold off Boise State 88-82.

Kurt Cunningham scored 20 points for Boise State (16-7, 6-4).

•UNC women rally over Duke: Rashanda McCants scored 19 of her 22 points in the second half to help No. 8 North Carolina (21-3, 6-2 ACC) beat No. 4 Duke (19-3, 7-2) 75-60 at Chapel Hill, N.C.

Miscellany

Giants extend Carr

The New York Giants re-signed David Carr to back up Eli Manning at quarterback while cutting three veterans who finished the 2008 season on injured reserve: defensive backs Sam Madison and Sammy Knight, and running back Reuben Droughns.

Carr, the first overall pick by Houston in 2002, its first season in the NFL, threw only 12 passes last season, completing nine for 115 yards and two touchdowns.

•Weaver signs with Dodgers: Right-handed pitcher Jeff Weaver agreed to a minor league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers after taking last season off.

Weaver signed with the Seattle Mariners in 2007 and struggled with a 7-13 record and 6.20 ERA.

•NHRA delayed again: Persistent rain at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, Calif., forced NHRA officials to postpone the Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals until today.