Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.
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Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Kobe Bryant hit a baseline jump shot with 4.2 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up a six-game road trip by holding on to beat the Raptors 94-92 on Sunday, their eighth victory in nine meetings with Toronto
Arc's five up, five down: After No. 11 Michigan State's 58-48 upset of No. 3 Ohio State, you'd be a fool to discount the Spartans' national title chances now.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
Golf's dream pairing - Woods and Mickelson - is on the course in the final round at Pebble Beach. Jason Sobel has hole-by-hole reports.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Euro Roundup: First-place Manchester City won 1-0 at Aston Villa on Sunday on Joleon Lescott's goal in the 63rd minute, maintaining its two-point lead over Manchester United in the Premier League.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
Robins: It’s the Year of the Dragon on the Lunar calendar, and this Chinese influence could extend to it also being the year of the Pekingese on the green carpet at the 136th Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday.
ReutersTony Gonzalez became the first tight end to top 50 catches in eight consecutive seasons. Gonzalez was tied with Shannon Sharpe, who accomplished the feat with Denver between 1992-98. Gonzalez had nine catches for 98 yards against Houston, giving him 54 this season. He has a catch in 78 consecutive games, the second-longest streak in Chiefs history; Stephone Paige made a catch in 83 straight games between 1985-91.
Green shook off last week’s three interceptions and completed 19 of 29 passes for 220 yards and three touchdowns with one interception.
A week after gaining just 209 yards at Buffalo, the Chiefs had 446 yards and 28 first downs.
Houston started a comeback in the second half, scoring 10 straight points, but Eddie Kennison caught his second touchdown of the night in the fourth quarter to thwart that. Kennison scored on passes of 26 and 7 yards.
Domanick Davis had a solid performance in his first game back after sitting out two weeks with a knee injury. He had 13 carries for 57 yards and a second-half touchdown, adding 53 yards on three receptions.
Rookie kick returner Jerome Mathis, who has also missed the last two games, had 266 yards on seven returns and a touchdown.
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He’s the only player to return two kickoffs for touchdowns this season, and the return was the longest in Texans history. It was also only the second time this season Houston scored in the first quarter.
Notes: Sunday marked the first time since early October, that the Texans had both Andre Johnson and Davis in the starting lineup. ... Chiefs kicker Lawrence Tynes extended his streak of consecutive games with a field goal to 13 with a 35-yard field goal in the first quarter.
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Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.
