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.
APSkiing (Freestyle)
The U.S. can nominate up to three athletes per gender in each freestyle discipline (moguls and aerials) based on their World Cup results from June 1 to Jan. 30, 2006. Also, the U.S. Olympic Trials were Dec. 30 at Steamboat Springs, Colo., with the aerials and moguls winners earning automatic berths on the Olympic team.
If spots remain open, they may be filled by the coaching staff.
The United States has five of the top 11 moguls skiers in the world and one or two will almost certainly be left behind when the plane leaves for Turin.
On the men’s side, defending World Cup champ Jeremy Bloom claimed the automatic spot with a win in the trials.
Toby Dawson, Nate Roberts and Travis Mayer have all spent plenty of time on international podiums, too.
For the women, world champion Hannah Kearney claimed her berth in Steamboat Springs. Veterans Shannon Bahrke, Jillian Vogtli and Michelle Roark, as well as newcomer Laurel Shanley, are also expected to contend for spots in Turin.
In aerials, young Ryan St. Onge and Emily Cook grabbed the automatic spots by leading the way at the Olympic Trials.
Jeret “Speedy” Peterson, who won the World Cup title in 2005, and Joe Pack will also battle for spots on the team. Kate Reed and Jana Lindsey lead the way for the women.
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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.
