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.
THE GAINESVILLE SUN - APThere cannot be a discussion of top teams anymore — not after George Mason’s run — without mentioning a team from one of the non-BCS leagues.
Hofstra, which beat Mason twice this season, has its top three scorers returning and will be the favorite in the Colonial Athletic Association. No threat of anyone jumping to the NBA, which is also a pretty good reason a top-shelf coach like Tom Pecora turned down Seton Hall.
Brace yourself. The payoff for Mason’s run to the Final Four is that a CAA team, Hofstra, could start the season in the Top 25.
Southern Illinois has its top eight players back from a team that won 22 games and was an 11-seed in the NCAA Tournament. It could be the class of the Missouri Valley Conference, though Creighton and Wichita State have made themselves consistent Valley contenders.
In the SEC, Alabama should rule the West with Florida, Tennessee and Kentucky in charge in the East. Once again, the league is taking an NBA hit, but that happened last spring, too, and did not prevent the SEC from getting two teams in the Final Four.
The Crimson Tide returns point guard Ronald Steele and 6-10 Jermareo Davidson. They also have 6-8 forward Richard Hendrix back for a solid front line.
In the Big East, Georgetown could loom as a preseason favorite, along with Pitt, which played a lot of young players. UConn will be decimated by the NBA draft — losing its top six — but how do you leave the Huskies out of the mix?
They get back guard A.J. Price and return guard Craig Austrie, along with bruising rebounder Jeff Adrien. It will be a smaller, faster team that will handle the ball better and play better defense out front. Even without a big man — Andrew Bynum went pro last year — the Huskies are going to be formidable, as usual.
Villanova will get forward Curtis Sumpter back from injury, but there seems to be a question whether Kyle Lowery will return. How can he try the NBA without a jump shot?
Although North Carolina will be the class of the ACC, how do you rule out Duke? Forward Josh McRoberts is All-American caliber. Georgia Tech should get itself together with freshman Thaddeus Young, who is rated the third best high school player in the country.
UCLA is going to be everybody’s favorite in the Pac-10, but Washington, even without Brandon Roy, is going to be a nice team, especially with a recruiting class that is ranked among the Top 10.
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.
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 15 points and Evan Smotrycz added 13, helping No. 22 Michigan remain unbeaten at home with a 70-61 win over Illinois on Sunday.
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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.