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.
Eleven shots separated Phil and Tiger Sunday at Pebble Beach as Lefty secured his 40th Tour win. Jason Sobel had 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.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
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.
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Reggie Bush isn't the best player in this draft. He's not even the best running back — his overweight if-he-ever-gets-his-Little-Debbie-eating-butt-in-shape teammate LenDale White is.
Every scout and personnel man and fantasy football geek will tell you Reggie Bush is the next Barry Sanders. He has speed and moves and strength and blah, blah, blah.
Did these guys watch the Rose Bowl?
Look, I'm no NFL talent evaluator, but I've got two eyes. When the teams' talent levels were the same in the Rose Bowl, when the defense had as much or more speed as the Southern California offense, suddenly Bush didn't look so untouchable, so incredible, so undeniably the best back in decades, as so many scouts have unequivocally claimed.
Bush had 13 carries for 82 yards and one score in the national title game. LenDale White had 20 carries for 124 yards and three touchdowns. And when the Trojans needed 2 yards, when the game was on the line and needed to be salted away, White got the ball. An NFL scout told me that night that the USC staff gambled by not putting the ball in the hands of their best player, the guy who had the best chance to pick up the first down.
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Watch the Rose Bowl again. Watch the USC offense try to stretch plays outside to create space for Bush. Watch how utterly fruitless it was. The Texas defense could run, and its front seven had fantastic lateral speed. And, in case you haven't heard: NFL defenses can run. Really fast.
USC obviously had rushing success against Texas, but the Trojans did so by running between the tackles. Bush (5-foot-11, 202) is not a between-the-tackles guy. He needs space to allow his moves and speed to take over.
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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.
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Wesseling: 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 AFC teams.
After leading by 18 points in the first half, the Los Angeles Lakers were staring at a four-point deficit with less than two minutes to play.
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.
