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.
PBT: Jeremy Lin wasn't his hot self on Saturday, but he still led the Knicks to victory.
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.
APWith only one starter – senior left tackle Levi Brown – back, the offensive line was one of the biggest question marks for Penn State heading into this season.
Even before last week’s struggles rushing the ball against Akron, Nittany Lions coach Joe Paterno had cause for concern over his inexperienced blockers.
“Until we play a game, when you play a bunch of kids who haven’t played in a football game, you are always going to be worried about them,” Paterno said in the preseason.
Hunt averaged 6 yards per carry in 2005. Against Akron his average per rush: 2.5 yards.
After the meager ground game vs. the Zips, Paterno was disappointed that the offensive line got flustered, and became tentative coming off the football.
But the veteran coach holds the belief that the unit’s troubles were more mental than physical. He is not planning any changes in his starters up front for the tilt with Notre Dame, but this week Elijah Robinson, a 6-foot-2, 287-pound sophomore, has been moved from defensive line to offensive line.
Nittany Lions fans hoping for an upset of the No. 4-ranked Fighting Irish know that without improvement from the running game, the chances of a win in South Bend are not real encouraging.
Paterno does have an encouraging thought: “I think a good football team gets better from the first to the second game than at any other time during the year.”
But the coach also knows having his offensive line display improvement in Notre Dame’s house is asking a lot.
Said Paterno: "I think we have a chance to have a pretty good offensive line. I just don't think we were ready for some of the things we saw last week.
“Obviously, we're going to have a tougher time this week. We're playing on the road; there will be a lot of crowd noise; we have to pay attention to the snap counts and not get panicky when something goes wrong.
“We're in a development state. We're not there yet. We've just got to stay patient."
It took a while for the light bulb to go on, but when it did, Jonas Gray finally showed the talent many had expected from the blue-chip prospect from Detroit. In a recent interview, Gray, who is rehabbing an ACL injury to get ready for the NFL Scouting Combine, expressed the confidence and support he has for head coach Brian Kelly.
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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.