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.
SportsTalk: Albert Pujols signs with the Angels and Prince Fielder joins the Tigers. Which team is better now?
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.
APThe war of words between Thomas and Chicago GM Ken Williams continued this spring. They stopped when Thomas, in his first game in Comiskey Park as a visiting player, homered twice to the adoring cheers of the Sox faithful.
His troubled left foot improved to the point where he was able to start 79 consecutive games. His bat turned back the clock, evoking chants of "M-V-P!" in Oakland. P.S.: He's been a model citizen.
If Thomas was a head-scratcher, the trade for Bradley was a jaw-dropper. The man who had raged his way out of Cleveland and Los Angeles was the negative image of the prototypical Beane acquisition — undeniable ability, unpredictable personality. At the cost of prized prospect Andre Ethier, no less.
Bradley's first problem in Oakland was his inability to stay healthy. Dogged by knee, side and shoulder ailments, he managed just 94 at-bats before the All-Star break, hitting .213. He caught fire after the break however, and has won the No. 3 spot in the order.
He still burns hot, temperamentally. He was ejected from a who-cares game against Anaheim last week after complaining about a third strike — to teammate Bobby Kielty. But he gives the A's an energy and edge they haven't had since, when? Rickey Henderson? Reggie Jackson? Elmer Valo?
Thomas gives the A's a presence they haven't had since a young Jose Canseco. It's quite a switch from the playoff A's of recent vintage. Those players may have been frat boys off the field, but they were monks on it. Maybe that's why they were 0-9 in potential series-clinching games.
Guess what? Now they're 1-10. And in the ALCS.
Maybe there has been enough turnover from those teams to create a new, positive energy this time around. Maybe this team's edgy presence is the missing ingredient. Maybe Beane should take even bigger risks this coming offseason.
Word has it a certain power-hitting left-fielder from just across the water might be available.
SportsTalk: Albert Pujols signs with the Angels and Prince Fielder joins the Tigers. Which team is better now?
DeMarco: Plug in a well-heeled ownership group and negotiate one of those mega-bucks TV deals that are going around, and the Dodgers could become the west coast version of the New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox.
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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.