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 three goals as the New York Rangers beat Philadelphia 5-2 on Saturday for their seventh straight win over the Flyers.
Jeremy Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
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.
CFT: Jordan Jefferson makes it clear he wasn't happy with LSU's game plan in the Tigers' BCS Championship Game loss to Alabama.
Move over, Hollywood and NFL types, golf's two real A-listers take center stage Sunday at Pebble Beach, both in need of a win.
The United States swept favored Switzerland out of the Davis Cup on Saturday when Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan beat Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Luis Suarez's refusal to shake hands with Patrice Evra overshadowed Manchester United's 2-1 win over rival Liverpool that lifted the defending champions to first place in the Premier League on Saturday.
Marlies Schild of Austria won her sixth World Cup slalom of the season Saturday after overall leader Lindsey Vonn and defending champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch crashed out in the opening run on the windy Pyrenees course.
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.
Saturday, 6 p.m. ET (CBS)
At Honolulu
(s-starter; x-will not play, injury/personal reasons; y-injury replacement)
American Football Conference
Offense
Wide Receivers
— s-Andre Johnson, Houston; s-Chad Johnson, Cincinnati; Marvin Harrison, Indianapolis; Reggie Wayne, Indianapolis.
— x-Willie Anderson, Cincinnati; sy-Marcus McNeill, San Diego; x-Jonathan Ogden, Baltimore; s-Tarik Green, Indianapolis; y-Matt Light, New England.
— s-Alan Faneca, Pittsburgh; s-Will Shields, Kansas City; Brian Waters, Kansas City.
— s-Jeff Saturday, Indianapolis; Nick Hardwick, San Diego.
— s-Antonio Gates, San Diego; Tony Gonzalez, Kansas City.
— s-Peyton Manning, Indianapolis; Carson Palmer, Cincinnati; x-Philip Rivers, San Diego; y-Vince Young, Tennessee.
— s-LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego; Larry Johnson, Kansas City; Willie Parker, Pittsburgh.
— s-Lorenzo Neal, San Diego.
— s-Aaron Schobel, Buffalo; s-Jason Taylor, Miami; Derrick Burgess, Oakland.
— x-Richard Seymour, New England; s-Jamal Williams, San Diego; s-Casey Hampton, Pittsburgh; John Henderson, Jacksonville.
— s-Shawne Merriman, San Diego; s-Adalius Thomas, Baltimore; Terrell Suggs, Baltimore.
— x-Al Wilson, Denver; s-Zach Thomas, Miami; yx-Ray Lewis, Baltimore; y-Bart Scott, Baltimore.
— s-Champ Bailey, Denver; s-Rasheen Mathis, Jacksonville; Chris McAlister, Baltimore.
— s-Troy Polamalu, Pittsburgh.
— s-Ed Reed, Baltimore; John Lynch, Denver.
— Brian Moorman, Buffalo.
— Nate Kaeding, San Diego.
— Justin Miller, New York.
— Kassim Osgood, San Diego.
Long snapper
— David Binn, San Diego.
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— x-Torry Holt, St. Louis; s-Steve Smith, Carolina; Anquan Boldin, Arizona; s-Donald Driver, Green Bay; Roy WIlliams, Detroit.
— x-Jammal Brown, New Orleans; s-Walter Jones, Seattle; s-Chris Samuels, Washington; y-Flozell Adams, Dallas
— x-Shawn Andrews, Philadelphia; s-Steve Hutchinson, Minnesota; s-Larry Allen, San Francisco; y-Ruben Brown, Chicago.
— x-Olin Kreutz, Chicago; s-Matt Birk, Minnesota; y-Andre Gurode, Dallas.
— s-Alge Crumpler, Atlanta; x-Jeremy Shockey, New York; Jason Witten, Dallas.
— s-Drew Brees, New Orleans; Marc Bulger, St. Louis; Tony Romo, Dallas.
— s-Frank Gore, San Francisco; Tiki Barber, New York; Steven Jackson, St. Louis.
— s-Mack Strong, Seattle.
— s-Julius Peppers, Carolina; s-Will Smith, New Orleans; Aaron Kampman, Green Bay.
— x-Tommie Harris, Chicago; s-Kevin Williams, Minnesota; s-Kris Jenkins, Carolina; y-Pat Williams, Minnesota.
— x-Lance Briggs, Chicago; s-DeMarcus Ware, Dallas; s-Julian Peterson, Seattle; y-Derrick Brooks, Tampa Bay.
— x-Brian Urlacher, Chicago; s-Lofa Tatupu, Seattle; y-Antonio Pierce, N.Y. Giants
— s-Ronde Barber, Tampa Bay; s-DeAngelo Hall, Atlanta; x-Lito Sheppard, Philadelphia; y-Walt Harris, San Francisco.
— s-Adrian Wilson, Arizona; Roy Williams, Dallas.
— x-Brian Dawkins, Philadelphia; sy-Sean Taylor, Washington.
— Mat McBriar, Dallas.
— Robbie Gould, Chicago.
— Devin Hester, Chicago.
— Brendan Ayanbadejo, Chicago.
Long Snapper
— Dave Moore, Tampa Bay.
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Jeremy Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
Doron Lamb hit a 3-pointer with 3:18 left to put No. 1 Kentucky ahead to stay, and the Wildcats took a big step toward a Southeastern Conference regular-season title by beating Vanderbilt 69-63 Saturday night for their 17th straight win.
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.