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.
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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.
APForget the B-list stars. I’ve got just the athletes who could make things really interesting:
TONYA HARDING — Perfect for the role with her experience on ice, and a very competitive nature that should serve her well. Can get frustrated, though, when judges don’t treat her right.
TANK JOHNSON — He was actually a leading candidate for the show, but declined, citing prior obligations elsewhere. Right now the Bears’ lineman is serving those obligations in the Cook County Jail in Chicago.
JOHN McENROE — Not sure how the talent scouts missed him because the former tennis player loves a big stage. He’s not much of a dancer, but ratings will soar the first time he gets criticized and responds by screaming in judge Carrie Anna Inaba’s face.
BARRY BONDS — The only problem will be convincing Bonds that he can’t compete by himself. That, and he’ll have to remember his partner’s name.
PACMAN JONES — Actually, the Tennessee Titans’ cornerback could become an instructor on the show instead of a contestant. He was last seen promoting the art of dancing by showering more than 40 women with bagfuls of dollar bills on the stage of a Las Vegas strip club.
TOMMY LASORDA — Nobody’s a bigger ham than Lasorda, and he’s got to have picked up some moves after more than a half century in baseball. Besides, he looks better in a tux than he does in a Dodgers uniform.
SHAQUILLE O’NEAL — He’s nearing the end of his career, and looking for new challenges. Just the idea of Shaq doing the tango would be enough for me to tune in.
PEYTON MANNING — So the winning Super Bowl quarterback can barely put one foot in front of the other. So what. He’s not much of an actor, either, but that didn’t stop sponsors from airing his commercials every five minutes during the football season.
MIKE TYSON — He once vowed to eat Lennox Lewis’ children, and bit off a piece of Evander Holyfield’s ear. But can he do a Viennese Waltz?
Pity the poor judge who tells him he can’t.
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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Robins: This year, six new breeds will be making their debut on the green carpet for the Westminster Dog Show, which begins Monday.
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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.