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.
Getty ImagesHorse and rider remained patient as Hard Spun set a contested pace through rapid splits of :22.90, :46.26 and 1:11.13. They stuck close to the rail up the backstretch, moving out only once to pass long-shot Storm in May before resuming their rail-hugging journey.
Street Sense began to move in earnest on the far turn, slicing through the pack as tiring horses almost magically opened up a path for him along the inside. He moved out one path to go around Sedgefield as he straightened for home and set out after a stubborn Hard Spun, who had sprinted clear of his other pursuers.
He wore down the front runner with just over 1/8 mile left to run, then dove back over to his preferred spot on the rail after getting clear. A jubilant Borel began celebrating several strides before the wire, waving his right arm and pumping his fist.
“I looked under my arm and I seen I was about two or three lengths in front (of Hard Spun) . . . and there was no way he was going to beat me,” he said. “It’s the greatest moment of your life to pass under the wire in the Kentucky Derby in front.”
Nafzger, who is semi-retired from training and now works with just a handful of horses owned by three longtime clients, including Tafel, relied on the wisdom acquired during 37 years of training in going against the historic grain in training Street Sense for the Derby.
As for giving the horse just two prep races before the grueling Derby, he said his instinct told him that the horse had acquired the foundation needed for the challenge through his five races at 2 and would benefit from a little extra time to mature.
“To me there wasn’t anything to it,” he said. “It was a matter of getting him fit and getting his timing.”
Asked whether he feared the much-discussed “Breeders’ Cup jinx” — a streak that saw no winner of the 23 runnings of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile come back to capture the Kentucky Derby — he responded with a question.
|
Tiago was seventh, followed by Any Given Saturday, Sam P. and Nobiz Like Shobiz. Dominican was 11th, then came Zanjero, Great Hunter, Liquidity and Bwana Bull. Storm in May, who is blind in his right eye, was 16th, trailed by Teuflesberg, Scat Daddy, Stormello and Cowtown Cat in last.
Garrett Gomez said he got knocked around a bit aboard Any Given Saturday.
“Then Street Sense came blowing through there and it was like a big old wave,” Gomez said. “He knocked my horse out from under me and knocked him off his feet again. But that’s the Kentucky Derby.”
The first of three pools of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager begins its three-day run on Friday and the bet's opening scenario is very similar to each of its opening pools since the wager was created in 1999.
It's first time that Classic will be broadcast in primetime on Nov. 3.
 | INTERACTIVE |
 |
 | Slideshow |
 | Derby celebs Plenty of stars from the entertainment and sports world attend the 136th Kentucky Derby. more photos |
| INTERACTIVE |
 | Triple Crown winners The horses that have won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont in the same year. |
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.
NBC Sports TV and livestream listings
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.
