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.
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.
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Rocket’s return Click to see highlights from Roger Clemens’ career, including his return to the Yankees. |
In his last season in the American League, Clemens was anything but dominant despite his 17-9 record. American League hitters batted .247 against him and right-handed hitter tuned him up with a .287 average.
He was particularly vulnerable at home, going 7-7 at Yankee Stadium with a 5.22 earned run average. Clemens, who was virtually devoid of run support the last two years in Houston, has the advantage of a powerful Yankee batting order behind him. In 2003, the Yankees provided him with 6 or more runs in 16 of his 33 starts.
If Clemens wanted another payday, he should have stayed in his rocking chair league and continued to face the NL’s seven-man lineups. He will get no rest facing the destructive power in the American League.
Clemens stole the headlines with his announcement from Steinbrenner’s box Sunday. But reality is on its way and his American League return may come on what should be a beautiful June 1 evening in Fenway Park. The sight of Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz may not be beneficial to this senior citizen’s longterm happiness.
Clemens says anything but the Yankees winning the World Series will mean that his return will have been a failure. But who is he crapping? Clemens may moan publicly when the Yankees fall short of that goal, but $4.5 million a month goes a long way.
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Most of the baseball world is genuflecting toward the return of Clemens. How about calling it as it is? A full-fledged money grab by a man who should know better.
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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.
