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.
PBT: Jeremy Lin wasn't his hot self on Saturday, but he still led the Knicks to victory.
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.
NBAE/Getty ImagesWonder who is the most popular female athlete today? The answer is both surprising and telling.
The people at Marketing Evaluations Inc., which has compiled its Q-score familiarity ratings for more than 40 years, asked sports fans in March who their favorite athletes were.
Michael Jordan topped the list as usual, followed by Tiger Woods. The first female ranked No. 22, just behind Larry Bird.
Her name? Kristi Yamaguchi.
Yes, Kristi Yamaguchi. She won a gold medal in figure skating in 1992, then toured with “Stars on Ice.” More recently she was skating in her own “Friends and Family” ice show.
All fine accomplishments, but she hasn’t competed in 15 years.
Three of the top five women in the sports Q ratings are retired figure skaters, which by itself should tell you something about the state of women’s sports. The top active player was Serena Williams at No. 50, followed a few spots later by softball player Jennie Finch.
And for all the hype over the 1999 women’s World Cup and its promise to transform women’s sports in the United States, Mia Hamm is the only player from that team to crack the top 100.
My guess is that Laila Ali may surpass them all in the next survey, not because of her boxing skills but because of her name and the fact she has become a hit on “Dancing With The Stars.”
The WNBA has had a decade to prove itself but remains a niche sport, the women’s pro soccer league is no longer around, and the LPGA has to buy its own time if it wants to be on network television.
Yes, Saturday’s a big day if you’re a WNBA fan. The league opens its second decade with five games, including a game between Sacramento and Detroit that will be televised on ABC, and opening game crowds should be respectable.
They might even get a few highlights on ESPN if Arena Football doesn’t hog them all.
But until women fans become fans of women sports, this may be as good as it gets.
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.
NEW YORK (AP) - As the glow fades from the Giants' Super Bowl triumph, some New York sports fans are tuning in to basketball and hockey, with the Rangers in first place and the Knicks' overnight sensation, Jeremy Lin, sparking "Lin-sanity.''
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.