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
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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.
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Getty Images fileAlso, Vick lied to Blank, who has been about as good to Vick as any boss could be to an employee. Granted, Blank understands what Vick’s popularity means to business, so he probably is wise to treat him well. Yet that doesn’t change the fact that Vick reportedly told Blank — point blank — that he had nothing to do with a dogfighting ring. Now Vick’s word is worthless, and an angry and betrayed Blank surely is seeking ways to void the quarterback’s contract.
Goodell probably thinks that telling Vick to skip training camp will calm much of the hysteria surrounding the case, and allow the league and the Falcons to continue with business.
It won’t.
This does nothing. PETA will still be out in force, picketing the league office and the Falcons’ camp. Other animal rights groups, as well as impromptu gatherings of other dog lovers who just want to be heard, won’t rest until Vick is punished for his participation in this.
As long as Vick is still eligible to play football in 2007, the media won’t stop pounding away at the story. This won’t even work as an effective stalling tactic for Goodell.
And as for the relatively mundane question of who will quarterback the Falcons in 2007, this only adds more confusion. So Vick stays away from camp. What does that mean exactly? Goodell says doesn’t want Vick there until the league can review his case. When will that be? Does that mean Joey Harrington is the starter, but that could change as soon as Goodell and his underlings come to the conclusion that is already obvious to most of the free world?
How long do McKay, head coach Bobby Petrino and the rest of the Falcons have to remain stuck in neutral while Goodell ponders when to pull the trigger on a decision he should have made when the indictment came down?
This is a mess, and just because Goodell ordered Vick to stay away from training camp doesn’t make it any less of one.
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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.