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.
APThe Chicago Bears will give Rex Grossman a contract extension. But after he signs it, they’ll hand him a shovel and remind him to always read the fine print.
MSG chairman James Dolan will fire Isiah Thomas and offer the Knicks’ head coaching job to Anucha Browne Sanders, who will interpret the offer as another form of harassment.
The Baseball Hall of Fame will take Barry Bonds’ 756th home run ball with an asterisk that was donated by fashion designer Marc Ecko and feed it to Jonathan Papelbon’s dog.
Major League Baseball will honor Curt Schilling’s contributions to the game by presenting him with a gold-plated soapbox.
Seismologists will detect unusual activity coming from an area around Fargo, N.D. After an extensive investigation, it will be determined that the tremors occurred after Roger Maris actually rolled over in his grave.
Bill Parcells will defend his tenure as vice president of football operations for the Miami Dolphins, insisting that he’s doing more than just fishing with Jimmy Johnson even though there’s almost no evidence to the contrary.
Tom Brady will be slapped with a class-action lawsuit by the rest of the male population for “general unfairness.”
Archeologists will discover an ancient scroll inside a cave near the Dead Sea and, after using carbon dating and handwriting analysis, determine it to be Joe Paterno’s birth certificate.
The Coliseum Commission and USC will remain at a stalemate in negotiations for use of the stadium over the school’s insistence on getting a better deal as renters than Reggie Bush’s parents got.
Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank will alter the description for the club’s “Employee of the Month” award from “the individual who distinguishes himself or herself through excellence and dedication” to “anyone who doesn’t subject us to national ridicule.”
Michael Vick will break out of prison, but will be tracked down by bloodhounds who happen to follow the news.
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.