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.
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.
Reuters fileWisconsin would prefer to play plodders
In all four of their defeats, your Big Ten champion was bested by opponents with exceptional quickness on the perimeter. Now, the Badgers did go to Texas and hang with another such team, eventually winning by one. But I believe that's because the challenge the Longhorns present is more an offensive issue. When Wisconsin has problems, it is with teams that can pressure out defensively and make it hard for the Badgers to start their offense. Duke, Purdue and Marquette all have this ability. The Badgers either need a fortunate draw in the NCAA Tournament or to find a way around this concern. They are not going to get any practice unless they meet Purdue in the Big Ten final.
USC is the most dangerous bubble survivor
The high seeds will have one wish on Selection Sunday: Put those guys in another bracket. No one will want to deal with O.J. Mayo, Taj Gibson, Davon Jefferson, Daniel Hackett and coach Tim Floyd's creative defensive schemes in the round of 16. UCLA will get a(nother) break because bracket rules almost certainly will force the Trojans into another region.
The referees are struggling
Has there ever been a season in which it seemed so many games were decided by so many iffy calls? UCLA got a season's worth of last-second good fortune over the weekend, which helped the Bruins to beat both Stanford and California. Georgetown has had that magic throughout the Big East season.
Officials appear less capable than ever of distinguishing between all the wanna-be Daniel Day Lewises flopping to draw charges and genuine efforts to defend the basket. They continue to treat players attempting drives as though they have no business in the lane. They allow defenders to punish these intrusions however they wish.
Officiating needs serious help, and continuing to put retired officials in charge of the cleanup is not going to get it done. They keep making all these debatable decisions, so they must believe there's nothing wrong.
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.
Herb Pope scored 19 points, including four free throws in final 10 seconds, and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Seton Hall to a 73-66 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday.
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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.