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.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
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.
The 2008 salaries for the 855 major league baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing bonuses and other guaranteed income. For some players, parts of deferred signing bonuses and salaries are discounted to reflect present-day values (dl-disabled list).
BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Aubrey Huff $8,000,000
Melvin Mora 7,826,915
Ramon Hernandez 7,500,000
Brian Roberts 6,300,000
dl-Danys Baez 6,166,667
Jay Payton 5,000,000
Jamie Walker 4,500,000
Kevin Millar 3,800,000
Chad Bradford 3,666,667
Daniel Cabrera 2,875,000
Steve Trachsel 1,500,000
George Sherrill 980,000
Adam Loewen 816,000
Jeremy Guthrie 770,000
dl-Fernando Cabrera 575,000
Greg Aquino 500,000
Nick Markakis 455,000
dl-Chris Ray 445,000
Luke Scott 430,000
Guillermo Quiroz 400,000
Matt Albers 395,000
Brian Burres 395,000
Randor Bierd 390,000
dl-Freddie Bynum 390,000
dl-Rocky Cherry 390,000
Brandon Fahey 390,000
Luis Hernandez 390,000
dl-Jim Hoey 390,000
Adam Jones 390,000
Scott Moore 390,000
dl-Troy Patton 390,000
Dennis Sarfate 390,000
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BOSTON RED SOX
Manny Ramirez $18,929,923
J.D. Drew 14,000,000
David Ortiz 13,000,000
Mike Lowell 12,500,000
Jason Varitek 10,442,031
dl-Josh Beckett 10,166,667
Julio Lugo 9,250,000
Daisuke Matsuzaka 8,333,333
dl-Curt Schilling 8,000,000
Coco Crisp 5,083,333
Tim Wakefield 4,000,000
Julian Tavarez 3,850,000
dl-Mike Timlin 3,000,000
Kevin Youkilis 3,000,000
Alex Cora 2,000,000
Hideki Okajima 1,275,000
Javier Lopez 840,000
Kyle Snyder 835,000
Sean Casey 800,000
Jonathan Papelbon 775,000
Dustin Pedroia 457,000
Kevin Cash 450,000
Jon Lester 421,500
Manny Delcarmen 421,000
Jacoby Ellsbury 406,000
Bryan Corey 405,000
David Aardsma 403,250
Clay Buchholz 396,000
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CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Jim Thome $15,666,667
Mark Buehrle 14,000,000
Paul Konerko 12,000,000
Javier Vazquez 11,500,000
Orlando Cabrera 10,000,000
Jose Contreras 10,000,000
Jermaine Dye 9,500,000
A.J. Pierzynski 5,850,000
Joe Crede 5,100,000
Octavio Dotel 5,000,000
Juan Uribe 4,500,000
Scott Linebrink 4,000,000
Nick Swisher 3,600,000
Mike MacDougal 1,950,000
Toby Hall 1,750,000
Alexei Ramirez 1,075,000
Pablo Ozuna 1,050,000
Matt Thornton 875,000
Bobby Jenks 550,000
Boone Logan 405,000
John Danks 400,000
Gavin Floyd 400,000
Carlos Quentin 400,000
dl-Jerry Owens 397,500
Nick Masset 396,000
Brian Anderson 395,000
dl-Danny Richar 392,500
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CLEVELAND INDIANS
C.C. Sabathia $11,000,000
Jake Westbrook 10,000,000
Travis Hafner 8,050,000
Paul Byrd 7,500,000
Casey Blake 6,100,000
Victor Martinez 4,450,000
Joe Borowski 4,000,000
Cliff Lee 4,000,000
David Dellucci 3,750,000
Grady Sizemore 3,166,667
Masa Kobayashi 3,000,000
Jhonny Peralta 2,500,000
Jason Michaels 2,200,000
Jamey Carroll 2,150,000
Rafael Betancourt 2,050,000
Jorge Julio 1,000,000
Fausto Carmona 457,800
Ryan Garko 420,100
Rafael Perez 406,700
Franklin Gutierrez 404,400
Kelly Shoppach 404,100
Asdrubal Cabrera 393,300
Jensen Lewis 393,000
Craig Breslow 392,000
Andy Marte 391,600
dl-Shin-soo Choo 390,400
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DETROIT TIGERS
Magglio Ordonez $15,768,175
Gary Sheffield 13,326,306
Ivan Rodriguez 12,379,883
Carlos Guillen 12,000,000
Miguel Cabrera 11,300,000
Edgar Renteria 11,000,000
Jeremy Bonderman 8,500,000
Kenny Rogers 8,000,000
Todd Jones 7,000,000
Dontrelle Willis 7,000,000
Jacque Jones 6,333,333
Brandon Inge 6,200,000
Placido Polanco 4,600,000
Nate Robertson 4,250,000
dl-Fernando Rodney 1,700,000
Marcus Thames 1,275,000
Justin Verlander 1,130,000
dl-Curtis Granderson 1,000,000
dl-Vance Wilson 950,000
Robert Seay 780,000
Ramon Santiago 575,000
Jason Grilli 420,000
dl-Joel Zumaya 420,000
Zach Miner 410,000
Aquilino Lopez 400,000
Ryan Raburn 396,000
Denny Bautista 395,000
Yorman Bazardo 395,000
dl-Jordan Tata 391,500
Clete Thomas 390,000
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KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Jose Guillen $12,000,000
Gil Meche 11,400,000
Mark Grudzielanek 4,500,000
Ron Mahay 4,000,000
Brett Tomko 3,000,000
David DeJesus 2,500,000
Yasuhiko Yabuta 2,500,000
Mark Teahen 2,337,500
John Bale 2,200,000
John Buck 2,200,000
Miguel Olivo 2,050,000
Zack Greinke 1,400,000
Jimmy Gobble 1,312,500
Ross Gload 1,300,000
Esteban German 1,000,000
dl-Luke Hudson 475,000
Joey Gathright 427,000
Joakim Soria 426,500
Brian Bannister 421,000
Alex Gordon 406,000
Leo Nunez 405,000
Tony Pena 405,000
Billy Butler 399,000
Ramon Ramirez 397,000
Alberto Callaspo 394,000
Matt Tupman 390,000
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LOS ANGELES ANGELS
Torii Hunter $16,500,000
Vladimir Guerrero 15,500,000
Garret Anderson 12,600,000
Jon Garland 12,000,000
Francisco Rodriguez 10,000,000
dl-Kelvim Escobar 9,500,000
Gary Matthews Jr. 9,400,000
dl-John Lackey 7,333,333
Chone Figgins 4,750,000
dl-Scot Shields 4,250,000
Justin Speier 4,250,000
Juan Rivera 2,025,000
Darren Oliver 2,000,000
Casey Kotchman 1,450,000
Maicer Izturis 1,200,000
Robb Quinlan 1,050,000
Jered Weaver 435,000
Howard Kendrick 432,500
Reggie Willits 432,500
Mike Napoli 425,000
Joe Saunders 425,000
Dustin Moseley 420,000
Ervin Santana 420,000
Erick Aybar 415,000
dl-Chris Bootcheck 415,000
Jeff Mathis 415,000
Jason Bulger 392,000
Rich Thompson 391,000
Darren O’Day 390,000
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