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?
LIVE VIDEO: NBCSports.com shows Washington-New York, with alternate camera angles, HD views and more.
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.
CFT: Jordan Jefferson makes it clear he wasn't happy with LSU's game plan in the Tigers' BCS Championship Game loss to Alabama.
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.
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) -England defender Joleon Lescott preserved Manchester City's two-point lead in the Premier League by scoring a second-half winner in a 1-0 victory at Aston Villa on Sunday.
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.
MINNESOTA TWINS
Joe Nathan $11,250,000
Justin Morneau 8,400,000
Joe Mauer 6,250,000
Michael Cuddyer 5,916,667
Livan Hernandez 5,000,000
Craig Monroe 3,820,000
Mike Lamb 3,500,000
Adam Everett 2,800,000
Juan Rincon 2,475,000
Nick Punto 2,400,000
Delmon Young 1,440,000
Jason Kubel 1,300,000
Jesse Crain 1,050,000
Dennys Reyes 1,000,000
Matt Guerrier 950,000
Mike Redmond 950,000
Pat Neshek 435,000
Boof Bonser 432,500
Brendan Harris 431,100
Scott Baker 422,500
Carlos Gomez 395,000
Kevin Slowey 395,000
Brian Bass 390,000
Nick Blackburn 390,000
Matt Tolbert 390,000
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NEW YORK YANKEES
Alex Rodriguez $28,000,000
Jason Giambi 23,428,571
Derek Jeter 21,600,000
Bobby Abreu 16,000,000
dl-Andy Pettitte 16,000,000
Mariano Rivera 15,000,000
Jorge Posada 13,100,000
Johnny Damon 13,000,000
Hideki Matsui 13,000,000
Mike Mussina 11,071,030
dl-Carl Pavano 11,000,000
Kyle Farnsworth 5,916,667
Chien-Ming Wang 4,000,000
LaTroy Hawkins 3,750,000
Robinson Cano 3,000,000
Jose Molina 1,875,000
Morgan Ensberg 1,750,000
dl-Andrew Brackman 1,184,788
Wilson Betemit 1,165,000
Brian Bruney 725,000
Billy Traber 500,000
Melky Cabrera 461,200
Phil Hughes 406,350
Shelley Duncan 398,300
dl-Sean Henn 397,448
Ian Kennedy 394,275
dl-Jeff Karstens 393,300
Jonathan Albaladejo 393,225
Ross Ohlendorf 391,425
Joba Chamberlain 390,000
dl-Humberto Sanchez 390,000
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OAKLAND ATHLETICS
dl-Eric Chavez $11,500,000
Mark Ellis 5,000,000
Rich Harden 4,750,000
Joe Blanton 3,700,000
Bobby Crosby 3,550,000
Huston Street 3,300,000
Alan Embree 3,107,126
dl-Chad Gaudin 1,775,000
Emil Brown 1,400,000
Justin Duchscherer 1,200,000
dl-Kiko Calero 1,000,000
Lenny DiNardo 900,000
Keith Foulke 700,000
Mike Sweeney 500,000
Rob Bowen 410,000
Jack Cust 410,000
Dan Johnson 410,000
Travis Buck 400,000
Santiago Casilla 400,000
Chris Denorfia 400,000
Donnie Murphy 400,000
Andy Brown 395,000
Dana Eveland 395,000
Jack Hannahan 395,000
Kurt Suzuki 395,000
Ryan Sweeney 395,000
Daric Barton 390,000
Francisco Hernandez 390,000
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SEATTLE MARINERS
Ichiro Suzuki $17,102,149
Richie Sexson 15,500,000
Adrian Beltre 13,400,000
Jarrod Washburn 9,850,000
Miguel Batista 9,500,000
Jose Vidro 8,500,000
Carlos Silva 8,250,000
Erik Bedard 7,000,000
Kenji Johjima 6,383,333
Raul Ibanez 5,500,000
J.J. Putz 4,400,000
Brad Wilkerson 3,000,000
Yuniesky Betancourt 1,877,500
Jose Lopez 1,750,000
Willie Bloomquist 1,000,000
Miguel Cairo 850,000
Felix Hernandez 540,000
Jamie Burke 435,000
Sean Green 405,000
Eric O’Flaherty 400,000
Ryan Rowland-Smith 395,000
Michael Morse 393,500
Cha Seung Baek 392,500
dl-Anderson Garcia 390,000
Charlton Jimerson 390,000
Mark Lowe 390,000
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TAMPA BAY RAYS
Carlos Pena $6,000,000
Carl Crawford 5,375,000
Troy Percival 3,897,798
dl-Scott Kazmir 3,785,000
Dan Wheeler 2,875,000
Cliff Floyd 2,750,000
Akinori Iwamura 2,400,000
Al Reyes 2,300,000
dl-Rocco Baldelli 2,250,000
Trever Miller 1,600,000
Jonny Gomes 1,275,000
Gary Glover 1,075,000
James Shields 1,000,000
Eric Hinske 800,000
Jason Bartlett 416,600
Edwin Jackson 412,700
Dioner Navarro 412,500
Scott Dohmann 412,400
B.J. Upton 412,100
Matt Garza 404,600
Willy Aybar 401,200
dl-Chad Orvella 400,700
Nathan Haynes 400,000
dl-Kurt Birkins 397,600
J.P. Howell 397,400
Jason Hammel 396,300
Andy Sonnanstine 395,800
dl-Ben Zobrist 395,800
Shawn Riggans 392,100
Elliot Johnson 390,000
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TEXAS RANGERS
Vicente Padilla $11,000,000
Kevin Millwood 10,836,116
Michael Young 6,174,975
Hank Blalock 6,000,000
Milton Bradley 5,250,000
Frank Catalanotto 4,000,000
Jason Jennings 4,000,000
Ben Broussard 3,850,000
Joaquin Benoit 2,250,000
Eddie Guardado 2,000,000
Marlon Byrd 1,800,000
Gerald Laird 1,600,000
Kazuo Fukumori 1,400,000
Jamey Wright 1,000,000
Ramon Vazquez 810,000
Adam Melhuse 750,000
Ian Kinsler 700,000
Franklyn German 450,000
C.J. Wilson 417,460
dl-Brandon McCarthy 404,760
Josh Hamilton 396,830
Kason Gabbard 396,390
Dustin Nippert 395,500
dl-John Rheinecker 395,330
Jason Botts 394,190
David Murphy 393,000
dl-Travis Metcalf 392,000
Josh Rupe 392,000
dl-Luis Mendoza 391,000
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TORONTO BLUE JAYS
A.J. Burnett $13,200,000
Frank Thomas 12,560,000
dl-B.J. Ryan 12,000,000
dl-Scott Rolen 11,625,000
Roy Halladay 10,000,000
Lyle Overbay 6,750,000
Alex Rios 4,835,000
David Eckstein 4,500,000
Vernon Wells 4,142,857
Gregg Zaun 3,750,000
Scott Downs 2,250,000
John McDonald 1,900,000
Matt Stairs 1,625,000
Marco Scutaro 1,550,000
Shannon Stewart 1,500,000
Jason Frasor 1,125,000
Rod Barajas 700,000
Brian Tallet 640,000
Aaron Hill 410,000
Shaun Marcum 405,200
Dustin McGowan 404,100
dl-Casey Janssen 403,900
Brandon League 400,300
Jesse Litsch 395,800
Brian Wolfe 395,500
Jeremy Accardo 392,200
Buck Coats 392,100
Randy Wells 390,000
SportsTalk: Albert Pujols signs with the Angels and Prince Fielder joins the Tigers. Which team is better now?
DeMarco: Plug in a well-heeled ownership group and negotiate one of those mega-bucks TV deals that are going around, and the Dodgers could become the west coast version of the New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox.
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