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.
APThree Rockies pitchers retired 23 straight Padres batters from the second to the 10th inning.
As good as starters Peavy and Jeff Francis were, Wil Ledezma threw five terrific innings for the Padres and Wells was solid for four. The teams used a combined 15 pitchers.
Padres pitchers tied a team record with 20 strikeouts and their Rockies counterparts set a team record with 17 punchouts. Colorado stranded 16 runners and San Diego 14.
Had the game plodded on, Wells probably would have pitched one more inning, then take up a position and be replaced by infielder Clint Barmes.
“That would’ve been interesting,” manager Clint Hurdle said. “That would’ve been another thing that I’ve never been a part of. That would’ve been the first move I ever made where no one second-guessed me.”
Hurdle tried to put in perspective, telling his players that a lot of people go through a lot worse in life than playing ball all night.
“They had a good ballgame. It just happened to be 22 innings long and six hours,” Hurdle said. “They had a good plane ride. They just happened to do it from 2 till 7. You take a nap and you go play. We’re going to do the best we can.”
San Diego’s Tony Clark had eight at-bats all season, then went 1-for-8 in his first start at first base.
“It’s crazy how it works,” said Clark, who lives in suburban Glendale, Ariz., and arrived home around 5 a.m. He got to give his kids a quick hug and kiss before they went to school.
“You look back on it, obviously, you wish you would have came out ahead,” Clark said. “But it’s just one of those games you’re never going to forget.”
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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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.