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.
APGirardi would rather his pitchers not block the plate, as Chamberlain did in the second. But he appreciated the competitiveness.
With one out, Chamberlain’s pitch in the dirt got away from Molina, and Gonzalez took off. The catcher quickly tracked the ball down and threw to Chamberlain.
“I was a catcher until I was a junior in high school,” Chamberlain said. “So it brought back some memories. I guess it’s like riding a bike.”
Molina joked, “That was kind of ugly.” He added in admiration, “That means he’s a tough guy.”
Black said Gonzalez expected the ball to roll farther, but the grass is thicker behind home plate at Yankee Stadium than at other parks.
The inning had started with the Padres loading the bases with no outs, but Chamberlain wriggled out of the jam with the tag-out sandwiched between two strikeouts.
With one out in the fourth, Gonzalez tried to score on Scott Hairston’s grounder to third and was thrown out by Rodriguez.
Tony Clark drove in Brian Giles with a ground-rule double in the fourth for the Padres’ lone run.
It was the sixth time in nine games that New York pitchers allowed no more than one run. The Yankees have won nine times this year when scoring three runs or fewer; they did that six times all last season.
|
“Look, without guys like Joba, you can’t win championships,” Rodriguez said. “That’s just the bottom line. We need him in the starting rotation.”
Notes: Banks gave up two runs and four hits in 5 1-3 innings and was credited with his first career loss. ... It was the Yankees’ second consecutive three-game sweep against a National League team. ... Yankees DH Hideki Matsui did not start for the second straight game because of a swollen left knee. Girardi expected Matsui to return Friday. Matsui had the knee drained Wednesday. ... Giles probably saved a run with a diving catch of Johnny Damon’s sinking liner in the seventh with Molina on second.
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.
HardballTalk headlines |
 | Interactive |
 |
 | Slideshow |
 | Unbreakable records in baseball A look at the most unbreakable records in baseball including Nolan Ryan's seven no-hitters. |
| Slideshow |
 | The top tools of baseball You hear a lot about the tools of baseball, but who are the best hitters, fielders and pitchers? We break it down. more photos |
Jeremy Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
Wesseling: 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 AFC teams.
NBC Sports TV and livestream listings
