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?
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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.
AP fileOrange: It's Gonna Happen. Duck.
Nick Saban, Alabama: I don't want to say Saban will yell, mind you. I do want to predict that at one point, a reporter will ask Nick Saban a question he won't like, and that when the reporter does, Nick Saban's lips will disappear, his eyes will turn into black globes of endless darkness, and he will shoot fiery lasers from his pupils, turning the potbellied reporter into a pile of smoking ash on the floor.
Then, he will say calmly: "Next question."
Steve Spurrier, South Carolina: Three years of not being able to keep his players qualified, not finding his dreamboy quarterback and not keeping key players healthy throughout the season have to hit critical mass at one point. If an interception/defensive collapse/personal foul combo sinks the Gamecocks in a game this season, wear a helmet with a built-in spit shield to the postgame presser, and call dibs on the defensive coordinator's parking space. He won't need it for long.
Red: Core Breach Imminent
Mike Stoops, Arizona: I will commit a rhetorical foul by using the overused phrase "perfect storm," because this is the perfect storm. (Dock us points for the cliche, judges.) Stoops is going into year five of a death-defying stint at Arizona; almost fired last year, perpetually on the hot seat, and alternating high points such as last year's upset of Oregon with a season-ending loss to — egads! — Stanford, Stoops must be worn to a frazzled nub.
Also: He looks as if he's in good enough shape to toss some chairs and tables with substantial force. Take stun guns and plastic restraints as a precaution, but even then that may not be enough. Have the National Guard on speed dial. If Richard Crenna shows up in a beret and uniform saying he's here to save you from him after the Guard's been called out, just run and don't look back: A frothing Mike Stoops may be gaining on you.
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.
CFT: Jordan Jefferson makes it clear he wasn't happy with LSU's game plan in the Tigers' BCS Championship Game loss to Alabama.
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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.
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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.