Super Bowl XLVI
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.
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.
Pavel Datsyuk and Todd Bertuzzi scored shootout goals to give Detroit a 2-1 win over Anaheim on Friday. The victory was the Red Wings' 19th consecutive at home, one shy of the NHL record.
Jeremy Lin had the most astounding performance of his remarkable week, scoring a career-high 38 points and outdueling Kobe Bryant as the New York Knicks held off the Los Angeles Lakers 92-85 on Friday night.
Arc's weekend preview: The way you beat Kentucky is by getting physical with their big guys, and the Wildcats don’t have much depth up front.
CFT: Jordan Jefferson makes it clear he wasn't happy with LSU's game plan in the Tigers' BCS Championship Game loss to Alabama.
Despite an injury scare and a few missed opportunities at Monterey Peninsula CC, Tiger Woods remains in contention at the AT&T.
John Isner jolted Roger Federer with his big serve and booming groundstrokes Friday, winning 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2 to give the United States a 2-0 lead against Switzerland in the first round of the Davis Cup.
Manchester City will find at least three highly motivated players in its way Sunday when it tries to improve upon its flagging away form in the Premier League at Aston Villa.
All that stuff about the Olympic ideal, how it's all about taking part, not winning, can often seem like so much hot air, rendered hopelessly quaint and outdated by the ultra-competitive and mercenary world of modern sport. Until, that is, you speak to Kieran Behan.
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.
ASSOCIATED PRESSGeorgia, which routed Hawaii in last season's Sugar Bowl, has been tabbed as the No. 1 team in the USA Today preseason coaches' poll released Friday.
The Bulldogs ended last season with a seven-game winning streak, including a 41-10 drubbing of Hawaii, which came into the Sugar Bowl as the last remaining unbeaten team in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Georgia may have finished as the hottest team in the country, but early losses to South Carolina and Tennessee cost it a spot in the national championship game.
It marks the first time Georgia has been atop a major poll in the preseason. The Bulldogs' previous highest preseason ranking was No. 2 in the 1942 Associated Press poll.
"Being number one in the coaches preseason poll does have significance since it's one-third of the formula to decide who plays in the national championship game," Georgia coach Mark Richt. "But the postseason poll is the one that is the most important. However, I know the ranking is exciting for Georgia football and hopefully we can do our part to stay in the race."
Georgia (11-2), which was third in last season's final poll, collected 22 of 61 first-place votes and 1,438 points from a nationwide panel of coaches - just ahead of Southern California (11-2). The Trojans, who are favored to win a seventh straight Pac-10 Conference title, garnered 14 first-place votes and 1,430 points.
Ohio State (11-2), which has lost in the BCS title game the last two years, begins the season ranked third after also receiving 14 first-place ballots and 1,392 points. Oklahoma (11-3) and Florida (9-4), with returning Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow, complete the top five.
In a huge early-season game, Ohio State visits USC on Sept. 13. Georgia and Florida clash on Nov. 1 in their annual game in Jacksonville, Fla.
The Sooners received three first-place votes and the Gators five. The remaining three first-place votes went to defending national champion Louisiana State (12-2), which is sixth in the preseason poll.
Completing the top 10 are Missouri (12-2), West Virginia (11-2), Clemson (9-4) and Texas (10-3). They are followed by Auburn (9-4), Wisconsin (9-4), Kansas (12-1), Texas Tech (9-4), Virginia Tech (11-3), Arizona State (10-3), Brigham Young (11-2), Tennessee (10-4), Illinois (9-4) and Oregon (9-4).
South Florida (9-4) is 21st, followed Penn State (9-4), Wake Forest (9-4), Michigan (9-4) and Fresno State (9-4).
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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Jeremy Lin had the most astounding performance of his remarkable week, scoring a career-high 38 points and outdueling Kobe Bryant as the New York Knicks held off the Los Angeles Lakers 92-85 on Friday night.
Plenty of people are telling the Jeremy Lin story, because it's just a good story. The underdog, the unexpected and the first player since LeBron James nearly a decade ago to put up at least 20 points and eight assists in his first two NBA starts.
Chris Paul had 24 points, including the game-winning 17-footer with 3.2 seconds left, Blake Griffin added 16 points and 11 rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 78-77 on Friday.