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.
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.
APAfter Saturday’s game, the final home game of the season, fans were invited to walk onto the field. Hundreds of them streamed onto the semi-frozen tundra, some of them students, some families. They posed for photos, or simply stared up in awe at this ancient structure that holds so many memories, so much history.
The feeling, watching them, was the same you might have watching tourists at the Colosseum in Rome. Watching people gape in awe at this once-mighty sporting venue, trying to imagine the deeds performed therein that in a previous era made it so daunting to visitors.
Those days are over. Or, at least dormant. When Robinson, the Syracuse coach, was asked whether it is still special to come into Notre Dame Stadium and pick up a win, he replied, “It is to me.”
Yes, but Robinson has gray hair. For an entire generation of college football fans, Notre Dame football has gone the way of Bear Bryant and the wishbone attack. For Facebook Nation, it’s only something that they believe because either their parents tell them so or they’ve seen it on ESPN Classic.
But right now, and for more than a decade and a half, Notre Dame football is, at best, mediocre. It fails, week after week, to achieve anything close to the standard of excellence it once considered its signature trait.
And, as Notre Dame heads out to USC for a game that will truly test its character next week, I leave you with these numbers:
Bob Davie, five seasons, 35-25 record.
Tyrone Willingham, three seasons, 21-15.
Charlie Weis, just under four seasons, 28-20.
What do each of the last three Notre Dame coaches have in common? As of today, the same exact winning percentage at Notre Dame: .583.
It took a while for the light bulb to go on, but when it did, Jonas Gray finally showed the talent many had expected from the blue-chip prospect from Detroit. In a recent interview, Gray, who is rehabbing an ACL injury to get ready for the NFL Scouting Combine, expressed the confidence and support he has for head coach Brian Kelly.
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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.