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.
PHT: Some purists might try to poke holes in Detroit’s 19 straight wins at Joe Louis Arena, but it’s an impressive run nonetheless.
Chandler: Even in eighth grade, Jeremy Lin stood out as a singular talent. So his success with the Knicks is no surprise.
Arc: With 38 teams projected to be on the NCAA Tournament bubble, this is a big weekend to boost a tournament profile.
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.
The United States swept favored Switzerland out of the Davis Cup on Saturday when Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan beat Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Wayne Rooney scored twice as Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-1 in an ill-tempered match Saturday to provisionally move to the top of the Premier League.
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ideal, how it's all about taking part, not winning, can often seem like so much hot air, rendered hopelessly quaint and outdated by the ultra-competitive and mercenary world of modern sport.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.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Evan Turner scored 16 points and had a career-high 13 rebounds and Ohio State held Samford to the fewest points by an opponent in 69 years in a 59-22 victory on Saturday. It's also the fewest points scored by an NCAA team since Saint Louis lost to George Washington 49-20 last season.
The Bulldogs (3-2) had only nine field goals. The Buckeyes (3-0) blocked seven shots.
Dallas Lauderdale had 10 points for the Buckeyes.
The game was over almost before it began, with the Buckeyes scoring the first seven points while holding Samford scoreless over the opening 7:25. The Bulldogs scored on consecutive possessions - then didn't score again for 8 1/2 minutes.
By that time, they trailed 24-4 and had hit 2 of their first 19 shots from the field.
Still, they remained in their Princeton-style offense while the Buckeyes piled up a 30-6 lead at the half. The Bulldogs hit just 3 of 23 shots from the field, were 0 for 7 behind the arc and never shot a free throw.
Arc: With 38 teams projected to be on the NCAA Tournament bubble, this is a big weekend to boost a tournament profile.
Kentucky coach John Calipari says Friday he's a couple of years younger than he feels on his 53rd birthday.
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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.