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.
Getty ImagesQ: Who was the biggest free agent bust this year? Is it Pacman Jones?
— Chuck N., Waco, Texas
A: Pacman Jones may have been a bust, but he wasn’t the biggest. That would be Brian Kelly, who is believed to have been paid more than $4 million by the Lions before he was cut in December.
Q: What can we expect from Tom Brady next season. Do quarterbacks who have gone through his type of surgery ever come back?
— Peter, Norwood
A: I’m sure Brady will be back and as good as ever, if not better. But it may take awhile.
It is not uncommon for it to take two years for a player to completely overcome a serious injury like Brady’s. On the one hand, Brady doesn’t use his legs to sprint and cut like a wide receiver or running back might, so he won’t be useless.
But on the other hand, legs are critical to a quarterback in terms of planting and throwing, so he might not be himself.
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A: There is no question head coaches often get too much blame when things go wrong. But a head coach makes so many decisions that he can’t possibly always be right (Bill Belichick aside). So if a team goes south, it usually is pretty easy to make a case against the head coach.
Even if a team does well, but not quite well enough — like the Jets, for instance — the coach can be a convenient scapegoat. But head coaches all know the deal. They are hired to be fired, and none of them expects to be in their positions for a very long period of time.
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Q: Please, I am not the smartest when it comes to football, but in the Colts vs. SD (great game) I am really confused as to when a player is down. Is it when his knee is down or where he stretches the ball out to. Looks like both calls were made tonight to me. What's up? 
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A: A runner is down when, after being contacted by a defensive player, touches the ground with any part of his body other than his feet or hands. Just because a player is ruled down when his knee touches the ground does not mean the ball is spotted where his knee touched. The spot should be the farthest point he advanced the ball before the play was ruled dead.
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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.