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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Creighton 73, Bowling Green 71
P’Allen Stinnett scored 18 points, including two big free throws in the final minute, and Creighton came from behind to defeat Bowling Green in Omaha, Neb.
The Bluejays (27-7) will host Kentucky (21-13) in a second-round game Monday.
Creighton, which trailed by 14 points in the first half and by 8 with 8½ minutes left, went ahead 69-67 with 4:41 to play on Booker Woodfox’s 3-pointer.
Miami 78, Providence 66
Jack McClinton made seven 3-pointers and scored 25 points lead Miami to a 78-66 victory over Providence in the first round of the NIT Wednesday on Providence, R.I.
Dwayne Collins had 12 rebounds and Lance Hurdle added 12 points for the Hurricanes (19-12), who outrebounded the Friars 44-35.
Though Miami never trailed, the game stayed tight in the second half, and both teams had trouble scoring as the game grew increasingly chippy down the stretch.
Adrian Thomas’ jumper with 3:22 to go broke a stretch of 6:05 without a field goal by either team.
Providence got within four with just 3:08 to play, but McClinton — who made 7 of his 14 3-point shots — responded with two of them in a row to keep the game out of reach.
Weyinmi Efejuku led Providence with 16 points, and Jonathan Kale added 11 points and nine rebounds for the Friars.
Miami will play the winner of the Florida-Jacksonville game in the second round.
Both teams found themselves in the NIT after finishing tied for seventh in their conferences. Providence was bounced from the Big East tournament by Louisville in the quarterfinals, while Miami dropped its ACC tournament opener to Virginia Tech.
Efejuku made four free throws in the first 31 seconds of the second half, pulling the Friars within a possession at 35-32. But McClinton responded quickly with a fast-break layup, and Providence never got closer than four the rest of the way.
Miami, which struggled at times during the first half against Providence’s pressure, looked much more comfortable bringing the ball up the court early in the second half.
Back-to-back 3s by Brian McKenzie made it 60-55 with 9:27 to play, but both offenses sputtered. Neither team managed to score for nearly three minutes until Jimmy Graham sunk two free throws with 6:52 to play.
Providence didn’t manage another basket until just 1:39 remained. By that point, McClinton had scored back-to-back threes to put Miami up 70-60.
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.
Herb Pope scored 19 points, including four free throws in final 10 seconds, and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Seton Hall to a 73-66 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday.
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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.