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.
Kobe Bryant hit a baseline jump shot with 4.2 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up a six-game road trip by holding on to beat the Raptors 94-92 on Sunday, their eighth victory in nine meetings with Toronto
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.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL |
Naismith Award winners |
| Year | Men's winner | School | Women's winner | School |
| 2009 | Blake Griffin | Oklahoma | Maya Moore | Connecticut |
| 2008 | Tyler Hansbrough | North Carolina | Candace Parker | Tennessee |
| 2007 | Kevin Durant | Texas | Lindsay Harding | Duke |
| 2006 | J.J. Redick | Duke | Seimone Augustus | LSU |
| 2005 | Andrew Bogut | Utah | Seimone Augustus | LSU |
| 2004 | Jameer Nelson | St. Joseph’s | Diana Taurasi | Connecticut |
| 2003 | T.J. Ford | Texas | Diana Taurasi | Connecticut |
| 2002 | Jason Williams | Duke | Sue Bird | Connecticut |
| 2001 | Shane Battier | Duke | Ruth Riley | Notre Dame |
| 2000 | Kenyon Martin | Cincinnati | Tamika Catchings | Tennessee |
| 1999 | Elton Brand | Duke | Chamique Holdsclaw | Tennessee |
| 1998 | Antawn Jamison | North Carolina | Chamique Holdsclaw | Tennessee |
| 1997 | Tim Duncan | Wake Forest | Kate Starbird | Stanford |
| 1996 | Marcus Camby | Massachusetts | Saudia Roundtree | Georgia |
| 1995 | Joe Smith | Maryland | Rebecca Lobo | Connecticut |
| 1994 | Glenn Robinson | Purdue | Lisa Leslie | USC |
| 1993 | Calbert Cheaney | Indiana | Sheryl Swoopes | Texas Tech |
| 1992 | Christian Laettner | Duke | Dawn Staley | Virginia |
| 1991 | Larry Johnson | UNLV | Dawn Staley | Virginia |
| 1990 | Lionel Simmons | La Salle | Jennifer Azzi | Stanford |
| 1989 | Danny Ferry | Duke | Clarissa Davis | Texas |
| 1988 | Danny Manning | Kansas | Sue Wicks | Rutgers |
| 1987 | David Robinson | Navy | Clarissa Davis | Texas |
| 1986 | Johnny Dawkins | Duke | Cheryl Miller | USC |
| 1985 | Patrick Ewing | Georgetown | Cheryl Miller | USC |
| 1984 | Michael Jordan | North Carolina | Cheryl Miller | USC |
| 1983 | Ralph Sampson | Virginia | Anne Donovan | Old Dominion |
| 1982 | Ralph Sampson | Virginia | ||
| 1981 | Ralph Sampson | Virginia | ||
| 1980 | Mark Aguirre | DePaul | ||
| 1979 | Larry Bird | Indiana State | ||
| 1978 | Butch Lee | Marquette | ||
| 1977 | Marques Johnson | UCLA | ||
| 1976 | Scott May | Indiana | ||
| 1975 | David Thompson | NC State | ||
| 1974 | Bill Walton | UCLA | ||
| 1973 | Bill Walton | UCLA | ||
| 1972 | Bill Walton | UCLA | ||
| 1971 | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | ||
| 1970 | Pete Maravich | LSU | ||
| 1969 | Lew Alcindor | UCLA |
No women's winner before 1983 |
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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.
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 15 points and Evan Smotrycz added 13, helping No. 22 Michigan remain unbeaten at home with a 70-61 win over Illinois on Sunday.
Wesseling: 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 AFC teams.
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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.