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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.
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.
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.
Eleven shots separated Phil and Tiger Sunday at Pebble Beach as Lefty secured his 40th Tour win. Jason Sobel had 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.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
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.
TSN's Pierre Lebrun is reporting that the San Jose Sharks, New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins are interested in acquiring Ray Whitney before the February 27 trade deadline.
Whitney will become a UFA on July 1 and with the Coyotes teetering on whether to make a playoff charge or throw in the towel, the 39-year-old veteran is near or at the top of many team's trade wishes as he still is a prolific scorer. Whitney has a limited no-trade contract and will provide the Coyotes eight teams that he is willing to go to if they decide to trade him. Stay tuned.
Mike Smith kicked away 23 shots Thursday night in the Phoenix Coyotes' 2-1 overtime win over the Calgary Flames.
With a team that doesn't exactly light the world on fire on offense, the Yotes' playoff chances lie heavily on the play of Smith. It's no shock then that in their four-game winning streak, the netminder has allowed a total of six goals -- one in each of the past three games. Smith has a 2.39 goals-against average, .923 save percentage and a 22-14-7 record this season.
Shane Doan notched the game-winning overtime goal in the Phoenix Coyotes' 2-1 triumph over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.
With an expiring contract, the Coyotes captain will surely be a name bantered about as the trade deadline nears. Regardless if he is willing to leave or not, the Yotes are in the midst of a four-game winning streak, and as long as they're in the playoff picture, the chance he sticks only becomes greater. The veteran now has 16 goals and 18 assists. Taylor Pyatt also scored (seventh) in the first period. Rostislav Klesla, Kyle Chipchura, Radim Vrbata and Ray Whitney all recorded assists.
Keith Yandle is expected to play Thursday despite taking a puck in the knee on Tuesday against Dallas.
He ended up leaving that game in the third period after logging 19:53 of ice time and posting his seventh goal of the year.
David Schlemko feels like his surgically repaired foot is progressing.
"It's feeling pretty good right now," he said. "I think it's coming along, getting better every day, starting to get a few workouts in here, so overall it's coming along slowly but surely." He's just in the first phase of his off-ice workouts though and isn't expected to return this season.
Defenseman Derek Morris netted his first goal of the season on Tuesday.
The last time Morris scored was March 24, 2011. There was a time that Morirs was a pretty good offensive defenseman, but those days are long gone.
Radim Vrbata reached the 25-goal and 20-assist milestones on Tuesday.
Vrbata is just two goals shy of matching his career-high, set in 2007-08. He's also a good bet to surpass the 60-point mark for the first time in his career.
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.
After leading by 18 points in the first half, the Los Angeles Lakers were staring at a four-point deficit with less than two minutes to play.
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.