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.
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.
Montreal forward Pierre Dagenais was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Monday for hitting Toronto’s Bryan Marchment in the face with his stick.
The play happened in the third period of Saturday’s Canadiens-Maple Leafs game. No penalty was called.
Dagenais, who forfeits $5,555.56 in salary, will miss games Tuesday at Buffalo and Thursday at Minnesota.
Senators coach gets contract extension
Ottawa Senators coach Jacques Martin received a multiyear contract extension Monday.
Martin is in his eighth full season, and has the longest current tenure with one team among NHL coaches.
The Senators (27-12-7-3) are among the top teams in the Eastern Conference. Last season, Ottawa lost to the New Jersey Devils in Game 7 of the conference final.
Martin’s record with Ottawa is 325-241-93, with one conference regular-season title and three Northeast Division titles.
McKee out indefinitely with knee injury
Sabres defenseman Jay McKee will be out indefinitely after re-injuring his left knee in Buffalo’s 2-1 loss to Philadelphia on Saturday.
McKee, who missed 19 games earlier this season because of the injury, sat out Buffalo’s 4-2 win over Carolina Sunday.
McKee twisted his knee after getting his skate caught on the ice in the first period against the Flyers.
Also, defenseman James Patrick is day-to-day with a shoulder injury that kept him out of Sunday’s game against the Hurricanes.
The Sabres recalled defenseman Andy Delmore from Rochester of the AHL for the Carolina game.
Jovanovski out at least two weeks with shoulder injury
Vancouver defenseman Ed Jovanovski will be out at least two weeks after spraining his right shoulder Sunday night.
Jovanovski will be tested again later this week, and be re-evaluated after the All-Star break.
“There’s not much I can do right now,” Jovanovski said Monday. “Mobility, strength, there’s not much there.”
Jovanovski left Sunday’s 4-1 win over Nashville three minutes into the first period after sliding heavily into the end boards with Predators forward Martin Erat on his back.
“It’s sore and it’s unfortunate, but we’ll see how it is after a couple of weeks and we’ll go from there,” Jovanovski said.
Jovanovski, who played in last year’s All-Star Game and finished fifth in Norris Trophy voting as the league’s top defenseman, has seven goals and 21 points this season.
Vancouver recalled defenseman Jaroslav Obsut from Manitoba of the AHL to fill Jovanovski spot on the roster.
Obsut was recalled twice already this season, but hasn’t played. His last NHL game was two seasons ago with Colorado.
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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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.