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 three goals as the New York Rangers beat Philadelphia 5-2 on Saturday for their seventh straight win over the Flyers.
Jeremy Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
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.
CFT: Jordan Jefferson makes it clear he wasn't happy with LSU's game plan in the Tigers' BCS Championship Game loss to Alabama.
Move over, Hollywood and NFL types, golf's two real A-listers take center stage Sunday at Pebble Beach, both in need of a win.
The United States swept favored Switzerland out of the Davis Cup on Saturday when Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan beat Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Luis Suarez's refusal to shake hands with Patrice Evra overshadowed Manchester United's 2-1 win over rival Liverpool that lifted the defending champions to first place in the Premier League on Saturday.
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.
LOS ANGELES - The Dodgers should be playing in the postseason every year and showing a profit instead of losing money, according to the wife of new owner Frank McCourt.
“We expect an enormous amount of accountability. We’re going to try to change the culture of the Dodgers, because this is a team that should be in the playoffs every year,” Jamie McCourt was quoted as saying in Tuesday’s editions of the Los Angeles Times. “To not be in the playoffs is crazy.
“They should be drawing 4 million fans, not 3 million fans. They should be making money, not losing $50 million (per year). We’re not nervous, because it’s our intention to have better baseball, do better for the fans, better for the employees and do better for the players. Whatever it takes to assemble that team, that’s what we’re going to do.”
The Dodgers haven’t qualified for the playoffs since 1996 and haven’t won a postseason game since 1988.
Frank McCourt bought the Dodgers from News Corp. for $430 million last month. The Boston real estate developer immediately appointed his wife as vice chairman of the team.
Jamie McCourt also said she and her husband were not concerned about the high-level defections since the sale was completed. Team president Bob Graziano, executive vice president of business Kris Rone and senior vice president Derrick Hall have resigned, citing philosophical differences with the McCourts.
In addition, general manager Dan Evans was fired and replaced by Paul DePodesta, a 31-year-old former assistant GM with the Oakland Athletics.
“What we’ll focus on is what our expectations are and how we hope everybody who wants to be here will stay involved with the turnaround,” Jamie McCourt said. “We’ll reiterate what our expectations are in terms of accountability, winning, community service and how we want the Dodgers to be a better organization that works together.”
Under previous management, the Dodgers operated in a “silo for business, a silo for baseball and a silo for (public relations),” she said, adding the team would now have an integrated approach.
SportsTalk: Albert Pujols signs with the Angels and Prince Fielder joins the Tigers. Which team is better now?
DeMarco: Plug in a well-heeled ownership group and negotiate one of those mega-bucks TV deals that are going around, and the Dodgers could become the west coast version of the New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox.
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Jeremy Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
Doron Lamb hit a 3-pointer with 3:18 left to put No. 1 Kentucky ahead to stay, and the Wildcats took a big step toward a Southeastern Conference regular-season title by beating Vanderbilt 69-63 Saturday night for their 17th straight win.
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.