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.
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.
The St. Louis Cardinals have scored runs in bunches all season, but their surprising pitching staff has been the driving force behind their run to the best record in baseball.
The Cardinals will try to contain Barry Bonds when they begin a three-game series with the visiting San Francisco Giants.
St. Louis, which leads the New York Yankees by a half-game in the race for the majors’ best mark, has won 12 of its last 13 at home. The Cardinals have won 15 of 17 overall.
Jason Marquis threw eight sharp innings and Jim Edmonds homered off Ben Sheets as St. Louis shut out Milwaukee for the second straight game, 4-0 on Thursday. The Cardinals beat the Brewers 1-0 on Wednesday.
“We’ve got a bunch of guys throwing the ball great here and we’re all feeding off each other,” Marquis said. “Hopefully we can keep it rolling through the rest of the season.”
Marquis tied Matt Morris and Chris Carpenter for the team lead in victories and made the Cardinals the only team with three 10-game winners. He’s 7-0 over his last nine starts and 9-1 in his last 12 appearances.
Jeff Suppan will go for his 10th win for St. Louis on Friday. The right-hander is 3-0 with a 2.63 ERA over his last four starts.
The Cardinals will face Bonds and the Giants for the first time this season after going 1-5 against them in 2003.
Bonds, who is 0-for-6 with no walks lifetime against Suppan, has hit 34 of his 682 career home runs against St. Louis. However, Bonds has only four home runs this month and has hit just one over the last 10 games.
Bonds went 2-for-3 with a double on Thursday, but San Francisco lost to San Diego 9-4, the Giants’ fourth loss in their last seven.
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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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.