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.
Getty ImagesBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Ghostzapper will be looking for the trifecta at the Eclipse Awards.
The Breeders’ Cup Classic winner, Ghostzapper has a chance to become the first horse in 24 years to win three Eclipse Awards in the same year Monday.
On a night where awards will be given out in 15 categories, Ghostzapper is in the running for older male and top sprinter. Finalists were not announced for Horse of the Year, but Ghostzapper will contend with Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Smarty Jones, who has been retired.
John Henry won three Eclipse Awards in 1981, getting honored as Horse of the Year, older male horse and older turf horse. Secretariat (1973) and Forego (1974) also were single-season, three-time Eclipse winners.
Ghostzapper capped an unbeaten year in October, leading wire-to-wire in a three-length victory in the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Lone Star Park. Ghostzapper won all four of his races last year.
After falling just shy of becoming the first Triple Crown winner since 1978 when he was edged by Birdstone in the Belmont Stakes, Smarty Jones is a finalist for top 3-year-old male. Birdstone and Kitten’s Joy also are finalists.
Kitten’s Joy also is the favorite to win the Eclipse for top male turf horse. Better Talk Now, which upset Kitten’s Joy at the Breeders’ Cup turf, and Singletary also are finalists.
Ouija Board, who rolled to an impressive win in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Turf Mare, is a finalist for 3-year-old female horse and for female turf horse.
Azeri, Sightseek and Storm Flag Flying are the finalists in the older female category.
Steve Asmussen, who set a single-season record with 555 wins, is among the finalists for top trainer. He is a finalist along with Todd Pletcher and Bobby Frankel, who has won the award the last four years. Frankel trains Ghostzapper.
John Velazquez, Edgar Prado and Rafael Bejarano are the finalists for top jockey.
The first of three pools of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager begins its three-day run on Friday and the bet's opening scenario is very similar to each of its opening pools since the wager was created in 1999.
It's first time that Classic will be broadcast in primetime on Nov. 3.
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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.
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