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.
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
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. - If Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski was watching the McDonald’s All-American game, he must have liked what he saw.
Josh McRoberts, who has committed to the Blue Devils, was named the game’s MVP with 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting with a game-high 12 rebounds. And Duke’s incoming point guard Greg Paulus had nine assists and 13 points, making 7-of-8 free throws in the final 2 minutes to help the East hang on for a 115-110 victory Wednesday night.
McRoberts, who is from Carmel, Ind., was surprised when he heard he was named the MVP.
“I never even thought about it during the game. I was just trying to go out there and play hard,” he said.
It didn’t look as though the East was going to have to play hard all game to win big.
The East opened a 54-27 lead with 6:36 left in the first half and appeared to be headed to an easy victory, holding a 65-43 lead at halftime. But Mario Chalmers, who is committed to Kansas, scored 14 points, including three 3s, during a 22-4 run as the West closed to 74-69 in the second half.
“We needed some points but nobody was hitting their shots, so that’s when I stepped in,” Chalmers said.
Gerald Green, the game’s leading scorer with 24, and Eric Devendorf hit 3-pointers to extend the lead back to 80-69. But the East couldn’t put the West away. Calvin Miles hit a 3-pointer to close the lead to 100-96. The West finally pulled even when Monta Ellis drove to the basket with 1:47 left, then scored on a fast-break slam dunk to make it 106-106 with 1:25 left.
Green hit a pair of free throws to put the East back on top, then Paulus put the game away with his free throws.
Unlike in some recent years, none of the players taking part in the game have said they would go directly to the NBA. Green has been mentioned as a possible lottery pick, but he said after the game he’s going to Oklahoma State.
Louis Williams, who is committed to Georgia, added 14 points and Devendorf, who is going to Syracuse, added 13. The East shot 57 percent in the first half, 43 percent in the second.
Chalmers led the West with 20 points, Julian Wright, who is going to Kansas, had 14 and Miles, who headed to Texas, had 13. The West shot 45 percent for the game.
The East took command early as Green scored 11 points during a 39-13 run.
“My teammates just told me to shoot, so I did what my teammates wanted,” Green said.
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.
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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.