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?
LIVE VIDEO: NBCSports.com shows Washington-New York, with alternate camera angles, HD views and more.
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 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.
Opinion: Changing managers won't quickly solve why England hasn't won a major trophy since '66.
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 Images
For his first 15 years in NASCAR’s top stock car series, Jack Roush spent tons of money, hired the best people he could find and tried in vain to win a Cup championship.
Mark Martin, the driver who came with Roush to what was then called Winston Cup in 1988, never quite made it to the top, finishing second four times, the last in 2002.
Roush, a mathematician, innovator and owner of a company that supplies parts to the automotive and transportation industry, sometimes waged verbal war with NASCAR’s rulesmakers and became bitter about several decisions that went against him over the years.
“I honestly never thought NASCAR was going to allow me to win a championship, no matter what I did,” Roush said after Matt Kenseth finally gave him a Cup title in 2003.
Now, with Kurt Busch having given Roush his second straight title last year and his powerful team off to a tremendous start in 2005, with eight wins in the first 15 races, some of his competitors are wondering if there’s any way to stop the five-car Roush Juggernaut.
Last Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, Greg Biffle, who has emerged as the sport’s newest star, won for the fifth time this season and the sixth time in 16 races, including the 2004 season finale.
Carl Edwards, in his first full season in Cup, won his second race of the year the previous week in Pocono, and the personable youngster quickly is finding a following in the sport.
|
Heading into Sunday’s Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., Biffle is second in the season points, trailing Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson by just 49 points, with Edwards fourth, Martin fifth, Busch, who also won a race earlier this season, ninth and Kenseth, who has struggled most of the season, 21st.
Martin, flashing some of his old-time talent and enthusiasm during his final full season in the Cup series, has an explanation for why the Roush team is running so well these days.
“It’s because we’ve got great engines right now and we’ve got great handling packages,” Martin said.
 | Slideshow |
 | Earning a trip to victory lane Take a look at every NASCAR driver who has claimed a checkered flag this racing season. NBCSports.com |
| Slideshow |
 | Revved up for racing Take a look at how some NASCAR fans express their dedication to the drivers and to the sport. NBCSports.com |
| Slideshow |
 | more photos |
| Slideshow |
 | NBCSports.com |
| Slideshow |
 | NBCSports.com |
 | INTERACTIVE |
 | NASCAR wives and girlfriends They're fixtures in pit row, but they don't drive on the track or work on the cars. Take a look at some notable NASCAR wives and girlfriends. |
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.
Wesseling: 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 AFC teams.
