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.
PBT: Jeremy Lin wasn't his hot self on Saturday, but he still led the Knicks to victory.
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.
APHe appeared at the ABCD Camp before his ninth-grade year. His transfer to a Cincinnati high school was a huge story in the local media. It created a ridiculous stir on the Internet when he played one tournament for a Nike-sponsored team after years of playing with another sponsored by Reebok. He was a junior in high school then.
I've interviewed Mayo several times since he was a high school freshman-to-be. He always has been exceedingly courteous, thoughtful and insightful. No one is going to get to the soul of a person by interviewing him for 10 minutes, but I've gotten the sense Mayo is trying hard to be a decent person against a mountain of obstacles. Given how early the assault began, expecting Mayo to recognize he was being used is unrealistic.
This is about viewing young athletes as commodities
Because the best basketball players generally are identifiable by the time they are in their mid-teens, it's easier for agents and their representatives to gain influence.
The best offensive tackle might not be obvious until he's a junior in college. To sign him, an agent almost invariably will have to preserve some relationship with the college where he plays, so abusing the system is counterproductive. With basketball, the agents often get there first.
Certainly there are some colleges just as likely to exploit teenaged ballers. But most offer something of lasting value in return: an education if it's wanted, exposure that helps build the player's brand, or, at the very least, high-level basketball training that can lead to greater competitive success (and the wealth that results). An agent might hand over some money or the keys to a new ride. The truth, though, is eventually that agent will find a way to be repaid.
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.
Herb Pope scored 19 points, including four free throws in final 10 seconds, and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Seton Hall to a 73-66 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday.
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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.