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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.
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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.
Marlies Schild of Austria won her sixth World Cup slalom of the season Saturday after overall leader Lindsey Vonn and defending champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch crashed out in the opening run on the windy Pyrenees course.
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.
Jason Kidd (calf) went through shootaround but his status for Friday's game remains uncertain.
Kidd reported improvement, but owners will have to wait until closer to tipoff to see whether or not he'll be able to go. If he can't give it a whirl, Delonte West figures to start once again, and has averaged 10.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 2.5 steals over the last two games as the starter.
Coach Rick Carlisle reiterated that Jason Terry (hip flexor) is not expected to miss any time.
Terry's hip is just a little sore and it came up after he went 1-of-9 on Wednesday night. He'll be ready for his usual 28-32 minutes on Friday.
Jason Kidd (calf) participated in a light practice Thursday and remains questionable for Friday's game against the Wolves.
Kidd did some light running and shooting Thursday, just like he did on Tuesday. All coach Rick Carlisle would say is that Kidd's status for Friday night is "indefinite." Delonte West is averaging 10.0 points, 6.0 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals over the last two games as the starting point guard.
Dirk Nowitzki said he finally has confidence in his leg strength again.
Over the last three games, Nowitzki is averaging 26.3 points, shooting 61.5 percent from the field and playing 34.4 minutes per game. "I can make moves, I can spin, all of that stuff I need to do to get my shot off. Before that, that wasn't the case," Nowitzki said after Wednesday's win. ESPN Dallas expects Dirk's minutes to continue to trend upward.
Jason Kidd (calf) is hopeful to practice on Thursday and "could return" on Friday against the Timberwolves.
Kidd has missed six straight games with the calf injury, but he said that Wednesday was a "good day" in terms of his workouts. Kidd said that he'd give it a shot Friday if he's feeling good, but added that there is still no timetable and stressed he wants to be 100 percent before returning. Kidd is averaging 4.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.1 treys but is shooting just 28.2 percent from the floor.
Rick Carlisle expressed concern over Jason Terry (hip flexor) following a 1-of-9 effort on Wednesday.
"He's got a hip flexor problem right now and he did not finish the game because of it," Carlisle said. The coach said that Terry will get treatment and the team will "try" to prepare him for the action this weekend. Terry didn't seem too concerned about it and owners shouldn't be either at this point.
Dirk Nowitzki hit 11-of-20 shots and a 3-pointer on his way to 25 points, nine boards, a block and a steal in Wednesday's win.
Don't look now but Dirk has scored 25, 24 and 30 points over his last three games, hitting 32-of-52 shots over that stretch. The buy-low window has closed, but we'd like to see him keep up this level of play for a couple of weeks before declaring him good to go the rest of the season.
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.