Couture, Grabner, Skinner up for Calder (AP)
San Jose Sharks center Logan Couture, New York Islanders right wing Michael Grabner and Carolina Hurricanes center Jeff Skinner are the finalists for the Calder Trophy, given to the NHL’s rookie of the year. Couture, Grabner and Skinner received the most votes from members of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association in results announced Tuesday.
ND: No one to blame in student’s death (AP)
The final investigation into the death of a student videographer who died after a 40-foot-high hydraulic lift he was atop blew over in a 53 mph gust during a University of Notre Dame football practice ended Monday without anyone involved being faulted or punished. University officials acknowledged that their procedures and safeguards weren’t adequate but said they couldn’t find anyone to…
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Days of NBA Lives: Wherein Danny Granger drives the Batmobile
At this point, seemingly half the NBA is on Twitter. It’s a wild world of training updates, questions as to which movies they should go see, and explanations of their Call of Duty prowess. Every so often, though, you also get a picture into the more interesting aspects of NBA life. This feature is your window into that world. Cole Aldrich: Whenever I go grocery shopping I ALWAYS get stuck with the noisy broken cart. Anyone else have this problem? Larry Sanders: Wen u see these tall basketball players with skinny jeans on just kno who started it..thanks Andrew Bogut: Word of advice people: if someone says thank you to you, dont reply with YAH or UHUH! Danny Granger: Last night I figured out that I had night vision on my car!? Who puts that on a car? I thought that’s what I had head lights for lol LaMarcus Aldridge: Big ups to @SnoopDogg for wearing my jersey during his interview with Nardwuar! You can also follow Eric Freeman on Twitter at @freemaneric.
Dana International eyeing second Eurovision win
Dana International has admitted that she let her manager persuade her to go on Eurovision 2011. The transsexual singer represented Israel in 1998 and stormed to glory with her track ‘Diva’. This was the third time that her nation had won the contest, following up successes in 1978 and 1979. Her performance 13 years ago [...]Originally written by Bet123.net, an online Betting GuideDana International eyeing second Eurovision win Related posts:Can Ireland scoop Eurovision once again? Italy: Back in The Eurovision Song Contest Self-promotion key to Eurovision success
Video: Carmelo Anthony chats with David Letterman
As the latest toast of New York, it was Carmelo Anthony’s obligation to eventually make his way over to the Ed Sullivan Theatre, and have a chat with David Letterman. Yes, Dave asking Carmelo about his role as “a number three” was a little awkward, but once you’ve sat through several Harvey Pekar interviews, Cher calling you a rude word to your face, and Madonna alternately referencing you wearing a toupee along with extolling the virtues of urinating in the shower, a goofy interview with the too-cool Carmelo Anthony is nothing. (A note for those of you at work. Apparently this video keeps rolling after Carmelo’s interview, right into a full episode of Thursday night’s Late Show. So you may have to click away from this post immediately following Dave and Carmelo’s back and forth.)
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Bonds jury deliberates without decision (AP)
Barry Bonds is going to have a longer wait for his verdict. The jury considering four felony counts against the home run king deliberated without a conclusion for the second day Monday. The eight women and four men, who started their discussions on Friday before a weekend break, will resume work Tuesday morning.
Suzuki’s HR in 10th lifts A’s by ChiSox (AP)
In a rare matchup between perfect starting pitchers, it was a young reliever and a catcher that made the difference for the Oakland Athletics. Catcher Kurt Suzuki homered on a 1-2 pitch from Jesse Crain with two outs in the 10th inning, giving Oakland a 2-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.
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Bengals owner kind of hates instant replay
Mike Brown, the owner of the Cincinnati Bengals, and reason that the Bengals are the way they are, spoke to Bengals.com about a number of issues, including instant replay. Brown has never been known as a friend to progressive thinking, so his views, while probably unpopular, probably won’t shock you. You know how I feel about instant replay. It’s marvelous how complicated we can make it. I don’t have any objection to the guy upstairs saying this play needs to be reviewed. That takes the makeup challenge away from the coaches. That’s supposed to balance out the frequency of challenges. In my book, fewer challenges is better than more because I like the game to be uninterrupted. I like it to proceed. And I know the arguments for instant replay and yet I think it misses one key thing: It slows (the game) down and sometimes it produces justice that is most fine. In other words, you can call these plays either way. They’re that close. In super slow motion? Yeah, it might be this instead of that, and in my book, why bother? Let the official on the field call it. It’s that close and let the game proceed. It all balances out over time. But that isn’t where we are. That was a fight for long ago, but I’ve never changed my basic view of it. I hate to agree with Mike Brown, but on this particular issue, I’m going to have to be an enemy of progressive thinking, too. I think there’s a place for instant replay, but as it’s currently used? Mike Brown is right. I think we’ve structured instant replay in a way that the slowdown it imposes on the game isn’t worth what it gives us in terms of the proper calls. Especially since replay doesn’t always give us the right decision anyway. Not that I’m completely on the same page as Brown. I don’t believe that things “balance out over time” — that’s some nonsense that sounds nice, but has zero basis in reality — but I don’t think what we’re getting is worth the epic slowdown it often produces. Maybe I wouldn’t mind so much if there weren’t already so many interruptions built into the game. If the NFL would promise to never allow networks to do the “commercial, kickoff, commercial” progression anymore, then I’d promise to stop whining about how replay kills the flow of a game. None of this really matters, either. It’s not like instant replay is something that’s up for referendum anytime soon. I just thought that if Mike Brown said something that approached being sensible, he deserved to be recognized. Gracias, PFT.
Kickoffs moved from the 30 to 35: Good or bad for the game?
Update: NFL owners voted Tuesday to move kickoffs to the 35-yard-line, but left touchbacks remaining at the 20. The NFL’s competition committee is mulling over the idea of moving kickoffs from the 30-yard line back to the 35, where they were in 1994. It also proposes bringing touchbacks up to the 25. Seventeen years ago, the NFL made that change because it wanted fewer touchbacks, more returns, and in theory, more excitement. Today, the notion is that it wants more touchbacks, fewer returns, and in theory, fewer injuries. Two things come immediately to mind. First, it’s hard to take anyone seriously when they insist that player safety is a priority while the league still wants an 18-game regular season. Secondly, if you can look past the 18-game hypocrisy, the question of where we draw the line between protecting players and juicing up the game is an interesting one. Patriots coach Bill Belichick has his own thoughts on the matter and clearly isn’t for it: “It’s a pretty complicated proposal,” Belichick said. “I don’t like the idea of eliminating the kickoff from the game. I think it’s one of the most exciting plays in football. It looks like the competition committee is trying to eliminate that play. I don’t know if that’s really good for the game.” If this proposal were to pass, essentially what they’re saying is that they’re willing to sacrifice some excitement, some of what makes the game appealing to consumers, in exchange for fewer broken body parts. If that starts with kickoffs, where does it end? Sure, more touchbacks might give us fewer injuries, but so would a lot of things. Would this be the start of a trend that ends with players being ruled down when an opponent asks them politely to stop running? Where is that line? What rule change is too far? At what point in the pursuit of safety is the nature of the game fundamentally altered? My short answer: Not here. I remember when the change was made in 1994, and to tell you the truth, I don’t remember any change at all in how much I enjoyed football games between ’93 and ’94. It happened, people adjusted, and football was pretty much the same. I’m not saying it’s inconsequential. Kick return studs like Devin Hester would indeed lose some of their potency (perhaps not coincidentally, the Bears are against the change), but it’s not the kind of thing that’s going to stop anyone from watching football. It’s not that big of a change. Devin Hester’s talented enough that, even if he gets fewer chances to break off a touchdown return, he’s still going to find a way to help make football awesome. As fans, we’re not going to lose much here. Follow Yahoo! Sports on Facebook and be the first to know about the most interesting stories of the day. Other popular Yahoo! Sports stories: • The heaviest person ever to finish a marathon • Hours before biggest fight, UFC star fights crime • Elin one-ups Tiger with pricey mansion
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