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Jacobs also wrote that some people will will disagree with him, and that he himself will be second-guessing these kind of editorial decisions for the rest of his life. News judgment is never a hard and fast science, especially, when your in the eye of the editorial storm (weighing responsibility vs. public's right and need to know) And, plus, it makes for great blog fodder by we on the outside looking in. Funny, though, DAZ gets a pass even though it is the one that opened the whole can of worms to the greater public. I guess Jacobs is right in one regard: the printed version of the story lent credibility that the broadcast media just couldn't seem to muster. I think he was trying to say that once the story was out, it was the Herald's duty and responsibility, in an attempt to separate fact from rumor, to provide background, depth and context that the broadcast versions couldn't in 30-second sound bytes. This is the part that is up for debate. I don't know where the truth is. It is usually somewhere in the middle, but, I do like the fact that the local paper struggles with these decisions on these so-called "delicate" stories instead of just going off willy-nilly and half-cocked.

Kris Engelstad is continuing her parents legacy of giving in Las Vegas. Click here!

Well said. I am having no problem cheering for my beloved Canada, but, my hat is off to the Americans who do care about this game. Thanks for playing it with such skill and passion -- the way we intended for it to be played. Unlike the Europeans. I would be livid if our basketball team ever played the U.S. in America and the crowd booed our players, our Maple Leaf, and our anthem. There's no excuse.

A nice feature article on Commie from the Columbus newspaper. Click here!

The media doesn't typically do news stories on suicides. I have no knowledge of the incident listed above. But, according to my close ties in the media, if something like what is described above takes place (ambulances, police, body on stretcher) and you don't hear about it in the media soon after, you can almost always assume it was the product of a self-inflicted act. The media monitor police radios and scanners pretty well at all hours of the day. They also check police logs daily. So, a criminal or suspicious incident that leads to death typically doesn't fall through the cracks.

Good point. There might be someone out there with the right answer,but, I think a strict interpretation like that would preclude a player from even basic handling of the puck in a back-and-forth motion to set up a deke for a shot on goal, or it would preclude a player from drawing the puck far back on his stick for a delayed wrister or to shelf the puck. Maybe the key is that the player needs to be in forward motion, not necessarily the puck. During the spin-o-rama, Blaker was no longer moving forward, but, he wasn't moving backward either. It was more like a 360-degree pivot in basketball. Bottomline, it's probably ok to pivot in place and do whatever the heck you want with the puck during a penalty shot or a shootout. Thoughts?

I think the prettiest goal of the game, the night and possibly the month, was made by another former Sioux. Jason Blake makes Clemmentsen look silly with a beautiful point-blank, spin-o-rama move in the shoot out for the game winner.

SIOUX WIN!!!!!!!!

Yotes trying to ice kicker

left hand one hand grab

What a catch by Nicholas!!!!

Sioux within fg range!!!!!!!!!

Sioux nailed with holding, negates big play

It's third and three.

Sioux get first down!

Sioux get first down!

Sioux get eight on second down

Sioux incomplete, almost int.

Sioux start from own 18

1:38 remaining in game/

Yotes tie it up

2 pt try coming

Yotes TD

YOTES stuffed on 3rd and goal!

No TD yet... 2nd and goal