A Link of Her Own: September 15, 2016

NFL HOF nominees, free b-ball tix, cute babies + more must-clicks

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NFL Links of the Day

• The nominees for the NFL Hall of Fame Class of 2017 were announced Wednesday night. There were 94 total, including first-timers LaDanian Tomlinson, Hines Ward, Donovan McNabb, Chad Johnson/Ochocinco, and, perhaps surprisingly, Bob Sanders — while the former Colts safety was great when he was on the field, he didn’t see it often due to injury. 2016 finalists looking to make it to Canton this time include Kurt Warner, Edgerrin James and Terrell Owens.

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Basketball Links of the Day

• Good friends Paul George of the Indiana Pacers and Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever both brought gold medals back to Indy from Rio, and George wants a full house for Catchings’ last regular-season game this Sunday before the ten-time All Star retires at the end of the season after 15 years in the WNBA, so he bought 5,000 tickets to give away to fans for free.

MLB Links of the Day

• The San Diego Padres are in a spot of trouble after it was discovered that they have two different medical files on each player — one that’s shared with the MLB/the press/other teams in a league-wide database, and one strictly for the team itself. Essentially, if a player was treated for soreness but wasn’t placed on the disabled list, that information was not to be shared with other teams. Apparently this separation was so that the team would be better able to trade its players — the Padres say they had no intent of misleading anyone, but the teams they traded with are pretty furious.

NHL Links of the Day

• In advance of the World Cup of Hockey (which begins shortly), Deputy NHL Commissioner Bill Daly has given several league policy updates, including how the NHL will deal with concussions going forward. Though Commissioner Gary Bettman refused to acknowledge a link between concussions and CTE just a few months ago, someone must have seen sense, because the number of spotters will be increased: four will be in a centralized video room watching every game, and there will be league-employed spotters at each game in person along with team medical staffs. If visible signs of a concussion are noticed, it will be mandatory for the player to leave the ice.

Longread of the Day

Gronk is actually a lot smarter than you might think he is.

Awesome Photo of the Day

The thoughtfulness that went into the Paralympic medals for the visually impaired competitors is awesome:

Must-Watch Video of the Day

In honor of the Jets-Bills game tonight, here’s Jets receiver Eric Decker’s son playing with an Eric Decker doll and recognizing it’s his daddy:

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