t would seem especially onerous for a sport that values its pacing even more than football. But at the very least, it seems reasonable to give the manager more than an instant to decide whether to challenge a game-winning run.Amateur and professional sports are dealing with the advance of broadcast te

Fullback Jordan Kahu wants the spluttering Kiwis attack to fire against Scotland and not just because a place in the Four Nations final is at stake.The Test in Workington on Friday is a tricky proposition for New Zealand, who are heavily favoured to beat the winless Scots.The Kiwis are guaranteed a spot in next weeks final in Liverpool if they win by at least 42 points.Any less and they leave open the possibility of being shut out by an unfavourable result when Australia and England meet in London on Sunday.Kahu says the coaching staff havent yet discussed their approach to the game.The Brisbane Broncos back says regardless of the permutations, the Kiwis attack is in need of a rev-up after scoring just 31 points in their four Tests this year.They lost 16-0 and 26-6 in Tests in Australia before a Four Nations campaign which has so far reaped a 17-16 win over England and 14-8 defeat to the Kangaroos.In the last couple of Tests, execution has really disappointed us, Kahu said.A few mistakes have led to missed opportunities.Weve been working on that sort of stuff and making sure everyones in the right place at the right time.Prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and winger Jason Nightingale both trained fully, possibly putting them in contention after missing the Australian Test with injury.Kahu believes the Kiwis selectors face a dilemma over whether to change a team which has been stable through its last three Tests.Five of the tournament squad are still to play - uncapped quartet James Fisher-Harris, Joseph Tapine, Te Maire Martin and David Fusitua and one-Test winger Dallin Watene-Zelezniak.They obviously deserve a shot. Theyve been pushing us at training and making sure were fighting for our positions, Kahu said.But I know if Scotland were coming to New Zealand, wed definitely put our best team on the park.Swell Waterfles . The team says the Spain international has a muscle pull in his right leg. Barcelona hosts third-division side Cartagena in the return leg of their round-of-32 tie after winning their first meeting 4-1. Swell Fles Kopen .com) - The red-hot Los Angeles Kings will try to extend their winning streak to a season-high seven games when they visit the Edmonton Oilers for Sundays clash at Rexall Place. http://www.swellkopen.be/ . There was no hesitation from the 40th-ranked Pospisil, from Vernon, B.C., who admitted that he cut back on his training sessions over the last few days to conserve energy as the long ATP season finishes next week at the Paris Masters. Swell Belgie . DAmigo scored twice in regulation and added the shootout winner as the Toronto Marlies edged the San Antonio Rampage 5-4 in American Hockey League action. Swell Waterfles Kopen . Hargreaves began his career in 2008 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and has played with the Edmonton Eskimos and last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.Lemme get this straight: A clearly missed call decided the outcome of a game with direct impact on the National League pennant race. Baseball has a sport-wide replay system, right? And no one bothered to use it?Wow.Even those of us who complain weekly about the NFLs replay review were left shaking our heads Thursday night after the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 walk-off victory over the Cincinnati Reds.The NFL system has its faults, and it draws the endless ire of fans who disagree with its clear and obvious standard for overturning calls. But it does have safety nets to prevent what happened in St. Louis. First, all touchdowns are automatically reviewed. Second, the replay official takes over in the final two minutes of either half -- freeing coaches of the responsibility to challenge to have a play reviewed.MLB replay allows umpires or managers to initiate a review, but on the final play of a game, its rules require a manager to challenge immediately or not at all. As we saw in St. Louis, Reds manager Bryan Price did not realize that Yadier Molinas game-winning hit should have been ruled a ground-rule double until after the umpires had left the field. It was too late to initiate a challenge, and the Reds had no recourse.And so MLB finds itself in a similar quandary as the NFL during its various incarnations of replay review. Should it tweak and/or evolve its system in response to a specific flaw? Or is simply fixing some calls good enough, even while leaving otherrs unaddressed?The simplest answer is to require umpires to remain available longer than immediately after a game-winning play.ddddddddddddThats what happens when NFL games end with an automatically reviewed play. The referee remains on the field, as do coaches and players, until there is word from the replay official.Should baseball automatically review every run or every hit off the wall? That would seem especially onerous for a sport that values its pacing even more than football. But at the very least, it seems reasonable to give the manager more than an instant to decide whether to challenge a game-winning run.Amateur and professional sports are dealing with the advance of broadcast technology in their own ways. The NFL has added electronic communication equipment so that its referees can speak directly to supervisors in New York City. The Canadian Football League has added a centralized video review official to correct unreviewable calls in real time. It also reviews subjective judgment calls such as defensive pass interference.Baseball, it seems, is caught between nostalgia and innovation. No one wants stoppages all night long to back-check every call. But when a game is decided on the final play, there should be enough time to decide whether all the objective calls were made correctly. Even the NFL has figured that one out. ' ' '