. >>> well in health news this morning, in the first randomized controlled trial of its krind, weight watchers was found to be more than twice as effective than standard family doctor care. it was an independent study. 12 months, overweight patients told by their doctors to use the program lost twice as much as people receiving standard health care. you can check out the health page on msnbc.com. >>> hitting a homer for grandpa, a tiger tosser keeps winning and losing a no-hitter. >>> plus, sad news, a plane crash in russia stuns the world of professional sports. your "first look" at sports is straight ahead. >>> welcome back to "first look," i'm lynn berry. in sports, makeshift vigils were held by hockey fans throughout europe and russia last night after a tragic plane crash that virtually wiped out an entire russian professional hockey team. here's nbc's fred roggin. >> good morning, and off the top tragic news, people still talking about that private jet carrying members of a russian hockey team that crashed yesterday. it killed 43 passengers and one of the worst accidents ever inv