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ST. LOUIS - Before trotting onto the field for their pregame introductions, five St. Louis Rams players stood with their hands raised in a show of compassion and solidarity for Ferguson protesters.I just think there has to be a change, tight end Jared Cook said after the Rams 52-0 rout over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday. There has to be a change that starts with the people that are most influential around the world.No matter what happened on that day, no matter how the whole situation went down, there has to be a change.Coach Jeff Fisher said hed not been aware the gesture had been planned by the players, all of them black.Wide receivers Tavon Austin and Kenny Britt came out together first, with the move obscured by a smoke machine in the upper reaches of the Edward Jones Dome. Cook, Stedman Bailey and Chris Givens then came out and stood together with hands raised in the fog.Some witnesses said Michael Brown had his hands up before being fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson in August. Brown had been unarmed.I dont want the people in the community to feel like we turned a blind eye to it, Britt said. What would I like to see happen? Change in America.After Tre Mason scored on an 8-yard run to make it 45-0 in the fourth quarter, he and Britt raised their hands together.It touched a lot of us. It added fuel to our fire, Mason said.Cook said players have been too busy to go to Ferguson, plus its kind of dangerous down there and none of us want to get caught up in anything.It takes some guts, it takes some heart, so I admire the people around the world that have been doing it, he added.Across the street from the stadium, about 75 protesters gathered in the second half as about 30 police wearing riot gear watched from a distance. Protesters chanted Hands up, dont shoot! No justice, no football! This is what democracy looks like, and Were here for Mike Brown.James Weaver of St. Louis was among the protesters outside the stadium and argued with two fans leaving. They were separated by police.People dont understand what this is about, Weaver said. This is about a young man lying on the street for four hours. People are mad.Weaver added that police are clicking their boots like the Gestapo.The Rams had additional security measures in place for the game, including armed personnel from the National Guard. The team has wanded fans outside entrances all season.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL Puma Shoes Clearance Uk . The Italian side scored twice in a four-minute span in the second half to defeat former stars from S. Cheap Puma Shoes Online Uk .Just like old times.Only this time, just one got to enjoy a victory.James return to Miami as an opponent was a success — for the Heat, that is. Wade scored 24 of his 31 points in the first half, Luol Deng had 25 points and dogged James defensively all night, and the Heat beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 101-91 in a hyped Christmas matchup Thursday. http://www.clearancepumauk.com/. -- The Denver Broncos are shuffling their offensive line this off-season and Orlando Franklin provided some insight into their plans Monday by tweeting that hes moving from right tackle to left guard. Cheap Puma Shoes Online Free Shipping .Chanathip Songkrasin opened the scoring in the sixth minute before Kroekrit found the target twice in the 57th and four minutes from fulltime.Vietnam and Malaysia play their second leg on Thursday. Vietnam won the first leg 2-1. Buy Puma Shoes Online Uk . The Cavaliers first-year forward will miss at least three weeks with a strained left knee, the latest setback for the No.HALLE, Germany - Canadas Milos Raonic was knocked out of the Gerry Weber Open after a 6-4, 6-4 loss to German qualifier Peter Gojowczyk on Wednesday. Raonic, the No. 3 seed from Thornhill, Ont., failed to break Gojowczyk in two tries and lost in a match that took one hour 12 minutes to complete. Gojowczyk moves on to the quarter-finals where he will face Colombias Alejandro Falla, who beat Dutchman Robin Haaase 7-6 (1), 6-4.dddddddddddd Earlier, former champion Philipp Kohlschreiber advanced to the quarter-finals with a 6-2, 6-4 win over French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Kohlschreiber, who won the grass-court tournament in 2011, will next play Rafael Nadal or German compatriot Dustin Brown. Fourth-seeded Kei Nishikori booked his quarter-final place by beating Gael Monfils 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. ' ' ' |
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