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ST. LOUIS - Walking off the field, his back to the huddle, Austin Davis had no idea the St. Louis Rams would gamble in this spot. Not backed up at their 18.The quarterback glanced back in surprise to see Johnny Hekker, arm cocked, about to let one go.It certainly surprised the Seattle Seahawks, even though theyve seen it before.Thats pretty sweet, Hekker said of the pass to a wide-open Benny Cunningham that helped the Rams run out the clock and beat the defending Super Bowl champions 28-26 on Sunday. Weve been practicing that play for a long time.Hekker is a former high school quarterback and is the holder on place kicks. His TD pass on a fake field goal to Danny Amendola, whod pretended to jog off the field, was the go-ahead score and the lone touchdown for the Rams in a 19-13 win over Seattle in September 2012.The Seahawks were familiar with the fake punt/pass but didnt expect trickery in that situation. They got fooled more than once.Stedman Bailey had a 90-yard touchdown on a trick return that had the Seahawks thinking another player was going to field the punt. Cunningham had a 75-yard kickoff return on a squibbed kick that had rolled into the end zone and perhaps put the Seahawks on their heels. It set up an early touchdown for the Rams (2-4).The Rams won for just the third time in 19 games against Seattle. They scored more than 20 points against Seattle for the first time in 15 meetings since 2006.It was great execution by them on a couple different scenarios, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll. It made a huge difference in this game.If they dont catch that ball, its ours and we kick the field goal and its over. A very gutsy play.Russell Wilson rushed for 106 yards on seven carries and also passed for two touchdowns while going 23 for 36 for 313 yards, becoming the first quarterback in NFL history with 300 yards passing and 100 yards rushing.But the struggling Seahawks fell to 3-3 with a second straight loss.The Seahawks dominated statistically, outgaining the Rams 463 yards to 272. Doug Baldwins 9-yard reception cut the deficit to two with 3:18 to go, but the Rams were able to run out the clock after Hekkers completion to Cunningham on fourth-and-3, and somehow recovered a fumble by Tre Mason in the final minute.NFL spokesman Michael Signora said the play was reviewed by the league and that there was no evidence of a clear recovery by either St. Louis or Seattle.Cory Harkey was credited with a fumble recovery, and the Rams finished it with a kneel-down. The Seahawks Richard Sherman had the ball after it popped out of Harkeys grasp, but Harkey apparently grabbed it back in the scrum.I stripped the ball and it was a big scuffle and I was just trying to help Sherm get the ball, safety Earl Thomas said. He had it but somehow ... I dont know.Hekker was a high school quarterback and is 4 for 5 for 60 yards and a touchdown in three seasons. He also serves as the emergency quarterback.I dont know how many completions I had, but it wasnt even close to the most important one of the game, Davis said. Sometimes youve got to go get one.Wilson was sacked three times by St. Louis, which trailed the NFL with just one in the first five games. Robert Quinns got his first of the season; Quinn led the NFC with a franchise-record 19 sacks last year.The Rams led by at least two touchdowns at home for the third straight game and Baileys punt return made it 21-3 in the second quarter. They couldnt hold on the first two times, coughing up a 14-0 advantage last Monday night against the 49ers, and a 21-point cushion against Dallas in Week 3.On his tricky TD, Bailey had clear sailing past a stunned Seahawks sideline after an excellent fake by Tavon Austin drew most defenders to the opposite side of the field. Austin sold it well, staggering under the imaginary ball.NOTES: Seattle FB Derrick Coleman broke a foot in pregame workouts and CB Tharold Simon (ankle) was sidelined in the second quarter. ... The teams combined for an average of just 30.4 points the previous eight meetings. ... Rams G Rodger Saffold (right knee) was sidelined in the fourth quarter.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL .C. -- Cam Newton wasnt flawless on Sunday. . The second-ranked Jayhawks will play the Miners of Texas-El Paso at Imperial Arena in the Bahamas. The game can be seen live on TSN2 starting at 7pm et/4pm pt. http://www.chinajerseyspaypal.com/. Now comes an off-season of questions about manager Matt Williams decisions and a handful of key roster choices, including what to do about Ryan Zimmerman, whether to sign Jordan Zimmermann and Ian Desmond to long-term deals, and how to upgrade an offence that fell flat in October. . The football club recently announced an increase in season ticket prices in five of the seven categories at Investors Group Field for 2014. While most increases are in the two to three per cent range, the clubs most affordable season tickets will jump from $199 to $250 — a 26 per cent leap. . -- Jesse Lussier scored 8:24 into overtime as the Halifax Mooseheads erased a four-goal deficit to beat the host Val-dOr Foreurs 6-5 on Tuesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff action. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Nearly 100 rampaging Chilean fans busted through a security checkpoint at the Maracana stadium Wednesday, sprinting through a large media room and breaking down walls trying to find a way into the sold-out Spain vs. Chile World Cup match. The red-shirted supporters, mostly young men, surged through the media centre underneath the stands, pushing and shoving their way past journalists and TV crews toward a corridor they apparently thought would lead to the grandstands. To get to the corridor, the fans broke down a temporary wall in one corner of the room, sending metal lockers crashing to the ground, according to Associated Press journalists. They then rushed back down the corridor in the other direction, sending parts of the same wall crashing down onto media work tables. Security staff at Maracana -- where the World Cup final will be held July 13 -- were slow to react to the mass break-in less than an hour before kickoff. They eventually contained the fans in a section of the corridor around 15 minutes after they first broke in. The Rio de Janeiro state security secretariat, which oversees security forces, said in a statement that 85 fans were detained. Some were marched away in a line by security officials, their arms resting on the shoulders of the people in front of them. Outside, riot police armed with stun guns forced dozens of the detained fans to walk single-file toward a holding area. There, the Chile supporters chanted and loudly complained about scalpers charging $1,000 a ticket for the game. "I travelled thousands of kilometres to get here!" one fan yelled, while others chanted "FIFA is a mafia! FIFA is a mafia!" Asked howw many guards should have been watching the entry where the Chileans busted through, security guard Diego Goncalves said "about 20.dddddddddddd" "I was the lone guy standing out there," near the entry to press centre, Goncalves said. "All of a sudden they knocked down the fence and just pushed their way through." In the joint statement, FIFA and Brazilian World Cup organizers said they "condemn these acts of violence." "Ahead of the Spain versus Chile match at the Maracana a group of individuals without tickets violently forced entry into the stadium, breaking fences and overrunning security," FIFA said in a statement. "They were contained by the security and did not make it to the seats." The fans came extremely close to racing down a corridor that leads onto the field. But they apparently didnt know how close they were and came back toward the media room. There, security guards eventually gained control of the situation, waving their hands frantically and ordering the Chile supporters to sit down in a large group before leading them away. Many fans covered their face with scarves containing Chiles logo as they were photographed and filmed by journalists. After the fans broke in, security was beefed up, with long lines of heavily armed military police standing watch as thousands of fans lined up to get inside the stadium. Rio de Janeiro states security secretariat, which oversees police, said that because of the "aggressive and orchestrated" behaviour of the Chilean fans, FIFA asked police for help in controlling the situation and detaining the fans. An investigation into the case is underway. ' ' ' |
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