The Rams’ “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” Ferguson tribute before yesterday’s game appears above the fold on this morning’s USA Today front page: “Players’ Quiet Protest” (THE DAILY). The players "created a stir during pregame introductions" with the gesture (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 12/1).
The Boston Olympics Partnership today will file its proposal with the USOC “in the first leg of competition” to host the ’24 Games (BOSTON HERALD, 12/1).
The Univ. of Nebraska yesterday fired football coach Bo Pelini and school AD Shawn Eichorst said that he will not “hire a search firm to help him find a new coach” (ESPN.com, 11/30).
A “minor power outage” caused a 30-minute delay in the first period of last night’s Canucks-Red Wings game at Joe Louis Arena (DETROIT NEWS, 12/1).
Nassau and Suffolk counties are asking New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to invest $1B in “state surplus funds for 10 infrastructure projects,” including a parking garage at Nassau Coliseum (NEWSDAY, 12/1).
TSN last night during its Grey Cup broadcast launched an ad campaign around the ’15 IIHF World Junior Championship dubbed “#HereWeGo.” The campaign, created in-house by Bell Media Agency, is set to the track of The Hives’ “Here We Go Again” (TSN).
