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OAKLAND – Rams cornerback Aqib Talib attempted to downplay it for a couple months, but finally had to acknowledge the obvious: he is a leader. His new teammates took care of that.

Rams players voted Talib as one of their six captains for the 2018 season. That made it official. The volume emanating from the defensive side of the locker room, and the fact that younger teammates have been revolving around Planet Talib since the start of training camp, made the choice obvious.

Talib, the Rams’ oldest defensive player at age 32, opened his 11th NFL season Monday when the Rams played the Raiders. Talib made his debut with the Rams, and even though in previous weeks, he insisted he wasn’t deliberately seeking a leadership role, Talib said he felt honored to receive one.

“It meant a lot,” Talib said. “It’s a huge honor. I come out and be myself, and the guys respect that. There’s a huge responsibility that comes with it, and it’s an honor to be voted by my teammates.”

The idea of Talib being recognized as a model player might have seemed improbable even before his 2008 rookie season, when he allegedly fought a teammate and overslept for a function.

In the early years of his career, Talib was suspended for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy and also was involved in multiple off-field issues. The latest of those came in 2016, when Talib admitted that he accidentally shot himself in the leg, after he previously claimed he had been a victim.

By all accounts, though, Talib has been very reliable with the Rams, and even before. Last year, Denver players named him as a captain for the first time in his career, and when his name came up as a trade possibility, Rams defensive coordinator Wade Phillips – who coached Talib in Denver – approved.

Throughout the Rams’ offseason program and training camp, Talib was a magnet for younger teammates, particularly cornerback Marcus Peters. On the field and in the locker room, Rams players gravitate toward Talib and even mock him, in a good-natured way, when he attempts to conduct interviews.

Talib said that as a captain – along with quarterback Jared Goff, running back Todd Gurley, left tackle Andrew Whitworth, defensive lineman Michael Brockers and punter Johnny Hekker – he feels some extra pressure to do things the proper way.

“It’s a leadership role,” Talib said. “You’ve kind of got the tag now. There’s no lazy ways, no lazy days. There’s no being late, period. You’ve got to continue to lead by example.”

HOMECOMING GAME

Peters and receiver Brandin Cooks debuted with the Rams on Monday, and did so close to home.

Peters grew up in Oakland, approximately 10 miles from the Raiders’ stadium, while Cooks grew up in Stockton, one hour northeast of Oakland.

“There were a lot of Raiders fans growing up in Stockton,” Cooks said. “It’s a great atmosphere to play in. Their fans, they love their team and they’re loyal. The ‘Black Hole’ is a great place to play, and being the away team, it’s fun to go out there.”

Peters initially downplayed the significance of playing near home, perhaps because he did it so often during his first three NFL seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, who played in Oakland every year. Under further prodding, Peters softened when he talked about the game.

“It’s always a special moment for me, to be able to go home and play in that atmosphere and play in East Oakland,” Peters said, “where I grew up playing and all those things. I’ll get to see some family members and friends and stuff. It’s pretty cool.”

Peters gave those friends and relatives a thrill when he intercepted a David Carr pass and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown with 1:59 to play.

Cooks led the Rams with 87 yards receiving on five catches.

NO CHANGE

As Coach Sean McVay expected, the Rams lined up and stood for the pregame playing of the national anthem, and no players used that time for any type of protest.

Last season, linebacker Robert Quinn raised a fist during the anthem, and Hekker put his arm around Quinn’s waist in a show of support. Quinn was traded to Miami during the offseason.

Peters, during part of his time with Kansas City, sat during the anthem, but during training camp, Peters said he was fine with the Rams’ default de facto policy of standing along the sideline for the anthem. McVay requested that if players that if they felt otherwise, they should tell him.

“That’s something that all of our players seem to feel good about,” McVay said before the game, “and we haven’t heard anything otherwise.”

BACK TO BACK

Goff became the first Rams quarterback to start a season opener in consecutive years since Sam Bradford in 2012 and 2013. After that, the Rams cycled through Shaun Hill (2014), Nick Foles (2015) and Case Keenum (2016) before Goff took over midway through the 2016 season.

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OAKLAND — As Rams players left their locker room late Monday night, an overwhelming stench of skunk filled the bowels of dreadful old Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The punchlines seemed endless.

In a way, perhaps the Rams could relate. They were trapped animals in the first half, unable to run free on offense or capture their prey on defense. Things turned dramatically after halftime, when the Rams sprayed the Raiders from all angles and skittered away with a season-opening 33-13 victory.

Numbers don’t always tell the story, but this time they did. The Rams’ defense allowed allowed 13 points and 254 yards in the first half, and then 0 points and 145 yards in the second half. The Raiders, surprisingly sharp in the first half, mustered nothing once the Rams figured out their offensive scheme.

“It shows how much we really trust and believe in our process,” said cornerback Marcus Peters, who finished the scoring in his hometown with an interception return for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter.

The Rams trailed 13-10 at halftime and didn’t take the lead until the final play of the third quarter, but boosted by three Oakland turnovers and dramatically improved field position, they pulled away. Consider this the ultimately compliment to the Rams: they played half a game and won by 20 points.

“We responded the right way,” Coach Sean McVay said. “We talked about it at the half and guys came out and executed and gave themselves a chance to come out with a win.”

Perhaps an overlooked angle, heading into the game, was the fact that the Raiders basically were a clean slate on both sides of the ball. While their personnel was familiar, nobody knew exactly what Coach Jon Gruden would do with those players in his return to the sideline after a 10-year absence.

Gruden, in the first half, did exactly what he should have done against a fierce Rams defensive front and an aggressive secondary. The Raiders found the soft spots. They ran the ball effectively in the first half and got their tight ends and running backs matched against the Rams’ linebackers.

“It was like a freestyle game,” Rams cornerback Aqib Talib said. “There was nothing really on tape (from the Raiders). It was bland stuff on tape. They ran their real offense today. We had a half to just trade blows with them, and then in the second half we had a feel for what they were trying to do.”

What might be scary for future opponents of the Rams is that their defense can get better. All eyes were on the up-front tandem of Aaron Donald and Ndamukong Suh, but neither made much of an impact. Lineman Michael Brockers and linebacker Samson Ebukam brought most of the pressure, and Cory Littleton, in his first game as a middle linebacker, recorded a game-high 13 tackles and an interception.

Of the Raiders’ 40 pass attempts, only nine went to receivers, and once the Rams clamped down on Oakland’s short-pass game after halftime, the game completely changed.

“The coaches came in and they broke it down good,” Talib said. “They gave us great information and we did a good job of taking it to the field and stopping what they were trying to do.”

That made things far easier for the Rams’ offense, which sputtered in the first half, in part because it only had the ball 8 minutes, 29 seconds, and in part because of some questionable playcalling.

McVay, last year’s NFL coach of the year, clearly spent the offseason hard at work, in an attempt to come up with new plays and formations to keep defenses off balance, but the Rams struggled early on against the Raiders because they went away from their fundamental strength: Todd Gurley.

McVay tried everything in the first half. He used receivers Robert Woods and Cooper Kupp on jet sweeps and reverses and he had quarterback Jared Goff throw deep to new receiver Brandin Cooks. The only thing McVay didn’t really try was handing the ball to Gurley, last year’s NFL offensive player of the year.

The Rams tried to get too cute at times, and credit the Raiders, who played well on defense even though they recently lost star defensive end Khalil Mack in a trade to Chicago. Perhaps, given the slow start, McVay also will reconsider the wisdom of not giving any preseason snaps to his offensive starters.

Gurley touched the ball only five times in the first half, for a total of 38 yards, but he had 20 touches in the second half and finished with 108 rushing yards and 39 receiving yards (and one touchdown).

Goff struggled in the first half and uncharacteristically forced a couple bad throws, but he finished fairly well, as he completed 18 of 33 attempts for 233 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions. Cooks, in his first game with the Rams, played well and caught five passes for a team-high 87 yards.

Rust, poor field position and a lack of plays combined to hamper the Rams’ offense in the first half, but still, more was expected, particularly given that the Raiders didn’t offer much of a pass rush.

The Rams generated more optimism in the second half, when Goff looked shaper, Gurley got the ball and the offense totaled 267 yards. The offensive line performed well but the Rams, as they sometimes did last season, struggled in the red zone, with two touchdowns and three field goals in six trips.

“There’s definitely a couple things where I didn’t do a good job with some of the situational play calls,” McVay said. “I was definitely disappointed with myself in a lot of situations.”

Fittingly, in the end it came back to the defense. After kicker Greg Zuerlein made a 55-yard field goal off the Coliseum’s infield dirt to give the Rams a 10-point lead with 9:19 remaining in the fourth quarter, Littleton’s interception led to another field goal. Then, with two minutes remaining, Peters jumped a route by tight end Jared Cook and raced 50 yards for a touchdown.

The NFL might come calling for some cash, given that Peters made something of an obscene gesture as he dove into the endzone, but in the end, the Rams were happy to celebrate after their slow start.

“That’s just the first-game jitters,” Peters said. “You know how things go. You want to be out there playing so bad. We watched everybody play yesterday and we just sat around all day, just anticipating our chance.”

.@JaredGoff16 finds @CooperKupp for the lead!#LAvsOAK pic.twitter.com/nnrKZf9J0P

— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) September 11, 2018

ANAHEIM — The Angels are all but mathematically eliminated from the postseason with three weeks to play on the calendar. They must fight for attention, and the empty seats among the announced crowd of 32,891 at Angel Stadium on Monday showed that it won’t always be easy.

In the moment, there wasn’t much at stake in a 5-2 loss to the Texas Rangers. Angels starter Jaime Barría suffered a rare hiccup in a shortened start before Taylor Cole was masterful out of the bullpen. The Angels created many chances to score but left 10 runners on base.

The final score mattered little. The Angels fell to 71-73, 19 games behind the Houston Astros with 18 games to play.

For Barría and Cole, two pitchers auditioning for roles on the 2019 staff, it was an important game.

Barría allowed four runs over three innings, then was removed after a laborious 60-pitch effort. It was the second-shortest start he’s made in 23 games to begin his career.

“He’s had some tough starts,” Manager Mike Scioscia said of Barría. “Like the first couple innings in New York, he gave up four runs early, then came back and kept us in the game. We’ve seen that happen, but not the way it happened tonight. It’s uncharacteristic for him to be behind in so many counts and walk so many guys. … It was just a tough start for him.”

Facing the same team multiple times is no easy task for a pitcher, let alone a rookie. For Barría (10-9), Monday was his second game against the Texas Rangers in the last five days, and his fifth start against them this year.

The Rangers strike out more frequently than all but one American League club. Against Barría, they seemed unfazed by a two-strike count. More often, they ended each plate appearance with strikes to spare. In three innings Barría walked four batters, struck out two, and allowed three hits – including a home run and a double.

The Rangers had only scored two runs in their first four games against Barría. They doubled that total in the second inning Monday.

A scoreless first inning extended Barría’s streak of scoreless innings to 12 – a career high – before his command abandoned him completely. In the second inning, Joey Gallo pounced on a 2-and-2 slider for a double. Adrian Beltre and Jurickson Profar, who walked on nine pitches to begin the inning, scored on the hit and Texas took a 2-0 lead.

Robinson Chirinos hit a fly ball for the first out before the next hitter, Ronald Guzman, sent a 1-and-0 changeup 420 feet to center field for a home run. The Angels trailed 4-0 in the span of five batters.

It was already clear that Barría had lost his command. For good measure, he walked the next batter, Hanser Alberto, on four pitches. That earned a visit from pitching coach Charles Nagy. Barría escaped the inning without allowing another run and pitched a 1-2-3 third, but was replaced by Taylor Cole to begin the fourth inning.

“Three innings, 60 pitches is a lot,” Scioscia said. “Not only that but when you’re out of sync you’re going to be grinding. He just didn’t need to throw anymore tonight.”

Barría’s second-inning hiccup dampened some of the enthusiasm following an outstanding trip for the Angels’ starting rotation. The staff recorded a 1.92 earned-run average over 10 games against the Astros, Rangers and White Sox.

Cole steadied the ship with four perfect innings. The rookie right-hander struck out three of the 12 batters he faced.

“Honestly, I try not to look too far ahead or anything like that,” Cole said. “I just want to put us in a good situation. Whenever my name’s called I go out there and do my best, and let everything fall in its place the way it should.”

The Angels lost Shohei Ohtani’s pitching talents for the remainder of the season, forcing Scioscia to patch together nine innings with a “bullpen game” Tuesday. Barría picked a bad time for an abbreviated start. Cole picked a great time for the longest outing of his career.

Meanwhile, the Angels chipped away at their deficit.

Ohtani led off the fourth inning with a line drive to right-center field against Rangers starter Mike Minor (12-7). Center fielder Delino DeShields Jr. had to slide to cut the ball off in the gap, holding Ohtani to a double.

With one out, Ohtani stole third base after the Angels successfully challenged the original out call by umpire Nic Lentz. Jose Fernandez lined a single into center field, scoring Ohtani with the Angels’ first run. Taylor Ward and Kole Calhoun both walked in the inning, but the Angels left the bases loaded.

A two-out rally in the seventh inning led to the Angels’ second run. Mike Trout reached on an infield single. Guzman couldn’t handle Elvis Andrus’ one-hop throw to first base on a Justin Upton ground ball, and Trout went to third base on the E-5. That brought Ohtani to the plate, and Rangers manager Jeff Banister summoned left-handed reliever Alex Claudio from the bullpen.

Ohtani delivered for the second time against a southpaw, shooting a line-drive single into center field to drive in Trout. The Angels trailed 4-2.

Texas got the run back in the eighth inning against Angels pitcher Williams Jerez. Andrus singled with one out and went to third base on a two-out single by Jurickson Profar. Gallo came through again, this time with a single to right field to drive in Andrus.

In the ninth inning, David Fletcher drew a one-out walk against Jose Leclerc, but Trout grounded out and Upton struck out, stranding the tying run on deck. The Angels’ winning streak ended at four games.

Jim Johnson will start Tuesday’s game. It will be his second start in a career that consists of 668 games, and his first since his major league debut on July 29, 2006.

Another day, another #ShoTime double!@Angels | @MLBonFOX pic.twitter.com/HxR3Ep14QH

— FOX Sports West (@FoxSportsWest) September 11, 2018

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Hannahlei Cabanilla is America’s favorite dancer.

During the Season 15 finale of the Fox series “So You Think You Can Dance,” the 18-year-old Anaheim Hills native was named the winner.

“It was the best moment of my life,” she said facing a line of reporters following the show on Monday, Sept. 10.

Cabanilla is Orange County’s second-consecutive winner. She joked “there’s something in the water down in Orange County, so watch out.”

Last season, Irvine’s Lex Ishimoto took the “America’s favorite dancer” title along with the grand prize.

The prize this year includes $250,000 in cash, some of which she plans on using to take her parents on a Greek getaway “because they’ve supported me through this whole experience and throughout my whole dance career.

“I just owe it to them for helping to make my dreams come true,” she said.

Cabanilla also gets to grace the cover of Dance Spirit magazine and appear in a guest role in the live adaptation of “Rent” on Fox in 2019.

Cat Deeley called the season finale a close race, with Jensen Arnold finishing second followed by Genessy Castillo in third. Slavik Pustovoytov, the only male in the Top 4, came in fourth.

The night opened with encore performances chosen by both the judges – Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Vanessa Hudgens and Twitch – and Top 4 finalists’ favorite routines of the season.

Murphy reunited Cabanilla and her one-time partner, Cole Mills, for what she said during the night’s broadcast was “the sexiest cha cha I think we’ve ever had on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’” to “Sing It Back.”

For her pick, Cabanilla and “So You Think You Can Dance” All-Star Marko Germar recreated their contemporary routine to “Welcome Home” because the eventual winner said “the performance felt really genuine.

“It felt like I wasn’t even dancing,” she said.

After the show, the judges heaped on the praise.

Lythgoe, who early on dubbed Cabanilla this season’s “warrior princess,” said the show has “often had young, small, strong young ladies that have been successful on this show.

“For me, Hannahlei just fit into that mold,” he said. “Not only was she strong, she was a great performer, and not just at one style but across the board.”

Murphy described Cabanilla as “one of the most technically sound dancers that we’ve had on the show.

“On top of that, what I think is the key factor, is she has this amazing spirit and light inside of her; it comes out of her in spades through her eyes,” Murphy added.

But Cabanilla said her win was still sinking in.

“My brain is going crazy right now,” Cabanilla said. “I’m for sure still in shock but I’m really proud of myself for making this happen because I worked my butt off to be here.”

“It’s all about strong women,” said Maria Cornejo backstage at her spring runway show. Her inspiration was epitomized in the collection by a print reproducing a work by Chilean artist Gracia Barrios, an abstract pattern consisting of sketched faces of extraordinary international female personalities. The motif was printed, for example, on a fresh cotton top worn with a draped skirt crafted from organic denim, as well as on a maxishirt paired with relaxed cropped pants.
In keeping with her quintessentially chic aesthetic, the designer delivered a beautiful collection where an unfussy urban mood was warmed up by Cornejo’s Latin sensibility, expressed particularly in the color palette of earthy, neutral tones juxtaposed with bright shades of coral red and vivid blue.
By choosing an inclusive casting of women of different ages, Cornejo wanted to highlight the timeless spirit of the collection, one designed to transcend seasonal trends and provide longevity and continuity among generations. While the oversized striped suit that opened the show and a sharp-cut denim jacket worn with matching pants looked more rigorous and infused with a certain mannish feel, the frocks and tops with plunging necks and the satin long dresses and revisited pajama sets revealed the very feminine side

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