LONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron ruled out a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia, saying Saturday that attending the games is a better way of tackling prejudice against gays. Cameron was responding to a letter from British actor and writer Stephen Fry, who called for the games to be taken away from Sochi, Russia, because of a new Russian law that bans "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" and imposes fines on those holding gay pride rallies. Fry was among hundreds of people protesting in London on Saturday against that law, which he called "preposterous." The demonstrators waved placards calling for a boycott of Sochi, and banners with the Olympic rings rendered in black. They chanted "Gay Rights for Russia" as they protested across from Downing Street, where Cameron resides. The British prime minister thanked Fry for his note, saying on Twitter that he shares Frys "deep concern about the abuse of gay people in Russia." "I believe we can better challenge prejudice as we attend, rather than boycotting the Winter Olympics," Cameron said. Camerons words echoed remarks made a day earlier by President Barack Obama, who said he was deeply offended by Russias new law cracking down on gay rights activism but does not think it is "appropriate" to boycott the Olympics. While Fry acknowledged Saturday that it was "probably not realistic to call for a move or a boycott," he urged athletes to make symbolic protests at the games, such as crossing their arms over their chests. Such a move would "show they are thinking of the gay people of Russia who are being tormented and brutalized every day," Fry told the BBC. Bruins Jerseys 2019 . - Ronda Rousey realizes shes finishing up one of the biggest years for any fighter in the young history of mixed martial arts at UFC 168, and the UFCs bantamweight champion intends to go out on top. Boston Bruins Shirts . 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Shelby Miller makes his first playoff start for the Cardinals, one win from a fourth straight trip to the NL Championship Series.The Cardinals finished off Los Angeles in a six-game NLCS last fall, knocking out Kershaw in the fifth inning of a 9-0 blowout in the final game.Two runners reached against Trevor Rosenthal in the ninth before he earned his second save of the series a€” with an assist from the grounds crew on a rainy night.Rosenthal said he was unable to find his footing, missing badly on consecutive pitches to Juan Uribe, before the grounds crew applied a drying agent and raked the mound. The right-hander then threw a pair of practice pitches and regained his stride, retiring the next two batters on flies to right for his sixth career post-season save.Hanley Ramirez had three of the Dodgers seven hits, including an RBI double in the sixth.Lackey, acquired from Boston at the trade deadline, gave up five hits in seven innings with eight strikeouts. 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But the Cardinals have shown plenty of power in the playoffs, scoring 10 of their 15 runs on six homers in three games.Carpenter connected in the third and then Wong, the rookie second baseman who was picked off to end a World Seeries loss against Boston last year, hit a two-run shot off loser Scott Elbert to put the Cardinals ahead 3-1.ddddddddddddThat pickoff last year definitely crushed me for a long time throughout the off-season, Wong said. But it was something that I definitely look back and Im not thankful for it, but I know it made me stronger as a person and as a player.Once you go through something like that, everything else is a walk in the park.Carpenter and Wong, both left-handed hitters, connected against left-handed pitchers.Hyun-Jin Ryu tossed six solid innings for the Dodgers in his first start since a shoulder injury on Sept. 12.Pretty amazing, a guy can be off that long and be that sharp, Mattingly said. 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Lackey almost got out of it, getting Adrian Gonzalez on a fly to shallow left and striking out Matt Kemp before Ramirez doubled to tie it.The crowd of 47,574 was the largest for a baseball game at 9-year-old Busch Stadium.Before the game, Mattingly announced Kershaw will start Game 4 on three days rest instead of Dan Haren, the only way Los Angeles has a chance to get two starts apiece out of its twin aces in this series. Zack Greinke would start Game 5 on regular rest in Los Angeles on Thursday night.This was certainly kind of a must-win, knowing that we do have Kershaw and Greinke left, Carpenter said.Kershaw was 21-3 with a 1.77 ERA this season and is a heavy favourite to win his third NL Cy Young Award in four years, but he blew a 6-1 lead in the Cardinals 10-9 victory in Game 1.UP NEXTDodgers: Kershaw pitched on three days rest against Atlanta in the Division Series last fall, allowing two unearned runs over six innings in the Game 4 clincher.Cardinals: Miller won 15 games as a rookie last year but was left out of the post-season rotation, partly because of workload concerns and partly because hed struggled against Division Series foe Pittsburgh.POWER COMPANYCarpenter and Albert Pujols are the only Cardinals players to homer in three consecutive post-season games. 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