11.   Near Broad Street and Exchange Place, other demonstrators raised banners calling for an end to persecution of Chinese Christians.

12.   Prior to the game, viewers will have to endure closeup shots of tearful New Yorkers looking skyward as the Stanley Cup banner is raised.

13.   So Johnson is almost afraid to let his mind wander to the moment when the Spurs are raising a banner and a ring is being slipped on his finger.

14.   Soon it would be time to raise another banner.

15.   That changes Thursday when a banner is raised at Staples Center.

16.   The banners are raised.

17.   The banner had been raised, then Mark Messier and several other Rangers had skated around holding the cup aloft for the roaring fans.

18.   The Bulls will raise a banner Wednesday at the United Center for former coach Phil Jackson, who quit after last season and six NBA championships in eight years.

19.   The crowd roared and raised their banners.

20.   The former New York Knicks Earl Monroe and Dave DeBusschere raised a banner to the rafters that listed the years of her five championship seasons here.