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LOS ANGELES -- The nations second-largest city has waited nearly 22 years for Sunday.When the Rams take the field in a sold-out Coliseum for their first regular-season home game of the season, the NFL will truly, officially return to Los Angeles.A football-loving town had both of its teams simultaneously taken away by two owners with wanderlust after the 1994 season. But Stan Kroenke has brought the game back to a sprawling town that seems eager to unite behind the Rams.We all know its going to be a great moment to run down that tunnel, said Rams defensive back T.J. McDonald, who went to college in LA. Its going to be history.And after all of that cathartic excitement and a pregame concert by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Rams (0-1) need to make sure they dont get trampled by the Seattle Seahawks.Los Angeles new team didnt get a soft touch for its homecoming game. The Seahawks (1-0) have been among the NFLs best for a half-decade, and the Rams favorable recent record in the NFC West rivalry hasnt exactly inspired overconfidence.Its going to take our best shot, said Rams coach Jeff Fisher, a Los Angeles native.The Rams have won three of their last four against Seattle, sweeping the two-game series last season. Yet their dismal performance Monday at San Francisco in a 28-0 loss is a bit foreboding, while the Seahawks 12-10 win over Miami suggested their daunting defense is already in midseason form -- bad news for a Los Angeles offense that looked largely inept in its opener.Here are some other things to watch on LAs big day:RE-PETE: The Rams arent the only people making a triumphant return to the Coliseum.Seahawks coach Pete Carroll created a college football dynasty in the venerable arena, winning two national titles at USC in a nine-year run that included a 35-game home winning streak. Carroll left USC for the Seahawks in January 2010, and he still disagrees with the NCAAs decision to hammer the Trojans a few months later with sanctions surrounding Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush.I was already gone by the time all of that stuff came out, and I felt bad about that, Carroll said. Had I known what was going on, and what was going to come around, I never would have been able to leave, and I just wouldnt have.SHERMAN RETURNS: Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman is the first visiting NFL star to get the chance to play in his hometown against the Rams. He believes the NFLs return and the Rams service work will be a boon for his native Compton and other communities.When you have role models like that, when you have people giving back, whether its their time or financially, it makes a huge difference, Sherman said. You give kids something else to aspire to. You give kids some more goals to aspire to attain.BACK IN BLUE: On Thursday, the Rams thrilled many Los Angeles fans when they announced theyll wear their throwback uniforms in the game.The Rams wore the still-familiar blue-and-gold gear from 1973-99 before switching to the St. Louis-era uniforms that are still their official look. Nearly everyone expects the Rams to return to their LA-era colors when they move into their new billion-dollar stadium in Inglewood in 2019.The Rams even made the announcement about Sundays throwbacks in true Hollywood fashion -- on Ryan Seacrests radio show.NO TIME TO SIT: Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson started the week with questions about whether hed be able to play. By Wednesday, he was a full participant in practice.So much for Los Angeles getting a break.Wilson was listed on the injury report for the first time in his career this week with the sprained right ankle after Ndamukong Suh stepped on him in the opener. Expect his mobility to be somewhat limited, which could be significant considering the amount of pressure the Rams have been able to put on Wilson in previous meetings.I think really great performers find a way, Carroll said. You dont have to be 100 percent all the time to operate at a really high level.HOLD THE LINE: The Seahawks have not done well standing up to the Rams vaunted defensive line, which could be Los Angeles only significant advantage against Seattle.The Rams sacked Wilson 16 times in the previous four meetings, winning three of those. Aaron Donald, Robert Quinn, Michael Brockers -- who got a contract extension this week -- and the rest have made life miserable for the Seahawks.Seattle believes its offensive line will be better than in the opener, when JMarcus Webb had to be inserted at guard just days before facing Miami after rookie Germain Ifedi went down with an ankle injury.These guys are maybe a little more active, but big powerful people, Seattle offensive line coach Tom Cable said. This whole month is kind of this way with all those teams were playing. Its a really good opportunity to learn and grow a whole bunch.---AP Sports Writer Tim Booth in Seattle contributed to this report.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFLCheap Air Max 97 White China . JOHNS, N. Cheap Air Max 97 Pink China . Batiste, who briefly signed with the Eskimos in 2006, has spent time with several NFL teams including the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins. http://www.cheapairmax97fromchina.com/ . 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Now the Pakistan tail was coming in - and the best of them, Yasir Shah, had already done good work as a nightwatchman the day before. So it was left to the chaff. In the crucial last innings at Lords, 9, 10 and 11 had made one run between them.Right there, that is when it could have happened. The quick collapse, the shoddy bowling, the end of all hope. Younis Khan, walking off at the close of the day with nothing to show for it. Instead, Pakistan stood beside him.It was Wahab Riaz first - a man who can hit, and is not bereft of batting, but never a sure thing. At Old Trafford he was their second top-scorer with 39. Today he barely had to face a ball. The man at the other end did the work; all Wahab had to do was a face a couple of balls at a time and avoid doing anything stupid. For 11 overs he did his job as well as he could. Wahab made four runs, but the partnership was 37, and it took the lead beyond 100, beyond Edgbaston.Mohammad Amir can bat. He almost stole an ODI against New Zealand once. And although he has spent five years out of the game, it is fair to say he hasnt spent the time getting throwdowns and working on his game. He hasnt ever seen a ball he doesnt want to slash through point. For 23 balls though, he was a monk, and only then, with the lead already at 130 and Younis already past 200, did he dare launch Moeen Ali over the rope. It was his first scoring shot, and Englands collective shoulders slumped at that moment.The tail that is a punchline has been standing up all series. Yasirs innings at Lords gave Pakistan enough runs; 8, 9 and 10 outscored the top three in the second innings at Old Trafford, and Sohail Khan and Rahat Ali put together the second-biggest partnership on the last day at Edgbaston. Here Yasir batted for 17.3 overs, Wahab 11.3 and Amir 24.2 - a combined total of 43.2 overs. The main difference here was they didnt stand alone, they stood with a great of the game. Letting him down would be like letting down your father, your President, your King Khan. If Younis Khan tells you to block out a few overs and play smart cricket, tackle a bear family, or walk through a field of razor wire for 73 miles, you do it.Someone on commentary said this was the kind of innings in which you dont remember a shot. If you cant remember this innings, there is something wrong with your cricket emotions. Unless what he meant was that you didnt have to remember it, you simply enjoyed it by osmosis, so all the shots - the cut off Finn, the quicksilver hands that swept Moeen, the sixes, all of them, of authoritarian glory and the sweet drives - were now just part of you having been in their presence.ddddddddddddhe six to bring up Youniss 200 will be the shot that gets replayed for years to come. But it was the ball before that was Younis at his best. He should be in a commentary box, misremembering old cricket stories and mispronouncing current players names. But instead he keeps going into battle for his nation. Even when earlier in the series the game looked beyond him, he didnt walk away, he stood and fought.So here was this old man, with all the fielders back, hitting the ball at the exact right angle, with the exact right weight, and then scampering through for two runs like a teenager trying to prove something. He has nothing left to prove, and he still keeps proving it. It was smart, it was skilful, it showed desperation, it had courage, and it was a testament to his fitness. The six, well that was just muscle memory, a spinner is bowling, he was nearing a landmark, why not hit this guy into row F, seat 27.At the press conference Younis dedicated this innings to Hanif Mohammad, a man of greatness like him. He didnt have to dedicate it with his words; he had spent two days honouring Hanif with his bat. It was, in length, in importance, in style, in every single way, Younis Khan in Excelsis. This man who has played his games in empty stadia, outside his home, with people watching on illegal streams, was suddenly getting 25,000 opposition fans to stand up and celebrate him.The man who captained the World T20 triumph, the man who made a triple century the last time he was allowed to play at home, the man who has witnessed his team-mates being thrown in jail and his opposition being shot at by terrorists, the man who dragged Pakistan cricket up from its darkest times, and the man who just bats and bats for his country. That man deserves to go out knowing that his team did everything they could to fight for the No. 1 spot. That the thing he spent his whole life mastering, finally paid off.They all want to be the first Pakistani team to be the official World No.1. But they want to do it for Younis as well.By the time Pakistans bowlers had destroyed Englands top order, West Indies had already collapsed against India so their latest chance of going top had been delayed. But this time it wasnt due to a Pakistan mistake. They were glorious, from first ball to last, they were as good as they could be. Pakistan had a chance to lose today; they have a chance to win tomorrow.Pakistan didnt perform another come from in front defeat. They didnt give up their chance of being No.1. Today they werent carried by Younis; they were as good as him. They stood with Younis. They were Younis. ' ' '