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LOS ANGELES -- I went to a Los Angeles Rams game with my dad.I never thought Id get a chance to type the above sentence.Its not something I lost sleep over or thought much about. You dont really miss what you dont have. It was simply the reality of life as a Los Angeles resident after the Rams left the second-largest market, which has been without an NFL team for the past 21 years.Im 36 years old. I wasnt alive the last time the Los Angeles Rams played a home game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. They moved from L.A. to Anaheim after the 1979 season and stayed in Orange County until moving to St. Louis in 1995.The Raiders set up shop at the Coliseum from 1982 to 1994, but it wasnt the most family-friendly environment during their time here. In fact, the league didnt host a night game at the Coliseum during the Raiders last 10 seasons in Los Angeles, forcing the Raiders to play 19 straight Monday Night Football games on the road.So I watched football games every Sunday at home with my dad. I loved it and I never thought much about not having a hometown NFL team. When Los Angeles Times columnist Bill Plaschke walked into my fourth-period U.S. History class at Notre Dame High School to ask us what L.A. kids thought about not having an NFL team for a column, he was writing about the leagues lost generation of fans. I was almost flippant in my response, Its really great being able to watch good games on Sunday, instead of always having to watch the Rams or Raiders, I said.My classmate Rachel Bilson, who went on to have a successful acting career, talked about going to Rams games every Sunday with her family. It was fun waiting for each Sunday to come, she said.As much as I enjoyed watching games with my dad on our couch, there was a part of me that was jealous of what Rachel experienced with her family and what other cities got to enjoy on Sundays with their NFL teams. Whenever the cameras would pan to the tailgating in the parking lot or the fans cheering in the crowd, I would tell my dad how much fun that would be and he would usually pat me on the back and say, We have the best seat in the house right here.On Saturday, 22 years after the Rams and Raiders left town, I finally went to an NFL game with my dad, trading our spots on the couch for two seats on the 50-yard line.OK, maybe these seats are little bit better, my dad said before the game.It was surreal seeing the NFL logo painted on the center of the Coliseum field and Los Angeles painted in the end zone. The Coliseum was where Los Angeles NFL dreams had come to die for the past 20 years as city politicians continually proposed a refurbished Coliseum to league officials who viewed the 93-year-old facility in any fashion as a non-starter. If Los Angeles seemed apathetic about the NFL before Saturday, its because over the past two decades, weve seen enough artist renderings of proposed NFL stadiums to fill up the LACMA and the Getty combined. You could have a wing on all the different incarnations of a refurbished Coliseum alone.But all of the changed Saturday, when an NFL game was played in Los Angeles for the first time since Dec. 24, 1994. On that day, the Washington Redskins beat the Los Angeles Rams and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Los Angeles Raiders. I remember watching the highlights of those games on Christmas Eve while wearing a Santa Claus hat and giving my dad my Christmas wish list that consisted of mostly Sega Genesis titles. I never thought it would be close to 22 years until I attended an NFL game in Los Angeles with my dad. I guess having an NFL team was just something I took for granted at the time. Or maybe I was just a 14-year-old kid more interested in video games. Who knows?All I know is Los Angeles has completely and fully embraced the Rams and the NFL. I had my doubts. Were a town that doesnt do makeups or sequels well. In fact, we usually botch both royally and consistently. But Los Angeles Rams fans packed every inch of the parking lots outside of the Coliseum on Saturday and tailgated, along with Dallas Cowboys fans, for five hours before Saturdays kickoff. Fans young and old wore jerseys that ranged from Vince Ferragamo, Eric Dickerson and Jack Youngblood to Jared Goff, Todd Gurley and Aaron Donald.The game, as most preseason games are, was almost an afterthought to the fans finally being able to congregate at the Coliseum to celebrate the return of the Rams and the return of the NFL to Los Angeles.Even after Cowboys receiver Lucky Whitehead returned the first NFL kickoff in Los Angeles in 7,903 days for a 101-yard touchdown, most Rams fans were still smiling at the sight of their team back in their city.Not even a 24-7 halftime deficit was going to dampen their mood. Many of the nearly 90,000 fans who had packed the Coliseum had left by the time Rams quarterback Sean Mannion hit Aaron Green for a 9-yard touchdown to give the Rams a 28-24 comeback win. The Rams may be back, but this is still Los Angeles.My dad, who usually likes to beat the traffic like most clichéd L.A. sports fans, stayed until the end and smiled when it was over. It had been a long wait to experience our first NFL in game in Los Angeles together, but it was well worth it.This was fun, he said. We should do this more often.Giants Jerseys China . The Vancouver coach and an announced sellout crowd of 18,910 watched in dismay as the Canucks lost 7-4 to the New York Islanders on Monday night by squandering a 3-0 lead in the third period. Custom Giants Jersey China . Pettersen, winner of last years Evian Championships, had nine birdies and three bogeys, holding off a series of challengers led by Marion Ricordeau of France. The second-ranked Norwegian made her season debut after missing the LPGA Tours opening event last month in the Bahamas because of a shoulder injury. http://www.customgiantsjersey.com/ .Y. - General manager Billy King says the Brooklyn Nets are looking to add a big man and confirmed the team worked out centre Jason Collins, who would become the first openly gay active NBA player if signed. Cheap Custom Giants Jersey . Speaking Thursday on TSN 1050 Thursday, the Leafs GM also touched on the questions surrounding the teams leadership and the struggles of his big-name free-agent signing. “Its not from lack of effort from the coaching staff. Cheap Giants Jerseys . -- Chicago Bears cornerback Tim Jennings was selected Monday to his second straight Pro Bowl, while guard Kyle Long made it after a solid rookie season.OXFORD, Miss. - The Ole Miss womens basketball team moved to 6-0 at The Pavilion at Ole Miss with a 97-40 win over La.-Monroe on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore Madinah Muhammad (Chicago, Ill.) led the Ole Miss offense with 21 points for her third game of 20+ points this season, while classmate Alissa Alston (New Haven, Conn.) dished out a career-best nine assists.After a heartbreaking loss to No. 16 West Virginia in their last outing, Ole Miss (7-2) came out on fire in the first half shooting 48.5 percent and building a 38-point halftime lead on the strength of 13 points from Muhammad and Shandricka Sessom (Byhalia, Miss.) in the first two quarters.Shelby Gibson (Murfreesboro, Tenn.), making her first career start, got the first field goal for Ole Miss as the 8:37 mark and scored five of Ole Miss first nine points ad Ole Miss pulled ahead, 11-0 forcing the Warhawks to call a timeout at the 6:06 mark to try and stop the Rebel momentum.The Warhawks timeout didnt stop the Rebels offense as Ole miss ran its lead to 19-0 highlighted by triples from Sessom and Muhammad. The Warhawks got on the board at the 2:45 mark with a bucket underneath, but Ole Miss started to heat up from long range with two treys from Torri Lewis (Olive Branch, Miss.) as Ole Miss took a 31-5 lead at the end of the first quarter.The Ole Miss offense didnt slow much in the second quarter, extending their lead to 34 points at the media timeout. The Rebels held the Warhawks to 4-of-24 shooting (.167 percent) for the half and the 38-point scoring margin for the first half is the fourth largest in a half.La-Monroe started the second half much better and shot 71.4 percent in the third quarter for 24 points, but Ole Miss (7-2) continued their hot shooting as they doubled up the Warhawks midway through the quarter. Bretta Hart (Poplarville, Miss.) provided a spark off the bench with 10 points in the third quarter. The Rebels held the Warhawks without a field goal in the fourth quarter as they extended their home unbeaten streak to six straight.From The Head Coach On the win... Real proud of our girls. They played extremely hard coming off exams and coming off a layoff. To be able to come back and play that well is great. It was a dominant performance by our basketball team, a complete overall, dominant performance, and we needed that going into Wednesday. Real proud of our team-25 assists on 33 made shots, thats a big number. Thats just huge, and Im so proud of them.On the eneergy and attitude of this team.dddddddddddd. Our energy, our enthusiasm, our kids just enjoy playing this game. I enjoy coaching them and they enjoy playing with each other. Its just fun to coach this basketball team the way theyre playing and how hard they play. I couldnt be more proud of them.On Wednesdays meeting with Oregon... Its a huge game. We have a Power 5 team coming in here, a team thats lost one game, a team thats going to be a NCAA tournament team. They have one of the best players in the country on their roster. Were going to have to be ready to play. We need people here. Its going to be an NCAA tournament game. We need a big-time atmosphere for this game. Its going to be two really good, extremely talented teams going at it. We need our fans. We need Rebel nation here. This will be a big game come March for us. If we get this win, its a resume-building game.On the health of the team... Chrishae Rowe will be ready. Well have all 13 of them out there. We rested Taylor (Manuel) a bit today. Well do that from time to time. Its good because it gets Cecilia Muhate and Kate Rodgers more minutes. For us to get to the tournament this year, were going to need Ceci and Kate to be really good. They got great minutes today. Just real proud of them all.Rebel Sidelines -Shelby Gibson made her first career start in tonights contest. She is the second freshman to earn a start this season, joining Kate Rodgers.-With the win, Ole Miss moves takes a 14-2 series advantage and has now won the last 11 games in the series.-Ole Miss 38-point scoring margin in the first half is tied or the fourth largest in a half-The 57-point margin of victory is the fifth largest in school history-Ole Miss moves to 6-0 at The Pavilion this season. It is the best home record to start the season in the Insell era and the best start since a 7-0 start at home in 2012-13.-Each of Ole Miss players that saw time on the court scored at least two points.-Alissa Alston had a career-best 9 assists and has now dished out five or more assists in three of the last four games.Up Next Ole Miss welcomes Oregon from the Pac 12 to The Pavilion at Ole Miss on Wednesday. Tipoff is set for 6 pm.Next Five GamesDec. 14 - vs. Oregon 6 PMDec. 17 - vs. VCU 1 PMDec. 20 - vs. Austin Peay 6 PMDec. 28 - vs. Mississippi Valley State 6 PMJan. 1 - vs. Arkansas 4 PM ' ' '