CLEVELAND - For LeBron James, the journey begins anew. Paul Richardson Jersey .Right back where it began.Clevelands been waiting.Nearly four months since proclaiming Im coming home and shifting the NBAs balance of power, James will play Thursday night in front of family, friends and the Cleveland fans who had their hearts broken when he left four years ago.This is a homecoming like no other.None of us should take this moment for granted, a relaxed James said following Clevelands morning shootaround at Quicken Loans Arena. This is probably one of the biggest sporting events ever. I dont feel it, but I know it is.A crowd of 20,000-plus fans — with some paying as much as $5,000 for a ticket — will be inside the Q, which was updated during the off-season with a gigantic, fire-spewing scoreboard to welcome home James. The Akron native came back to his hoops roots hoping to deliver a title to Cleveland, a city that has known mostly sports misery the past 50 years.When James is introduced after new teammates Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love as Clevelands final starter before the Cavs tip off against the New York Knicks, Cleveland fans will be able to put four painful years without him behind them.This a fresh start for everyone.James, who has won NBA titles and Olympic gold medals, knows this season opener is a little more special.I understand how much I mean to this team to this franchise, to this city and to this state, he said. Its a different feeling, but Im still as calm and excited at the same time because its the first game of the season.In the hours leading up to tip-off, thousands of fans gathered in the streets outside the arena. This was a party four years in the making.Across the street from the Q, a 10-story-tall banner of James was unveiled in the same spot where one hung during his first seven seasons with the Cavs. The spot became a symbol of civic pride until that night in July 2010 when James announced he was leaving for Miami. In the hours after his decision, some angry fans burned his jersey and others hurled rocks at a banner that would be removed a few days later.On Thursday, the new banner — showing James with his arms outstretched wearing a jersey with Cleveland where his name would normally be stitched — drew fans who posed for photos the same way they did when James was here last.Chrissy Pavlik of Wadsworth, Ohio, and her brother, Brad, were among the fans who didnt have a ticket for the game but wanted to be downtown to celebrate.I grew up playing basketball and LeBron was always one of my role models, so when he left I was devastated, crying, throwing fits, she said. To see the banner back, we drove into the city and I was like, Check it out, dude. Its so cool. Were very, very happy.Along East 4th Street, fans wearing James jerseys and broad smiles mixed with patrons lined up to get into overflowing restaurants and bars and a free concert featuring hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar and the rock band Imagine Dragons.As they filed past, Barry Harris, 55, of Cleveland, was filled with pride. A lifelong Clevelander, he had never seen his city acting quite like this.Its amazing, Harris said as his twin brother, Larry, snapped pictures of ESPNs SportsCenter set. Ive been waiting 55 years for this. We got LeBron. We got Johnny (Manziel) Football. We got the Republican National convention coming in two years. We got casinos. Its huge. We deserve this.James planned to take a nap during the afternoon — a pregame ritual for 12 years — and then check his Twitter account. On Wednesday night, he went on the social media site asking fans if he should bring back his signature pregame chalk toss.The 29-year-old said he has considered what the charged atmosphere expected to greet him when he takes the court for the first time.Ive had thoughts of how it might be, how loud it might be, how great it is to be back on this floor, he said.James return has Cleveland fans believing their tortured run of sports misery, which includes a series of close calls with nicknames like The Drive, The Fumble and The Shot, could be over.James is the one to end the curse.Its got to be him, Harris said. Its got to be LeBron. It was his destiny to come back and finish his career off here. No place else. Jonathan Allen Redskins Jersey . "We cannot stay the same way the whole season long," said Reyes. "This is not acceptable. Something needs to change because were a better team than what were showing right now. Its a long season and we just need to continue to push." Its been a frustrating week for the ballclub. Custom Washington Redskins Jerseys . They find themselves trying to knock each other out in the Western Conference finals for the second straight year. The Blackhawks prevailed last year on their way to the Stanley Cup, and they have the early lead this time after taking the opener, 3-1. http://www.redskinsrookiestore.com/Redskins-Geron-Christian-Jersey/ .C. - Alberta prop Andrew Tiedemann will captain Canada against Uruguay on Friday, the opening day of competition at the IRB Americas Rugby Championship.BOSTON - Drained by the emotion of the storybook ending to his Yankee Stadium career, Derek Jeter took the night off.The New York Yankees won anyway.Jeter and the rest of the teams regulars watched from the dugout as a lineup with five rookies a€” and no one who played more than 47 games for the Yankees this season a€” beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2 on Friday night.He had such a special night last night, New York starter Chris Capuano said. I think everyone can understand him just wanting to take a day.Physically and mentally fatigued by his run up to retirement, Jeter asked for the night off but said he would be the designated hitter on Saturday and Sunday in the last two games of the season for both non-playoff teams.That would give Red Sox fans a chance to cheer for the star they rooted against during the teams long rivalry. They wanted to see him Friday night, booing in the ninth whenever a hitter came out to the Yankees on-deck circle and it wasnt Jeter as a pinch hitter.Fans in a sold-out Fenway Park chanted his name throughout.It doesnt surprise me, said David Robertson, who earned his 39th save. Theres a lot of Yankee fans in the seats tonight and I know that the Red Sox fans love and respect him.I dont know if they love him, he said with a grin, but they respect him.There was little excitement one day after Jeter provided plenty with his ultimate walkoff a€” a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning in the final home game of his 20 seasons, a 6-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles.Robertson gave up two homers in the top of the ninth Thursday night, allowing Baltimore to tie the score and setting up Jeters dramatic moment.On Friday, Robertson let Xander Bogaerts reach second with no outs in the ninth but retired the next three batters.Deja vu? No, he said. I kept the ball in the field.The Yankees had five rookies in the starting lineup for the first time in more than 30 years and the Red Sox started seven, including pitcher Steven Wright (0-1).New York gave Capuano (3-4) a 3-1 lead by the time he left with two outs in the seventh.Boston threatened to tie it in the seventh when Cuban outfielderr Rusney Castillo hit reliever Shawn Kelleys first pitch for his second homer in his eighth major league game. Troy Apke Jersey. Learning how to make adjustments in the game has been very helpful, Castillo said through a translator.Brentz, who made his major league debut Sept. 17, gave Boston a 1-0 lead with a single in the second.For the first time since Oct. 4, 1980, against Detroit, New York started five rookies, not including the pitcher, according to STATS. Five rookies started for the first time since Sept. 26, 2003, in the second game of a doubleheader against Baltimore but one of them was a pitcher.The rebuilding Red Sox have been using youngsters for months. For the third straight game, they started seven rookies, including the pitcher.UNCERTAIN FUTURECapuano, who signed with the Yankees after being released by the Red Sox on July 1, was grateful for his second chance. Its been a really special experience, said Capuano, a 10-year veteran who faces an uncertain future.TRAINERS ROOMYankees: Jeter needed a day to recover from the emotion of his final game at Yankee Stadium, capped by his hit that gave the Yankees a 6-5 win over the Orioles I dont think I really slept a€” maybe a couple of hours, Jeter said. I dont know if I could play tonight if I was playing tonight. Last night was as special as it gets.Red Sox: DH David Ortiz, 1B Mike Napoli and 3B Brock Holt are expected to miss the series. Ortiz sat out his third straight game with a sore left wrist. Napoli missed his eighth consecutive game with finger, toe and back injuries. Holt has been sidelined with a concussion since Sept. 5.UP NEXTMasahiro Tanaka (13-4) starts for the Yankees against Joe Kelly (3-2) in the second game of the series. Tanaka will make his second start since returning from a 2 1-2-month break while resting and rehabbing an elbow injury. 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