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NEW ORLEANS (0-1) at NEW YORK GIANTS (1-0)Sunday 1 p.m. EDT, FoxOPENING LINE -- Giants by 4 1/2SERIES RECORD -- Giants lead 15-13LAST MEETING -- Saints beat Giants 52-49, Nov. 1, 2015LAST WEEK -- Saints lost to Raiders 35-34; Giants beat Cowboys 20-19AP PRO32 RANKING -- Saints (tie) No. 22, Giants No. 14SAINTS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (1), RUSH (19), PASS (1)SAINTS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (31), RUSH (32), PASS (T18)GIANTS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (T22), RUSH (12), PASS (22)GIANTS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (13), RUSH (18), PASS (14)STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Saints won four of last five meetings under coach Sean Payton. ... Saints have leagues best offense and next-to-last defense. ... QB Drew Brees threw for NFL record-tying seven touchdowns and 511 yards in last years game. Had 423 yards passing and four TDs last week, his 14th career 400-yard game, tying Peyton Manning for most in NFL history. ... WR Brandin Cooks had career-high 143 yards receiving and two TDs, including 98-yarder. ... WR Willie Snead had nine catches for 172 yards and one touchdown. ... Linebacker Craig Robertson had 11 tackles last week. ... Safety Jairus Byrd had forced fumble and recovery against Giants last year. ... QB Eli Manning had six touchdowns passes against Saints last year. He had three against Cowboys last week. ... RB Rashad Jennings ran for 75 yards in opener. ... WR Odell Beckham Jr. had eight catches for 120 yards and three TDs last year against Saints. ... WR Victor Cruz caught winning TD vs. Dallas in first game since October 2014. ... LB Jonathan Casillas had team-high 10 tackles in opener. ...S Landon Collins has at least six tackles in 13 of past 16 games. ... CB Janoris Jenkins matched up with Dez Bryant some of time last week and limited him to one catch for 8 yards. ... K Josh Brown returns after serving one game NFL suspension for violation of personal conduct policy. ... Giants coach Ben McAdoo making home debut. ... 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Gerald Green and Miles Plumlee? Green had bounced around the NBA when he wasnt playing overseas. The Pacers gave up on Plumlee after just one season. Now Green and Plumlee are key cogs in the Suns surprising breakout season. RIO DE JANEIRO -- For a few hours Thursday evening, Argentina seemed to have annexed an acre of blue turf on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.Attracted by the prospect of seeing the mens field hockey team win a first Olympic field hockey gold medal, hundreds of Argentines flocked to Deodoro Park and turned it into a raucous downtown Buenos Aires-like scene.Vastly outnumbering fans of Belgium, another first-time finalist, in a nearly packed stadium, Argentinas supporters tirelessly sang and chanted from long before the matchs start -- giving Leones (Lions) the home advantage.Leones rewarded their fans with a 4-2 victory in a gripping final.Really, I cant believe it. I felt more excited when we got to the semifinals, Argentina captain Pedro Ibarra said. We are finished and we are happy, but I dont think we realize we are (Olympic champions).The disbelief was understandable. Los Leones have always been the sideshow to the acclaimed womens side, Las Leonas, who medaled at the previous four Olympics. But the Leonas never won Olympic gold.Carlos Retegui, a defender for 17 years on so-so mens teams, coached the women to the London silver, then regained the mens job in 2013. The Leones found almost immediate success, including a first World Cup medal.But in Rio, the team had a modest pool round, needing to beat unheralded Ireland 3-2 in the last minutes to confirm a spot in the quarterfinals, where it beat Spain 2-1 on a late penalty stroke.In the semifinals, however, they routed defending two-time champion Germany 5-2. But two key players broke bones, striker Matias Paredes (right foot) and playmaker Matias Rey (left hand), 400-plus caps of experience sidelined for the final.Argentina got its goals early then dug in for defense.Belgium scored just three minutes in; Arthur van Dorens pass up the middle was expertly deflected in by Tanguy Cosyns. Argentine fans were silent only briefly.At its first penalty corner, Gonzalo Peillat, who scored a hat trick against Germany, faked and fed Ibarrra, whose shot ricocheted in off two Belgians.dddddddddddd Ignacio Ortiz blasted in his first goal of the competition, and by halftime it was 3-1 as Peillat had another short corner score, going low left for his tournament-leading 11th goal.Argentina didnt earn another corner. After Ortizs goal, right on the end of the first quarter, it didnt have another shot on goal for almost three quarters until the waning seconds.The Leones stacked their defense, and dared Belgium to score.The Belgians got only one, seconds from the end of the third quarter, through defender Gauthier Boccard. That brought the tension back, but Belgium was frustrated by Argentine goalie Juan Vivaldi, the deep defense, and mistakes on its own short corners.Belgium pulled its goalie with three minutes left, and it backfired. Argentinas Agustin Mazzilli intercepted a cross-field pass in enemy territory, left behind two defenders and walked the goal in with 16 seconds left, and sat on the backboard enjoying the view of teammates embracing, the Argentine fans going wild, and the Belgians collapsing to the turf.This gold medal is important, its going to help mens hockey a lot in Argentina, Mazzilli said. The girls have been really, really good for a long time. We need to improve the mens level so we will have more players at home.Belgiums silver was its first medal since it won bronze in its debut on home turf at the 1920 Antwerp Games.Germany came away with the bronze after beating the Netherlands 4-3 in a shootout. Goalkeeper Nicolas Jacobi starred, forcing Billy Bakker to shoot too late and stripping Sander de Wijn to secure Germanys 10th mens medal, second only to Indias 11.Two-time gold medalist and captain Moritz Furste, grateful to Jacobi for not having to go in the shootout, retired.The womens final is on Friday, matching defending two-time champion the Netherlands and Britain. ' ' '