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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The days of the New York Giants defense giving away games is seemingly over.A multimillion dollar infusion in the offseason has transformed Steve Spagnuolos unit from the worst in the NFL to one that is suddenly finding ways to win games.Just look at last weekend. The defense finally got a pass rush against the Los Angeles Rams and intercepted four passes, including one incredible return that Landon Collins turned into a touchdown, in a 17-0 win that gave New York (4-3) a two-game winning streak heading into its bye week.Its a far cry from a year ago when the defense was on the field six times either late in the fourth quarter or in overtime and gave up a winning score as the Giants missed the playoffs for a fourth straight season.It cost Tom Coughlin his job. Not Spagnuolo though. Ben McAdoo retained him after being promoted from offensive coordinator to coach, and general manager Jerry Reese took care of him with a free-agency spending spree in the offseason.Pass-rushing defensive end Olivier Vernon was signed to a five-year, $85 million deal. Shutdown cornerback Janoris Jenkins got a five-year, $62 million contract. Defensive tackle Damon `Snacks Harrison got five years and $46 million.Reese even took a chance on Jason Pierre-Paul a year after his hand injury, giving the defensive end a one-year $9.4 million contract.Add in veteran linebackers Keenan Robinson and Kelvin Sheppard, nickel back Leon Hall and a couple of draft picks -- cornerback Eli Apple and safety Darian Thompson -- and the Giants have a whole new look.Were definitely starting to click and play a lot better, said cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, who like Collins had two interceptions against the Rams. We still have a lot of mistakes that we have to get corrected. Once we do that, its going to be special.After seven games, the Giants are ranked 19th overall in total defense. They are 12th against the run, giving up an average of 93.6 yards, and 22nd against the pass, giving up 267.4 yards.New Yorks 141 points allowed are the sixth fewest in the NFC, and thats not bad for a team that has a minus-7 turnover differential.Defensive captain and linebacker Jonathan Casillas believes the defense has gotten more precise in recent weeks in terms of the coverages and the blitzes.We blew some coverages early in the season that allowed teams to get big plays on us and get into the red zone and missed a couple tackles and I think we have done a lot better with tackling and we are creating turnovers, he said.That is putting people at the ball, having the right people, at the right place, at the right time, and being detailed and I think that is all coming to fruition right now.To be honest, the defense has carried the Giants this season. Eli Manning and the offense have struggled, averaging 19 points. Its not easy to win that way.The Giants have won four games by a total of 15 points. The win in London over the Rams came in a matchup in which New York gained 232 yards and had the ball for less than 25 minutes, something that has happened in four straight games.I dont think we have played as consistent as we want every game, but we have made progress every week in certain ways and continually come into our own, linebacker Devon Kennard said. I think this last game was a good turning point for us and we have to keep it rolling.If there has been a problem for the defense it is getting off the field on third down. Opponents have had a league-high 118 third-down chances and converted on 43.2 percent, which is too high.The bye should help. Safeties Darian Thompson (foot) and Nat Berhe (concussion) are both expected to be back for the game against Philadelphia on Nov. 6, the first of three straight home games.Thompson has missed the past five games and Berhe four, forcing former practice squad player, Andrew Adams, to start.The break also should help Apple, the first-round draft pick who has been bothered by hamstring and groin issues, and Rodgers-Cromartie (groin) get back to 100 percent.Were starting to get on the same page, defensive tackle Jay Bromley said. Its remarkable how good weve played and when look at the film, there are still plays that we wish we had back.Once we continue to work with the communication, and actually do things every single time the way we are supposed to do them, we could be an even better defense.If the defense can do that, and the offense finally gets going, the Giants just may be headed to the playoffs for the first time since 2011.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL Durrant Miles Jersey . -- Whether Jeremy Hill deserves a prominent role in LSUs offence this early in the season is a matter for debate. Chris Odom Jersey . A lawyer for MLB, Matthew Menchel, confirmed Wednesday the league dropped its case against Biogenesis of America, its owner Anthony Bosch and several other individuals. 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Through two-and-a-half weeks at the 2016 League of Legends World Championships, the best player in the world is neither Song Smeb Kyung-ho of the ROX Tigers or the games all-time greatest, Lee Faker Sang-hyeok. The narrative before the tournament was the race between Smeb and Faker. The usurper (Smeb) and the king (Faker) both aim for the throne that is only big enough for one of them.Instead, it is the man sitting a few seats down from Faker, Bae Bang Jun-sik, 20, solemn in expression, as he completes another multi-man kill from the backlines of another successful team fight to take the individual top spot in the tournament so far. Last year, Bang was a completely different player, in terms of play and appearance. The marksmen has lost weight throughout the 2016 year, and his play in-game has transitioned from a follower to a leader.When Jang MaRin Gyeong-Hwan was on the team last year, a majority of T1s resources went toward Faker in the mid lane and MaRin in the top lane. For Bang, his job was to play safe and keep himself alive alongside support partner Lee Wolf Jae-wan until the laning phase ended and he could start picking stragglers off with his refined positioning and mobility in skirmishes.Last year at the world championships, where he and SKT T1 would go on to win the Summoners Cup with only one loss, Bang averaged -3 CS in the first 10 minutes of the game. It didnt matter if he was behind in the laning phase or wasnt leaping into a lead like MaRin or Faker. His job was to play safe and smart. Dont die. Weave in and out of trouble, and hopefully, when the clock hits 20 minutes on the timer, he could start making an impact.This tournament, however, it has been an entirely different story with MaRin gone and replaced by Lee Duke Ho-seong. Bang has been situated in a more forward-facing carrying role this year, and it hasnt changed at the world championships. He was the top player in the group stages when it came to CS differential at 10 (+14) and No. 1 in KDA (12.2) and gold differential at 10 (428). When the jungle faltered in the group stages, Duke underperformed or Faker wasnt at his best, Bang was as steady as could be, carrying the team with a remarkable easy-going nature in the way he plays. Through the group stages and first roundd of the bracket stage, he has settled on a quartet of champions: Ezreal (3-1), Jhin (3-0), Sivir (1-1) and Caitlyn (1-0).ddddddddddddIn 10 games, Bang has died only nine times. He kept up with RNGs top-level bottom lane Jian Uzi Zi-Hao and Cho Mata Se-hyeong, who was consistently pressured by their teammate Liu Mlxg Shi-Yu from the jungle. No longer is Bang only surviving like he did last year in the laning phase, but hes thriving, not afraid to trade with the best marksmen in the world and push forward in-lane. The only game that SKT lost to RNG, Game 1 of the series, might have been Bangs best game of the night, going 5/1/1 on Ezreal in a clinic of how good he truly is -- not just as a cog in the machine, but as the machine itself.He ended the first game (in a losing effort) with 42.3K damage. Uzi finished with 27.5K on Jhin. The next three games, in which he would win, Bang put up equally big numbers: finishing with a scoreline of 19/4/25 for the series. This against arguably the best bottom lane in the world. Bang not only showed up, he surpassed expectations, defeating a bottom lane with Wolf that receives almost all of RNGs attention and resources.H2k Gamings Konstantinos-Napoleon FORG1VEN Tzortziou, who plays Sunday in his quarterfinal, is in the running. Faker, as always, is right there. A few of the Samsung Galaxy members like Lee CuVee Seong-jin and Jo Core JJ Yong-in deserve serious recognition. Kim Deft Hyuk-kyu, the consensus best AD in the world heading into the tournament, also isnt done just yet.But right now, following SKT T1s dissection of Uzi, Mata, and the entirety of Royal Never Give Up, there is one man who leads the pack as the best at the world championships.He is 48/9/57 through 10 games. He has the second least amount of deaths of any AD carry at Worlds even with the four extra games played. He has the most kills. He has the highest KDA. He is playing the best of the best at his position, and hes soaring, playing the best League of Legends of his career.Faker can be the god. Bang, for now, is content being the ace, leading SK Telecom T1 to Madison Square Garden next week fo