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Brian Daboll on 2-6 Giants' woes: 'Face things head on'
Oct 28, 2024; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll (left) reacts to down judge Brian Sakowski (112) against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the second quarter at Acrisure Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll acknowledges there is mounting frustration in and around the complex with the team falling to 2-6 and riding a three-game losing streak.
Since pulling off an upset victory in Week 5 at Seattle, the Giants have been outscored 71-28 in losses to Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. They enter a Week 9 game against Washington with a minus-58 scoring margin and sit ahead of only the 1-7 Carolina Panthers in the NFC.
“You face things head on, things you got to fix. Be consistent,” Daboll said on Wednesday. “You don’t want to have downs, you’re going to have them. But you got to remain consistent in the leadership part of it. Communicate well. Go through the things that you can improve and then really focus on the things that you need to do for this week.
“But these guys care a tremendous amount. They work well together. There’s a lot of respect on both sides. I’d say the coaches and the players. Everybody’s doing everything they can.”
Part of the fan frustration is an 0-4 record at home, where the Giants’ only competitive effort was a 20-15 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in Week 4. They have an opportunity to reverse those fortunes with five of their next six games being at MetLife Stadium.
It starts with the Commanders on Sunday, followed by the Panthers and then Tampa Bay visits following the Giants’ Week 11 bye.
New York enters Sunday’s game with the league’s 26th-ranked offense and 23rd-ranked passing game, while the Giants are second to last averaging 14.6 points per game.
“You got to continue to work at it and execute and to move the ball and finish plays in the scoring zone,” Daboll said of the struggling offense.
The Giants have given up 26 sacks through eight games, and the pass protection issues have been magnified by the injury to left tackle Andrew Thomas. Backup Joshua Ezeudu missed Wednesday’s practice while getting his knee drained, although Daboll expects him to play Sunday.
Still up in the air is the status of rookie running back Tyrone Tracy, who is in the league’s concussion protocol. Tracy has provided a spark to the offense with a 5.2-yard average on 73 yards. He leads the team with 376 rushing yards to veteran Devin Singletary’s 250. Tracy ripped off a season-long run of 45 yards against the Steelers.
“Those big plays, we had a few more of those, allow you to (move the ball into the scoring zone). You got to capitalize once you’re down there,” Daboll said.
–Field Level Media
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Padres' Miguel Andujar (fractured wrist) placed on 10-day IL
Jul 19, 2026; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; San Diego Padres first baseman Ty France (25) celebrates with designated hitter Miguel Andujar (41) against the Kansas City Royals after hitting a solo home run during the ninth inning at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images San Diego Padres utility man Miguel Andujar was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday after fracturing his right wrist during Sunday’s 19-2 road victory over the Kansas City Royals.
Padres manager Craig Stammen referred to the injury as a “little fracture” and said it wasn’t season-ending.
Andujar was hit by a pitch from Kansas City right-hander Lucas Erceg in the eighth inning of Sunday’s game. He remained in the game but later on, the wrist flared up.
“It was a breaking ball, we didn’t think much of it,” Stammen told reporters before Monday’s road game against the Atlanta Braves. “He kind of shook it off, went to first and said it didn’t really hurt that much.”
X-rays revealed the break. Stammen said doctors decided against putting a cast on Andujar, a move that can speed up the recovery.
Andujar, 31, is batting .259 with five homers and 22 RBIs in 74 games during his first season with the Padres. He has a .279 career mark with 58 blasts and 245 RBIs in 541 games over 10 seasons.
San Diego recalled catcher Rodolfo Duran from Triple-A El Paso in a corresponding move. Duran batted .146 with three homers and eight RBIs in 35 games for the Padres earlier this season.
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ATP roundup: Portugal's Tiago Torres debuts with win on home soil
Jul 1, 2026; London, United Kingdom; Ignacio Buse of Peru serves the ball during his match against Jensen Brooksby of the United States Ignacio base of Peru on day three at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images Portugal’s Tiago Torres captured his first ATP Tour victory in his debut, delighting the home crowd with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili on Monday in the first round of the Estoril Open.
Torres, who competed for four years at the University of Texas San Antonio, was ranked No. 427 but knocked off the 34-year-old veteran who reached No. 16 in the world in 2019. Torres, a wild-card entry, converted 5 of 7 break point chances.
Frenchman Titouan Droguet also pulled off an upset, knocking off seventh-seeded Argentine Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-0, 3-6, 6-4. Droguet broke Carabelli at 4-4 in the deciding set, staved off a break point and captured the match on his second attempt.
France’s Luca van Assche edged Portugal’s Frederico Ferreira Silva 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1, and Spanish qualifier Pedro Martinez got past Portugal’s Henrique Rocha 7-5, 7-5.
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Fifth-seeded Ignacio Buse, Peru’s top-ranked player, needed two hours and 38 minutes to defeat Czech Vit Kopriva 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-1, in the first round in Kitzbuhel, Austria.
Kopriva served for the first set at 5-4, but Buse broke twice to win the set and overwhelmed his opponent in the deciding set.
Argentina’s Facundo Diaz Acosta won the other three-set match of the first day, rallying to defeat Italian qualifier Federico Cina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
In the three other opening-round matches, Argentina’s Mariano Navone routed Alexandre Muller of France 6-4, 6-0; Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann edged Austria’s Lukas Neumayer 7-6 (5), 6-4 and, in a battle of Austrians, qualifier Jurji Rodionov cruised by wild card Joel Josef Schwaerzler 6-4, 6-2.
–Field Level Media
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Alex Palou takes checkers at rain-delayed Music City Grand Prix
NTT IndyCar Series driver Alex Palou (10) crosses the finish line ahead of Josef Newgarden (2) and David Malukas (12) to win the Music City Grand Prix at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tenn., Monday, July 20, 2026. Alex Palou got a day off to celebrate his native Spain’s triumph in the World Cup final before hitting the racetrack and adding to his own trophy collection.
Palou won the rain-delayed Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix on Monday afternoon in Lebanon, Tenn., for his fifth title in 12 races this season.
The race was originally scheduled for Sunday after Fox concluded its coverage of the World Cup final, in which Spain bested Argentina 1-0 for the country’s second title. But as the racers waited — and Palou celebrated — storms rolled across Nashville Superspeedway. By the time the track was dried later Sunday night, another spate of storms made it impossible to fit in the race.
“That’s a pretty cool weekend for Spain, right? It was impressive what they did (Sunday) over at the World Cup. Happy to top it off today on Monday. My first-ever win on Monday, never raced on Monday, so it’s very cool.”
Palou, 29, inched closer to his fourth straight series championship and fifth in six years. He gained an additional 27 points on the field and leads David Malukas by 83 with six races left to go.
Driving his No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, Palou finished 0.8731 seconds ahead of defending Nashville champion Josef Newgarden. Malukas, Newgarden’s Team Penske teammate, placed third. Palou led a race-high 97 laps.
Malukas, 24, hit his right knee against the steering wheel in a crash at practice Saturday and spent some time in the hospital this weekend for tests. The Indianapolis 500 runner-up was told he didn’t break or tear anything in the knee.
He went from last at the start of the race to third, leading 59 laps along the way.
“It’s so cool to see, when you have all these people work on a collective project, you can see it come to fruition and it’s gonna happen,” Malukas said. “And what a result. We needed that for the championship (race). We’re still there. It’s a good result, good recovery. Big thank-you to everybody. That was the hardest race of my life.”
Kyle Kirkwood, starting from pole position, settled for 10th.
–Field Level Media
