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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The Patriots will have a lot on their mind when they travel to Buffalo to face the division-rival Bills.Theyre just trying their best to avoid making it all about the R-word: revenge.I guess so, safety Devin McCourty said when asked if he and his teammates are out to avenge a loss later this week. I mean we want to win. I guess you can call it that if you want.New England showed deficiencies in all three phases of the game in its 16-0 loss at home in Week 4. One of the most glaring was its run defense, which allowed the Bills to rush for 134 yards, the most the Patriots have allowed in a game this season.Buffalo also kept the Patriots offense in check by holding it to a season-low 1 for 12 on third down.The Bills gave the Patriots a steady diet of running back LeSean McCoy in the first game, but his status for this week is in doubt after he sat out practice Wednesday and Thursday with a hamstring injury.If he cant go, it would put more of a load on quarterback Tyrod Taylor and running backs Mike Gillislee and Reggie Bush, who notched his first touchdown of the season last week against Miami.McCourty said whoever they have in the backfield will be a challenge to contain.The things that we knew they did well, theyre continuing to do it, McCourty said. I think everyone knows theyre going to run but they still go out there and run the football against everybody.Taylors ability to scramble kept the Patriots off balance in the first meeting. That opened up passing lanes and led to long completions to receiver Robert Woods.This time, New England could chase Taylor with a defensive line that is lacking in depth.Tackles Alan Branch and Malcolm Brown had little rest in last weeks win at Pittsburgh with Woodrow Hamilton (shoulder) and Vincent Valentine (back) inactive. Anthony Johnson was called up from the practice squad to add to the rotation, and he could be called upon again this week.Coach Bill Belichick said he thought Branch and Brown did a good job taking on the extra workload against the Steelers, but acknowledged ideally thats not necessarily where you always want to be.Defensive end Chris Long said one goal this week is to limit the opportunities for Buffalos playmakers to get into the open field.Those guys are very capable of getting on the edge, he said. You gotta be wary of that, and you have to know what your job is ... because it might not be the same thing each play.Also included in that equation is not getting sidetracked by any head games the Bills might try.In the pregame of the Oct. 2 meeting, a shoving match erupted near the sideline when New England quarterback Jacoby Brissett jogged past a group of Bills players and was shoved by safety Robert Blanton.Brissett didnt stop, but New England receiver Malcolm Mitchell came to Brissetts defense. It led to a brief scrum involving several other players and assistant coaches.After that game, tight end Martellus Bennett expressed displeasure with the Bills players, but said this week that he wasnt concerned about any lingering issues.Im just chilling, man, he said. Im always on alert.Game notes Patriots RB Dion Lewis, who has been on the reserve/physically unable to perform list since Aug. 30, returned to practice Thursday. 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Parker had 26 points and eight assists and San Antonio beat Toronto 112-99 Monday night. "We won that game because of Tony Parkers aggressiveness," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "His juice; his aggression all night long. NEW YORK -- In February 2013, during a four-week span that saw President Obama inaugurated for his second term, Michael Jordan turn 50 and the Pentagon lift the official ban on women in direct combat roles, Serena Williams returned to the top of the world rankings in tennis. For the sixth time.Other than the fact that Williams, at age 31, became the oldest woman to hold the top spot since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975, surpassing Chris Evert, it wasnt huge news.Eleven years earlier, at age 20, Serena had attained the No. 1 ranking for the first time and spent a little over a year there. She returned to the top again in September 2008 after more than a five-year gap, the longest span between stays at No. 1 in WTA history.At no time since then would a change at the top have been quite so dramatic. But it will be the next time it occurs.At the end of the US Open, Williams, who plays Yaroslava Shvedova in a fourth-round match Monday, will either be tied with Steffi Graf for the longest stay at the top at 186 weeks, or she might lose the ranking altogether.While Williams held a 190-point advantage over No. 2 Angelique Kerber heading into the US Open, Kerber, the No. 2 seed here, now holds a 650-point lead after defeating No. 14 Petra Kvitova 6-3, 7-5 on Sunday night to advance to the quarterfinals against Roberta Vinci.To remain No. 1, Williams will need to reach the Open final. But if Kerber also reaches the final, Williams will need to beat her to keep the top ranking.Agnieszka Radwanska also has a chance at No. 1 but needs to win the title.Kerber has said she has put the possibility of No. 1 out of her mind.Actually its easy, Kerber said after her victory Sunday night, her 51st match win in 2016. If one day it happens, it will happen and will be the best day. But its still a long, long way to go. Im now in the next round and thats what counts right now.With the gap between Serena and the rest of the field seemingly insurmountaable over the past three years, and Williams still capable of dominating tennis when she is in top form, losing the top ranking would no doubt catch a lot of people off guard.ddddddddddddWhat it will not do, however, is change many opinions within the game.I think Serena for most of the people, is going to be No. 1 anyway, said Lesia Tsurenko, who lost to Vinci on Sunday in a fourth-round match. She is the greatest player ever. But its nice whats going on now in tennis that anyone can beat anyone. Thats probably good and I think this is also good for people who watch tennis just to see some new faces.Johanna Konta, who lost her fourth-round match Sunday to Anastasija Sevastova, said any of the No. 1 scenarios would be a wonderful achievement.[But] Serena maintaining her No. 1 position, I dont think says anything less of the depth of womens tennis, Konta said when that was suggested. I think the level that the girls are playing on a consistent basis is pretty impressive, and its only going to get better and better.But lets not dethrone Serena quite so fast. While the soon-to-be 35-year-old has won just one major this year, that Wimbledon title gave her 22 major championships, tying her with Steffi Graf for an Open-era record she will surely hold alone if not next week then at some point next year.For Vinci, who made Serena look particularly vulnerable with her historic upset in last years US Open semifinals, thus derailing Williams pursuit of the calendar Grand Slam, she was in no hurry to unseat the world No. 1.Well, its interesting, Vinci said. Kerber may be No. 1, but its tough. Its tough to be No. 1. Serena is still here. I saw her yesterday [defeat Johanna Larsson, 6-2, 6-1]. Shes on fire. We will see. Its not easy to be No. 1. The points and the pressure, well see. But Serena, I saw her. She played so well. ' ' '