ows their passing game out of sync. Manning will be kept under 300 yards and wont throw foor more than one touchdown.dddddddddddd Keep him on your bench so your Sunday morning isnt ruined. -- Jordan Ra

MADRID -- Valencia needed to win no matter what to try and change its fortune after one of its worst starts ever in the Spanish league, and it did it with the help of an own goal and a late penalty kick against Alaves on Thursday.Fans breathed a huge sigh of relief at the final whistle as Valencia salvaged the 2-1 victory that halted a four-game losing streak and left the team without a coach and in crisis.Daniel Parejo scored the winner by converting an 88th-minute penalty kick at Mestalla Stadium, moving Valencia out of last place in its first game following the firing of coach Pako Ayestaran.We needed this win, especially at home, Parejo said. We didnt play great football, but we did what we had to do.Valencia opened the scoring with an own goal by V?ctor Laguardia, who headed the ball into the top corner while trying to clear it from the area. Striker Gaizka Toquero equalized off a corner just before halftime to again dim the hopes of the more than 30,000 Valencia fans at Mestalla.Many were already jeering the team when Belgian midfielder Zakaria Bakkali was brought down just inside the area to prompt the penalty that was calmly converted by Parejo, sending Alaves goalkeeper Fernando Pacheco the wrong way.Valencia moved above Granada and Osasuna, which lost at Espanyol 2-1 earlier. In the other match of the day, promoted Leganes came from behind to defeat Deportivo 2-1 in La Coruna and jump to 10th place.Real Madrid, which was held by Villarreal to 1-1 at home on Wednesday, led the league by two points from Sevilla. Barcelona was third.It was the first loss for promoted Alaves, which dropped to 12th in the standings. The teams only victory so far came at Barcelona at the Camp Nou two weeks ago.Valencia is looking for its third coach since Nuno Espirito Santo left the team in November 2015. Gary Neville arrived but stayed in charge less than five months before being replaced by Ayestaran. The team is being led by interim coach Salvador Gonzalez Voro.No coach has stayed more than two years at the club since Unai Emery was in charge from 2008-12.Valencia, owned by Singapore investor Peter Lim since 2014, is the last team other than Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Atletico to win the league title, in 2004.---Tales Azzoni on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tazzoni. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/tales-azzoniBoston Celtics Store . The third-ranked Ivanovic, who won the event in 2008 and 10, served five aces and broke Wickmayer, also a former winner in 2009, five times. "The result looked easier than it really was," Ivanovic said. Custom Boston Celtics Jerseys . The head of USA Boxing came out swinging Tuesday with an open letter to Tyson -- a former Olympic hopeful himself -- that accuses the former heavyweight champion of trying to poach fighters who might be candidates for the U. https://www.cheapceltics.com/ .35 million, one-year contract that avoided salary arbitration. Plouffe batted .254 with 14 home runs and 52 RBIs in 477 at-bats last season, his second as a regular in the lineup. Boston Celtics Pro Shop .J. -- New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his left knee. Fake Celtics Jerseys . Listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1050 at 7pm et. The Raptors traded Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes.Need some help setting your fantasy lineup? NFL Nation reporters are here to help with predictions for every Week 7 game. The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers have been excluded after playing on Thursday night.GIANTS AT RAMS (IN LONDON)New York GiantsDont expect another 400-yard, three-touchdown game from Eli Manning. Or even 300 yards and multiple touchdowns. Manning threw for 59 yards the last time the Giants played in London. And while hell have more success than that on Sunday, it wont be a fantasy-worthy effort, especially with his top target Odell Beckham Jr. struggling physically. The Giants have problems against strong defensive fronts. It throws their passing game out of sync. Manning will be kept under 300 yards and wont throw foor more than one touchdown.dddddddddddd Keep him on your bench so your Sunday morning isnt ruined. -- Jordan RaananLos Angeles RamsThis may be just the game for Tavon Austin to break out. Kenny Britt is coming off a 136-yard, two-touchdown performance against the Lions and probably will draw the attention of Janoris Jenkins, the former Rams corner who is having an excellent season in the Giants secondary. That could open up things for Austin, who leads the team with 50 targets but has hauled in only 26 of those. This could be his first 100-yard receiving game of the season. The Rams will need it. -- Alden Gonzalez ' ' '