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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The dust had barely settled on the Bills first win of the season, when coach Rex Ryan turned his attention to Buffalos next opponent.Where Ryans concerned, its never too early to begin needling coach Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots.Explaining how difficult it is to defend against a running quarterback such as Buffalos Tyrod Taylor, Ryan referenced the Patriots injury- and suspension-depleted position.I can sit and say I dont care who plays quarterback because I know Brady aint, Ryan said, referring to Tom Brady who will serve the fourth and final game of his Deflategate suspension when Buffalo travels to New England next weekend.Steve Grogan can play quarterback. If Belichicks playing quarterback, were coming after him, I promise you that.Game on.Ryan had reason to feel a little better about himself and the Bills (1-2) following a 33-18 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.The offense finally showed signs of its once-dominant running attack a week after Ryan fired coordinator Greg Roman and replaced him with Anthony Lynn. LeSean McCoy scored twice and Buffalo had 208 yards rushing -- 57 more than the team combined for in its first two games.And Ryans defense played like the bully he once envisioned.The Bills had five sacks, intercepted Carson Palmer four times, and safety Aaron Williams scored on a 53-yard fumble return off a botched snap on a field-goal attempt.The Cardinals (1-2) produced a dud a week after a 40-7 win over Tampa Bay.Arizona combined for 2 yards of offense and no first downs on its first five possessions. And Palmer closed the game by throwing interceptions on each of his final four drives.The Cardinals return home for an NFC West showdown against the Los Angeles Rams (2-1), who have won two straight following a 37-32 win over Tampa Bay.ARIANS SNAPSOf all the things that went wrong, Cardinals coach Bruce Arians focused his frustration on long-snapper Kameron Canadays second bad snap in three weeks. Trailing 23-7 in the third quarter, Arizona kicker Chandler Catanzaro lined up to attempt a 32-yard field goal. Canadays snap sailed high and through the hands of holder Drew Butler. Williams recovered it and returned it for a touchdown.Two weeks earlier, Canadays bad snap resulted in Catanzaro missing a 47-yard attempt wide left in the final minute of a 23-21 season-opening loss to New England.Grow the hell up, Arians said, when asked how he tends to address Canadays problems. It has nothing to do with anything but whats between his ears.TAYLOR TIMELynns most notable tweak of the Bills offense involved taking the reins off Taylors running ability. After being limited to just 36 yards rushing in his first two games, Taylor had 76 yards -- 3 short of the single-game franchise record for quarterbacks he set last season.Taylors 49-yard run was the longest by a quarterback in team history and he also scored on a 20-yard run.One of the best things he can do is he can run the ball, McCoy said. Why wouldnt you not have him using his legs?Good question.GILMORE BOUNCES BACKAfter being part of a defensive secondary that was burned for 374 yards passing in a 37-31 loss to the New York Jets, cornerback Stephon Gilmore bounced back. He had two of Buffalos four interceptions and played a key role in limiting Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald to seven catches for 60 yards.Corey Graham had a sack and interception. Corey White had an interception starting in place of Ronald Darby (hamstring).IN THE CARDSArizona running back David Johnson had 83 yards rushing and scored on 4- and 22-yard runs. Catanzaro hit a 60-yard field goal , the longest at whats now called New Era Field.INJURIESRyan had no update on the status of receiver Sammy Watkins, who did not play after a teammate stepped on his surgically repaired left foot during a walk-through this week. Starting left tackle Cordy Glenn missed his second straight game after aggravating an injury to his left ankle.Cardinals punter Drew Butler sustained what Arians called a severe sprain to his left ankle. Catanzaro filled in. He had a 47-yard punt out of his end zone, and then shanked a 19-yarder on his second attempt.---AP NFL websites: http://pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFLReggie Lewis Celtics Jersey . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. Boston Celtics Jerseys . Once again, DeLaet finished tied for second at a PGA Tour stop on the weekend, this time at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The pride of Weyburn, Sask. http://www.celticssale.com/kids-robert-parish-celtics-jersey/ .C. -- Calgarys Kevin Koe did it the hard way again. Reggie Lewis Jersey . LOUIS -- Alexander Steen scored a power-play goal with 59. Kevin Mchale Celtics Jersey . -- Nathan Pancel scored twice as the Sudbury Wolves defeated the North Bay Battalion 4-2 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action.I grew up playing tennis with my father down the block from our summer house in Atlantic Beach, New York. Id often wake up to find him in his tennis whites, long legs stretched out while he read the New York Times. After his doubles game, when he would hit a few with my sister and me, he seemed just as happy when we made a good shot as when he hit a winner.Wanting to keep playing tennis motivated him when he was recovering from two heart surgeries. He died a year before I was diagnosed in 2003 with acute myeloid leukemia, an aggressive blood cancer.Throughout my treatment, which included chemotherapy, a subsequent stem cell transplant and recovery -- which I wrote about in the New York Times -- I walked, then ran, and played tennis. During those hospital stays at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston, under the care of doctors from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Id look at a can of tennis balls on my windowsill when I felt well enough to ride an exercise bike in my room. That can was a reminder that one day I would be back to the game that was a staple of my youth -- the game that connected me with my father. I am a worrier, but when Im on the court I focus on the ball, savoring the simple joy of hitting it well. If my game is off, Im even more eager to play again.Between chemotherapy sessions, breathing fresh air and playing tennis brought a sense of normalcy. I had a double-lumen Hickman catheter implanted in my chest, but I managed by tucking the tubes (one for medicine and the other for blood samples) into my sports bra. I leaned on my extended tennis family, especially when things got even more difficult before my final round of chemo before the transplant, when I developed a fungal pneumonia -- pulmonary aspergillosis -- and needed lung surgery.I got the surgery, I got the transplant, and I got stronger again. My doctors said I had an advantage because I had gone into the treatment in good physical shape. I returned to work at the newspaper where I was a reporter and to my tennis team, which had helped see me through those scary times. I passed the two-year mark, after which the chance of relapse decreases substantially.On an August weekend in 2007, I won in first doubles at a district?tournament with the captain of my USTA team. That Monday I went to the clinic to get the result of a bone marrow biopsy, the painful diagnostic test for leukemia. My doctor had shocking news: I had relapsed.He said I would get another transplant with stem cells from a donor he would find from a national registry, but first I would need more chemotherapy. I got the transplant, but six months later, the donor cells disappeared -- a complication called graft failure. Since it was considered a fluke and the donor was a good match, he agreed to donate again, for which I was grateful. More chemo and transplant No. 3 followed. Six months after that, I relapsed again.I was afraid it was the end, but my doctor offered a fourth transplant with a new donor. (Ive since learned that while two transplants for leukemia are not uncommon and three are given occasionally, four is extremely rare.) I told my social worker I hoped the new donor was a woman (I knew it didnt really matter, but I was buoyed by the thought of that bond), and I joked that it would help if she was a tennis player with a good backhand. Of course, you dont acquire any characteristics other than blood type from a donor, but the thought made me smile at a time when I was feeling beat up, and that helped.ddddddddddddThe new donors cells entered my bloodstream through my catheter in January 2009 without incident. But about two weeks later, I developed multiple life-threatening infections and went into a coma resulting from kidney failure. One night my doctor called my family in and said I might not make it.I woke up after about a week, confused and unable to speak. My legs were swollen, my face black and blue. I went to dialysis every day. For weeks I was unable to get out of bed. When I first got out and into a chair, I could barely lift a leg for the exercises a physical therapist wanted me to do. After that I progressed to trying to walk along part of the nurses station. Even holding onto a nurse or my sister, I nearly fainted. But gradually I got stronger.After about four months, I returned home and started to walk around the lake where I used to run. I was so wobbly that someone had to stay by my side to keep me from tipping over. Once I fell backward and hit my head, earning a trip to the emergency room.I went to physical therapy. I did chair yoga. I kept asking my regular doubles partner and friend, Donna, Is it time? -- wondering if she thought I was ready to hit tennis balls with her. The first few times we rallied, she made me promise not to move more than one step in either direction. Pros from our club brought me back as they had before, first hitting the ball softly, directly to me. Gradually they moved me around and hit with more pace. I squeezed a hand grip to build strength. I couldnt lift the racquet so I served underhand. I got stronger and steadier.Today, I am back on a team and playing three, sometimes four days a week, for hours at a time. I work on my slice, the shot that sustained my father into old age: 45-degree angle, arm straight. I win some and lose some, but I figure Im winning by being there.When a kidney doctor once told me upon discharge that he would see me in four months, I was surprised he thought I would live that long. I was afraid to plan anything. Then, two years ago I hit a milestone: five years in remission, when you are officially cured. I met my donor, who did turn out to be a woman, and also a friend of a childhood friend of mine -- so we really did have a connection. Not a tennis player, but she gave me the biggest gift of all, the gift of being alive and well.And so, I make plans. They include an annual bus trip Donna and I take from our club in Enfield, Connecticut, to watch the US Open. This year will mark our fourth trip, and Im looking forward to all of it, starting with printing out the schedule of play and feeling the buzz of excitement when we get on the bus, where we compare notes with our tennis friends about which practice sessions and matches well watch.I cant wait to get in as much as we can in one day. And as we rush back to the bus at the end of it -- a dash of at least 15 minutes because the buses park a good distance from the tennis center -- you can bet Ill be thinking about how far tennis has brought me.Advances in leukemia treatment, my doctors and my bone marrow donor got me to where I am. But tennis proved to be powerful medicine too.Ronni Gordon lives in Western Massachusetts, and her work has appeared in The New York Times magazine and The Philadelphia Inquirer, among others. Follow her on Twitter @Ronni_Gordon. ' ' '