Add Defense to Problems the Rangers Are Facing
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The Maple Leafs scored three times in the final 11 minutes 25 seconds of Saturday nightâs game to defeat the Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
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Mark Teixeira needed only a single to hit for the cycle, and his Texas Rangers teammates wanted to see him make some baseball history.   "They were kidding me, telling me to trip over first base if I hit one into the gap," Teixeira said...
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The defense is providing much of the offense for the Nashville Predators this season. The youth of the defensive unit, led by Kimmo Timonen, the only player on the unit with more than two years of NHL experience, prompted concerns about their ability. While some of those concerns have been realized, there is no question that they can score.
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The Rangers got most of the offense in their matchup against Toronto Wednesday night, but they could not turn their chances into goals against the Maple Leafs goalie Andrew Raycroft.
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The history-defying Red Sox have touched on another crazy way to try to win their first World Series in 86 years -- by playing some of the shoddiest defense since the birth of the Fall Classic.
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The Edmonton Oilers are struggling and hurting &#151; a prime target for a team with designs on a division championship.
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PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 17 -- This whole back-to-basics thing on defense remains a work in progress for the Washington Redskins. There are depth concerns along the defensive line and in the secondary, and presumably tougher tests ahead.
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(Sports Network) - The Oakland Athletics try to strengthen their hold atop the American League West this evening when they start a four-game series with the Texas Rangers at the Coliseum.
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Eric Gagne often throws in rapid-fire succession during bullpen sessions at spring training. Still, the Texas Rangers' new closer isn't rushing his comeback.
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Add Sean Hill to the ever-changing New York Islanders' defense corps.
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It is clear that the Redskins are not going to be able to knock out anybody early. A ground game and defense will be what the team relies on for the foreseeable future.
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The Rangersâ list of otherwise accomplished players sinking into inexplicable funks grew longer and more baffling on Thursday night.
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Goal scoring has been like pulling teeth for the New York Rangers this season.
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In the retirement game, sometimes the best offense is a good defense.
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The issues that plagued the Giantsâ defense late in 2006 haunt this yearâs version: a high completion percentage for quarterbacks, few sacks, and difficulty making a stop on third down.
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The Rangers got back to the kind of game that had marked their early-season success, a low-scoring, tight-checking one that produced a much-needed victory.
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Obviously, the Patriots were not the only ones to have problems with their defense last night. In their most egregious performance of the post-Garciaparra era, the Red Sox [stats