61.   All three are among the best defensive players in the league.

62.   Brian McRae, an exceptional defensive player, became a more complete player under his father.

63.   Brooks was also the New England Small College Athletic Conference defensive player of the year.

64.   Brooks will miss the first couple of games because of a suspension, and as a defensive player, he had no chance anyway.

65.   Buffalo defensive end Bruce Smith as defensive player.

66.   But after Raines strained his right hamstring, the manager revised his plans and played Gerald Williams, a superior defensive player, in left field.

67.   Brown has returned to the NHL in this incarnation as a responsible defensive player.

68.   But at least he was consoled by the notion that, unlike a number of his defensive players, he was around the ball making something happen.

69.   But he said it may be making him a better defensive player.

70.   But Desmarest is far more than a defensive player.