71.   The Lions defense tried every way to shut down Ronaldo, even physically.

72.   They played hard and our defense tried to take them out of their offense, but they got a lot of second shots.

73.   Vanderbilt will rely on its defense to try to slow down a quick, athletic North Carolina team.

74.   But the judge said the defense was trying to call into question the German legal system and instructed lawyers to stick to the extradition request.

75.   Earlier Friday the defense tried to beat back devastating testimony a detective gave Thursday about calling Simpson to inform him of the killings.

76.   So far, the defense has tried to focus attention on arcane DNA evidence, which may or may not prove admissable in the jury trial.

77.   The defense also tried to convince jurors that due to his years of court testimony as a police officer Shipp had become a well polished witness.