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Is Charlie Villanueva Playing "Terrific" Defense?
After the Pistons defeated the Wizards last night, I read a post-game quote from Charlie Villanueva that made me shudder a little: "We're not known for our defense, but Ben [Wallace] ...
Looking Statistically at Team Defense
Today I decided to use the continuation of the first round of the MLS Playoffs as a point to test a few of my theories about soccer defense, how to rate it and hopefully a method to create a with/with...
The 2009 Diamondbacks Season, Part VI: Defense
Few losses were more spectacularly painful for the 2009 Diamondbacks than the one which we endured in Seattle on June 21st. With the game tied in the bottom of the ninth, Clay Zavada loaded the bases ...
Man to Man Defense: The Key to the Defensive Success of the Florida State Seminoles Men's Basketball Team
When Florida State finally cracked the code to get into the NCAA tournament at the end of the 2008-2009 season, the national media immediately caught on to the fact that Leonard Hamilton's squad play...
Caron Butler says he wants to be "the best defensive player I can possibly be"
UPDATE: Audio of Butler posted below after the jump. RICHMOND -- Every year since he became a Washington Wizard, Caron Butler has done something to improve his game and his body. Three summers a...
Alex Cora To Return In 2010? Say It Ain't So Adam Rubin
In a recap of last night's game, Adam Rubin inserted a couple blurbs about the Mets' backup middle infield situation next season: [Anderson] Hernandez has demonstrated he doesn’t have the aptit...
Brendan Haywood, Flip Saunders and Ben Wallace: A cautionary tale, or nothing to worry about?
Eddie Jordan had several positive qualities, but the biggest black mark on his coaching tenure with the Wizards was his handling of Brendan Haywood. Jordan never appreciated any of Haywood's tre...
Offense or Defense?
Everyone's heard the adage: offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships. For a lot of my life, I resisted it. I didn't want to believe it. I grew up on Steve Spurrier football (the Florida k...
Fall camp day 3 links
Utah's defense shined during the third day of camp, forcing the offense into turnovers and mistakes throughout. What this means in terms of where the offense is and needs to go probably won't be known...
Graph of the Day: UZR's Error Component and Unearned Runs
Continuing with the theme this week of defensive metrics their interpretations, today's graph examines the ErrR, or Error Runs, component of UZR on a team level. We should expect a team's unearn...
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