Osgood got some defensive help from an unlikely source with three minutes to go in the period.

He could have used some defensive help, but there was none.

So where else could defensive help come from?

"And Frank needs all the defensive help he can get."

Not surprisingly, educators are on the defensive and more open to outside help than at any time in the last 20 years.

The Rangers have been searching for defensive help ever since.

The first priority, Smith said, would be finding defensive help.

- S A team that has chosen too many wide receivers finally goes for defensive help.

Phoenix felt it allowed Jordan to penetrate too easily, and that its defensive help was slow.

"With some defensive help behind him, he might have come out unscathed," Showalter said.