Martina Navratilova stumbled yesterday in her doubles comeback as she and her partner, Mariaan de Swardt, lost to Gala Leon and Maria Antonia Sanchez Lorenzo of Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (5), in the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open.
So what that the Lindgrens' double-digit comeback was all for naught?
A few nights later, in Austin, the Legends qualified for the playoffs with a thrilling double-overtime comeback win.
They had posted another double-digit comeback to win their fifth game in a row, matching a season high from November.
By the time Latrell Sprewell had cradled a long rebound and dribbled the clock away, the Knicks 34-200) had emerged with their second straight double-digit comeback and were headed to Miami for tonight's game only a half-game behind the Heat in the Atlantic Division standing.
When the New York Islanders take the ice on Wednesday night for the first game of their second-round playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning, they can be grateful to their captain, John Tavares, who scored both goals in their series-clinching, double-overtime comeback win against the Florida Panthers on Sunday.
Yet, in orchestrating a double-digit comeback and a 61-yard drive during the final minutes Sunday to set up Shaun Suisham's game-winning field goal, Batch took full advantage of his opportunity... perhaps for the final time.
We have beaten them here after they won in Malaysia and it was a good important comeback". Double Olympic 400m hurdles champion Ed Moses is doing the podium interviews today.
The media's "comeback" double standard seems to reflect the misguided Beltway consensus that America's a center-right country, so of course it was only a matter of time before Bush regained his footing (he didn't) and that Obama would likely fade away during his second term (he hasn't).
Their odds of mounting a comeback doubled, from three to six per cent (according to Baseball-Reference.com).com
