We began the game just as we had ended against Germany – with momentum.
Smith watched from a hotel in Houston as the Big Red's tournament run ended against Kentucky in March.
He says that recognition occurred after the Giants' season-opening three-game winning streak ended against the Washington Redskins.
It also happened to be the last game the Penguins lost before going on their 12-game winning streak, which ended against the Flyers.
The run, which ended against Butler in the national semifinals, changed much for Virginia Commonwealth, increasing athletic department donations, ticket sales and merchandise revenue.
But the perceived downslide began here last year, when Federer's record string of 23 consecutive Grand Slam semifinal appearances ended against Robin Soderling.
PAGE 14 Boston College Falls Boston College's season ended against Southern California, but Stanford avoided a second-round loss in the N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament.
Birtles's amateur career ended against a team called Clumber Kitchens and Bathrooms amid the stale beer fumes of Victoria Embankment, Nottingham's equivalent of Hackney Marshes.
Preliminary figures for the fourth quarter of 2011 show the economy 6.2 percent larger than it was when the downturn ended, against 7.3 percent gains after the two previous downturns.
Bria Hartley had 15 points for UConn (19-1, 8-0 Big East), which has won seven straight since its record 90-game winning streak ended against Stanford on Dec. 30.
That Lakers team ended up winning the city's first N.B.A. championship, beating the Knicks in five, but their streak ended against a Milwaukee team with its own future Hall of Famers: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson
