What Happens to the Losing Team?
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Having lost five of the past seven presidential elections, the Democrats have to decide whether to reinvent their party and who should lead it forward
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Can a season be lost before Labor Day? Generally, the answer is no. Even the worst losses can be worked around when they occur on the first weekend of September. There's more than enough time for a team to move past any disappointment in losing a game most expected it to win.
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The scoop: Finally! For the first time in this championships, the team that scored first did NOT win the game. Nursing a 1-0 lead starting the third period, the USA surrendered two third-period goals and lost
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What&#39;s at stake: First place in the AFC East and a place in the history book. Victory for the Jets means they will go down as the team that stopped New England&#39;s winning streaks.
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Don't be shocked . . . if the Red Sox lose.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Like in every game, somebody had to lose last night. That is the downside of reaching the Super Bowl.
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As dull as the Giants were in losses to the Bears and the Jaguars, their loss to the Titans was much worse. How will Tom Coughlin pull his team back together?
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The tricky thing about being the team to watch is it's impossible to stay that way for long. Either you become an also-ran or you turn into the team to beat.
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If you spend, they will come. It can be done. You can turn around a franchise and head it in the right direction in a few days. The Arizona Diamondbacks were the worst team in baseball in 2004, losing 111 games.
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Actually, I just finished looking at the final BCS standings and could use a boost. More to the point, I could use an aspirin. So let me get this straight: Pittsburgh loses to Nebraska and Connecticut, narrowly
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Are we the reverse Tevyes? Apparently so. It appears that allowing the Red Sox, Patriots, and Celtics to shower the sports fans of New England with victory after victory - with one championship secured, another very likely to follow, and a third now a reasonable goal - does not spoil any vast eternal plan whatsoever.
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FOXBORO Assistant coaches leave for better jobs. That is the price of a football dynasty doing business. The downtrodden and desperate all want to tap into your winning formula.
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It's been a week since the Super Bowl. Have you recovered yet? Was this the worst loss ever? Was it the top of the bottom?
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This is what happens when the Yankees don't win the World Series for four consecutive years. Losing breeds big eyes and bigger paychecks for other players.
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FOXBOROUGH -- When you lose the way the Indianapolis Colts did yesterday at Gillette Stadium, it's acceptable to ask "what if?"
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To the undefeated Patriots, losing in the playoffs would taint their magical season far more than the spying scandal that marred its beginning. It would ruin everything.
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Rip up those obituaries. The club you thought had passed away still has more than enough life left in it. Enough to beat the champions.