New York followed a 19-win campaign in 2011 with 19 losses last season, finishing fourth in the Eastern Conference both years and losing in the first round of the playoffs each time.
It was clear there was going to be no stopping Khan and after more punishment, Kristjansen hit the deck for the third time in the round and the referee called a halt to the contest.
It ensured that Motherwell will face Steaua Bucharest in the next round in a week's time after the Romanians beat Hungarians Ujpest after two 2-1 wins.
Rusedski won his service game but Henman took the first of his three match points with a service winner to secure his place in the second round at Dubai for the first time in three years.
But Stein is quick to advocate the manager's role in bringing the non-league side to the fifth round for the first time in their history.
The total number of full time, year round workers in the entire bottom fifth of households in 2004 was less than 3 million, compared to 16.4 million full time, year round workers in the top fifth of households.
The Spartans and rival Michigan, which routed VCU earlier in the day in the same sold-out arena near their campuses, are in the same round of 16 for the first time.
Federer hooked a forehand wide to lose a set in the first round at Wimbledon for the first time in eight years.
That victory put the Wolverines in the round of 16 for the first time since 1994, and Beilein took some time that weekend to enjoy the moment with family.
The result was that the males who had had their plumage enhanced fathered a higher proportion of the clutches in their nests the second time round.
ECONOMIST: Male birds cannot afford to relax their standards
Its poor showing in the first round had persuaded many in the League that the time had come to sever links with Mr Berlusconi's People of Freedom movement.
But Honda teed up Shinji Okazaki to seal a famous victory for Japan, which ensured they finished runners-up to Netherlands in Group E and reached the second round for only the second time in their history.
The 19-year-old, playing in the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, looked nervous at the outset.
He lost two balls in a span of eight holes (the other one in the third round Saturday) for what he believes is the first time in his career.
Despite his exit in the third round, he will always remember his time in the Italian capital after meeting with the Pope, a fellow Argentine, last week -- an experience del Potro said he would "never forget".
Historically, No. 10 and No. 12 seeds that pull first-round upsets also win in the second round nearly half the time.
Notorious for internecine squabbling in the past, this time round they ironed out their differences in advance and offered voters a complete package.
ECONOMIST: Out with the Social Democrats, in with the Moderates
Hernych was playing in the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in 19 attempts and launched a gallant rearguard action towards the end, but Soderling rarely needed to move out of first gear.
Desperate to progress beyond the fourth round in this tournament for the first time, Almagro did his best but rarely threatened as he was decimated by an opponent dictating from the baseline and serving up 12 aces.
Seppi, appearing in the fourth round of a major for the first time, had won only two sets in losing their seven previous meetings.
Miami, the No. 2 seed in the East Regional, earned its highest seeding in school history and made it to the round of 16 for the first time since 2000 and second time since joining Division I in 1985.
The Islanders, trying to make it out of the first round for the first time in 20 years, find themselves trailing once again.
Pompey, whose depleted squad meant they could only name two outfield substitutes, crashed out of the first round for the first time in 10 years.
Because of Ms Silva, the campaign for the first round was the first time in a Brazilian election campaign that environmental issues were aired - even if the other candidates avoided any detailed discussion of them.
The Spartans (25-8) gradually pulled away after that and advanced to the second round for the eighth time in nine NCAA appearances, a streak interrupted by a loss to Louisville on the same College Park court a year ago.
Frank Lampard put Chelsea ahead in the fourth-round replay with a low strike in the first half of extra time.
For the first time since he lost in the second round of Wimbledon last year, Nadal will enter tournaments that include tennis's other titans: Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray.
The U.S. will have four women in the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time since 2004 after Jamie Hampton and Bethanie Mattek-Sands joined world No. 1 Serena Williams and Stephens.
The poor countries showed themselves resentful at the problems they have faced in implementing the Uruguay round agreements, and this time they drove a much tougher bargain.
But it all went wrong in China and Brazil, leading him to reassess his approach to preparing for the run-in this time round.
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