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Surging onto the floor to call a second-half timeout, WSU coach Ken Bone slipped and fell to the Hec Edmundson Pavilion deck, maybe the most celebrated pratfall in Seattle since Tommy Lasorda's keister hit the third-base coach's box at the 2001 All-Star Game at Safeco Field.

The Seattle Times 2012

MELBOURNE—Upscale Australian department store operator David Jones Ltd. reported Wednesday an 11% drop in second-half profit and flagged tough trading conditions ahead in a further sign of stress across the country's retail sector.

David Jones Profit Falls 11% Gavin Lower 2011

The Giants had the second-toughest second-half schedule, their four wins came on the road and the regular season's last loss was by just three points to the 16-0 Patriots—and set the stage for their title-game upset.

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Prior to their Week 5 bye, the Dolphins could only muster 92 second-half yards with Moore under center in a 26-16 loss to San Diego.

Statistics Can't Explain Jets' Recent Losses to Miami Michael Salfino 2011

In six of the last eight years, the Giants have had one of the five toughest second-half schedules in the league.

A Study in Second Halves Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011

But for locals, it appears there's more to cheer about than Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez's game-ending strikeout, or the Dallas Cowboys' second-half collapse against the Lions last Sunday.

Detroit's Engine Roars on Signs of Turnaround Joseph B. White 2011

The company, which competes with Myer Holdings Ltd., said second-half net profit in the period ending July 30 fell to 62.4 million Australian dollars US$64 million, from A$70.3 million a year earlier, a reversal of gains in the first six months, when net profit rose 5.2% to A$105.7 million, from A$100.5 million.

David Jones Profit Falls 11% Gavin Lower 2011

Reuters New York Giants players Still, the schedule lends credence to Coughlin's insistence that there's no trend to his teams' second-half swoons, just coincidence, and that maybe there's something a tad pat in the idea of an inevitable Giants "collapse."

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But Carnival warned that higher fuel prices and soft bookings for the southern Europe and U.K. markets would hurt its second-half earnings, though it expected sequential improvement for its North American brands.

Carnival Net Rises 2.6% Maxwell Murphy 2011

Maybe It's the Schedule The records and strength-of-schedule rank of the Giants' first- and second-half foes:

A Study in Second Halves Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011