Tonight, he said a close loss to Pittsburgh was probably his team's worst performance of the season.

All of those close losses are behind us, so there is no reason you can't just move forward.

Joseph at least was an old family friend, also mourning a close and almost equally recent loss.

Thomas was one of Collingwood's best in a close loss.

The season was, like the year before, marred by close losses.

Adolescents valued other people more than those who have not experienced such a close loss.

In the 2009-10 season, Smith's team struggled throughout the year with off court issues and close losses.

But Detroit again showed the ability to bounce back after a close loss, taking game four, 4-2.

With this close loss, the 49ers dropped to 0-2 on the season.

"All those close losses we had earlier are paying off."