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CBSSports.com: Marathon Man Isner keeps on chugging on last grand stage
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By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange/CBSSports.com
NEW YORK -- For John Isner, the name and the event forever remain inextricably intertwined. As was Bobby Thomson with the "Shot heard 'round the world" ... as was Dwight Clark with "The Catch," which sent the San Francisco 49ers to their first Super Bowl ... as was Roger Bannister when he became the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes.
John Isner always will be the Marathon Man, the one who went three days, went 11 hours, 5 minutes, went 138 games in the final set of a first-round match at Wimbledon against Nicolas Mahut.
Read the full story here.
© 2010 CBS Interactive. All rights reserved.
The Sports Xchange/CBSSports.com
NEW YORK -- For John Isner, the name and the event forever remain inextricably intertwined. As was Bobby Thomson with the "Shot heard 'round the world" ... as was Dwight Clark with "The Catch," which sent the San Francisco 49ers to their first Super Bowl ... as was Roger Bannister when he became the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes.
John Isner always will be the Marathon Man, the one who went three days, went 11 hours, 5 minutes, went 138 games in the final set of a first-round match at Wimbledon against Nicolas Mahut.
Read the full story here.
© 2010 CBS Interactive. All rights reserved.
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