The CBS sports unit has labored with this image of weakness since the dispiriting loss of the N.F.L.
One week after suffering a dispiriting loss in midterm Congressional elections, Democrats are trying to move from the past and into the future: the race for president.
The dispiriting loss came just as things seemed to be starting to come together.
Early-season promise dissipated into regular and dispiriting losses before the recent revival.
It was a dispiriting loss to for a team with championship aspirations.
On the downside, the two best 3-year-old fillies of the last two seasons, Open Mind and Winning Colors, both suffered dispiriting losses.
The dispiriting loss came just as his game seemed to be gathering momentum.
What did happen was a dispiriting loss that stung badly, even without Steinbrenner glowering from above.
On the heels of a dispiriting 23-7 loss at home to New England on Sunday, the Jets find themselves in a familiar, and uncomfortable, position.
Last week, it was CBS's turn to telecast the Giants' dispiriting 19-0 loss to the Phoenix Cardinals.