But three months removed from hip surgery, the seventh-seeded Kuerten found his creativity on the court limited.

Is Perez, nine months removed from rotator cuff surgery and four days short of his 34th birthday, the answer to what ails an ailing team?

Murcer, 60, is a little more than three months removed from a diagnosis of incurable brain cancer and surgery to remove a malignant tumor.

David Cone agreed, less than two months removed from throwing a perfect game.

McGwire, speaking in a wide-ranging hourlong news conference before reporters and television cameras, was five months removed from his September to remember.

They were still months removed from nebula, slicing across seemingly empty space, when their maneuvering rockets began firing every few minutes.

Now he works a few months removed from believing he had been handed "a death sentence" upon being diagnosed with prostate cancer last spring.

We are but a few months removed from one of the greatest victories in history.

He is 1-7, more than two months removed from his last victory.

If the wicked scene prompted a conflicting thought - isn't Regla just eight months removed from giving birth to a son?