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Missing an opportunity unintentionally happens all the time. But squandering one intentionally? Well, that’s another thing. As valedictorian of the San Ysidro High School class of 2019, senior Nataly Buhr squandered one such moment. In fact, she steamrolled it. Chosen to represent her class as valedictorian, Buhr began her three-minute speech in the usual fashion, thanking her classmates and then thanking specific teachers and administrators by name. Nothing too unusual. But then, without pausing the…

So far, it seems that 2017 is shaping up as the season of comebacks. In January, at the Australian Open, the Williams sisters faced off again, with Serena winning her 23rd major title. And the men’s final also echoed earlier days when Roger Federer, the oldest man on the court at a wrinkly 35, came back to beat his nemesis, Raphael Nadal, in a nail-biting final. And the trend continued February 14 when “Rumor,” a…