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...madness is set to come to an end when the Netherlands and Spain square off in the World Cup final on Sunday. ESPN analyst Alexi Lalas talked with The Post's Justin Terranova about the showdown and what stuck out for him in South Africa. Q: Is this Spain's...
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New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/more_sports/alexi_lalas_X50vmbAECQNu82vMAavluJ
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...your mind back over England-USA games, it is the humiliating defeats that stick out. Like this one from 1993, when Alexi Lalas headed home the USA’s second goal. David Baddiel and Frank Skinner met up with Lalas (before he went corporate) to relive the goal...
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Off the Post
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...American voices will be almost entirely absent from ESPN's expansive coverage of the World Cup, but luckily it will have Alexi Lalas. He rang the alarm bell about the U.S. backline. And that was before the game started ... Lalas was clear about what the...
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Soccer America
http://www.socceramerica.com/article/38220/lalas-rings-the-alarm-bell.html
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...on your team's badge to launch their Premier League club page ALL-AMERICAN HAIRO ... Lalas in his playing days The former US centre-back - who helped his country to a famous victory over England in 1993 - is now a TV pundit and reckons Fabio Capello's men...
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The Sun
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2984065/Alexi-Lalas-backs-US-triumph.html
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...bar with high-profile names such as Martin Tyler, Efan Ekoku, Steve McManaman, Roberto Martinez, Ruud Gullit, John Harkes and Alexi Lalas. But very few people, myself included, expected Fox Soccer Channel to fire a shot across the bow at ESPN by hiring Andy...
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EPL Talk Blog
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EPLTalk/~3/z1BZWHhhhQE/14727
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After months of pleading and begging, it is an honor to have Ibrahim Dabo officially come over to
Mad About Futbol. The former editor of Goal.com's Africa edition is one of the preeminent voices of
the game in the Dark Continent and his opinions will
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Soccer Blogs
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The MLS is a joke…. I don’t say that from the normal point of view of some European who never watched an MLS game but decides to trash the league on the basis of it being American, I say that on the basis that over the past number of years I have tried
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EPL Talk Blog
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Finally an open thread! How bout that mf’in draw for the US?
It’s pretty awesome. England could give us problems but they ususally underachieve
Indeed. Even if England beat us like 6-0 though, I’ll leave it to Alexi Lalas: “If you can’t find a way to
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Sports Blogs
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...good hosts after all. What we know: The U.S. has a somewhat manageable group, the South Africans are merciful people, and Alexi Lalas is an idiot. Still. The Americans drew into Group B with England, Algeria, and Slovenia, If you're eyeballing it, that's a...
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NBC Sports
http://outofbounds.nbcsports.com/2009/12/well-another-world-cup-draw.html.php
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...Lalas coached children in the fourth annual Verizon Wireless Youth Soccer Clinic at the Waipio Peninsula Soccer Complex yesterday. Lalas is a former player for the U.S. National Team and flew in yesterday morning to coach the clinic before flying out the same...
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin
http://www.starbulletin.com/sports/20091115_hawaii_beat.html
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Eric Altshule sits down with a legend of American soccer, Alexi Lalas to discuss a myriad of different subjects. As always Lalas is very compelling and perhaps a tad bit controversial. A must listen for any American soccer fan.
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Soccer Blogs
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...Verizon Wireless Youth Soccer Clinic, featuring Alexi Lalas, will begin at 1 p,m. Saturday at the Waipi'o Soccer Complex. Â The clinic was originally scheduled to start at 9 a.m. but had to change to accommodate Lalas' flight plans. He is scheduled to broadcast...
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The Honolulu Advertiser
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091110/BREAKING02/91110053?source=rss_breaking
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...Verizon Wireless Youth Soccer Clinic, featuring Alexi Lalas, will begin at 1 p,m. Saturday at the Waipi'o Soccer Complex. Â The clinic was originally scheduled to start at 9 a.m. but had to change to accommodate Lalas' flight plans. He is scheduled to broadcast...
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The Honolulu Advertiser
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091112/BREAKING02/311120019?source=rss_breaking
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In this podcast episode, you'll hear former World Cup soccer player Alexi Lalas shares how he set goals for himself as a premiere defenseman and how he stayed motivated to achieve both his goals and his team's goals. Listen now! >>
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US Youth Soccer
http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/news/story.asp?story_id=4886
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A free soccer clinic, scheduled to feature former U.S. National Team star Alexi Lalas, will be held Nov. 14.
The clinic, sponsored by Verizon Wireless, along with MJL and AYSO, is open for those from 5 to 17 years of age and will be held from 9 a.m. to
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The Honolulu Advertiser
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091106/SPORTS17/911060337?source=rss_sports
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Empty stands were a common sight at Pizza Hut Park this year. (Getty Images)
I hope everyone is getting use to the longer days again after the time change this weekend. Nothing like getting darker a bit earlier again here but that’s just how it goes. I
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Soccer Blogs
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What's the over and under on the dog getting it right tonight? Tell you what, if Seattle takes the series I say he get's a seat at the desk on Fox Soccer Report. At the very least he should get sideline reporting segment during the next round of the
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Soccer Blogs
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When Greg Lalas got set up on a blind date in April by some mutual friends with a woman who shared two of his biggest passions -- soccer and writing -- little did he know what the future would hold. Although that date at a bar in the Chelsea section of
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AOL Sports
http://soccer.fanhouse.com/2009/10/15/blind-date-sparked-film-festival/
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Ever since he burst onto the worldwide scene at the 1994 World Cup thanks in part to his unmistakable fiery red goatee and flowing locks, Alexi Lalas has been one of the Apostles of spreading the world on U.S. soccer.
In the 15 years since the U.S.
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Background: You knew I couldn’t resist, didn’t you? I have not hesitated to criticize MLS, Becks, the Gals, and Alexi Lalas in the past. The Beckham Experiment has failed. The hypothesis was gravely flawed. The fallout will be crushing. MLS always said
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Soccer Blogs
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...against the best. Should have asked him what it was like to run 2 MLS franchises into the ground. I was thoroughly impressed with Lalas as a player until he made the ill-fated decision to leave Serie A. And I have always been less than impressed with him as...
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The Big Lead
http://thebiglead.com/?p=19213
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A month ago, the marketing folks at Crown Books sent me a preview copy of , Grant Wahl’s inside look at David Beckham’s Big US Adventure. I’d like to think this is because Grant has me on speed dial and we spend a lot of time dishing about sport celebs,
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The Offside
http://feeds.bootsnall.com/~r/theoffside-global/~3/2-F53PuEsSw/the-beckham-experiment-go-read-it-already.html
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It was the first day of preseason preparation in 2008 for the Los Angeles Galaxy and it was a mild February day in Carson, Calif. While the rest of his teammates were getting ready to shake off the cobwebs and take to the field, Harden was meeting with
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ESPN
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=666516&sec=mls&root=mls&cc=5739
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'I do have a belief that it (football) can go to a different level, and I'd love to be part of that,' David Beckham said of his move to LA Galaxy in 2007
With hindsight, confronting his own fans wasn't the wisest course of action, but David Beckham had
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Daily Mail - UK
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1204713/Out-league-Has-David-Beckhams-American-dream-turned-nightmare.html?ITO=1490
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Where there once was adulation and optimism, now there is skepticism and annoyance. David Beckham is back, for a few months at least, and the mood is far different this time than it was on a sunny morning two years ago at the Home Depot Center when he
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AOL Sports
http://soccer.fanhouse.com/2009/07/16/beckham-is-going-to-have-to-adapt/
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Former LA Galaxy chief executive Alexi Lalas has backed recent European moves from promising young American players.
Of the Davies move, Lalas said it would have a positive effect on the US national team.
“It's a step up,” he said in an interview with
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Tribalfootball.com
http://www.tribalfootball.com/former-la-galaxy-chief-lalas-backs-davies-onyewu-moves-257189
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Did the U.S.'s impressive run in the Confederations Cup mean anything? How will the Gooch fare with AC Milan? What's up with Beckham and the Galaxy? And does he miss being scruffy? Taking a break from participating in the Kicking and Screening film
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AOL Sports
http://soccer.fanhouse.com/2009/07/15/alexi-lalas-is-critical-of-american-soccer-and-thats-a-good-th/
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...Los Angeles president and general manager Alexi Lalas has revealed how he and Landon Donovan argued over the clubâs MVP award in 2007. An excerpt from a book called The Beckham Experiment written by Grant Wahl, said that in 2007, Lalas overrode a media vote...
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Tribalfootball.com
http://www.tribalfootball.com/la-galaxy%E2%80%99s-donovan-and-lalas-argued-over-mvp-255749
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Oguchi Onyewu, a key member of the United States national team that reached the final of the Confederations Cup in South Africa, became only the second American to join Italy’s famed Serie A when he signed a three-year contract Tuesday with A.C. Milan.
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The New York Times
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Donovan: Becks not a good teammate
NEW YORK — David Beckham has become a bad teammate on the Los Angeles Galaxy, according to Landon Donovan.
"All that we care about at a minimum is that he committed himself to us," Donovan was quoted as saying in an
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NorthJersey.com
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It was a tournament that displayed the highest highs and the lowest lows of American soccer. A tournament where we saw everything we dreamed about and everything we feared. The first two games were displays to be forgotten. After a tough 3 - 1 loss to
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World Cup Blog
http://usa.worldcupblog.org/thoughts/post-confederations-cup-thoughts.html
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It seems that one of the most dynamic partnerships that MLS has ever seen was nothing more than smoke and mirrors, hiding a fractured relationship bathed in turmoil.
In a column set to be published in the July 6th edition of Sports Illustrated,
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/210233-donovan-and-beckham-trouble-in-paradise
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The World Cup is less than a year away, and the U.S. men look far from ready.
They've lost three of their last four games, are getting scored on faster than fans can take their seats and are on the verge of a meek exit from the Confederations Cup, a
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NevadaAppeal.com
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20090620/SPORTS/906199941/1059/RSS
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...Jersey. Not exactly the ideal warm-up. "I, maybe like a lot of people, thought this team was further along than it is," said Alexi Lalas, the colorful star of the U.S. team at the 1994 World Cup who is now working as an analyst for ESPN. Soccer is the biggest...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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the associated press
The World Cup is less than a year away, and the U.S. men look far from ready.
They've lost three of their last four games, are getting scored on faster than fans can take their seats and are on the verge of a meek exit from the
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AZ starnet.com
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/sports/297796.php
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The World Cup is less than a year away, and the U.S. men look far from ready.
They've lost three of their last four games, are getting scored on faster than fans can take their seats and are on the verge of a meek exit from the Confederations Cup, a
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San Francisco Chronicle
http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=6b919cdd93298c5c3a82a6bb43be6076
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The World Cup is less than a year away, and the U.S. men look far from ready.
They've lost three of their last four games, are getting scored on faster than fans can take their seats and are on the verge of a meek exit from the Confederations Cup, a
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Asbury Park Press
http://www.app.com/article/20090619/SPORTS/90619097/1002/SPORTS&source=rss
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...Jersey. Not exactly the ideal warmup. "I, maybe like a lot of people, thought this team was further along than it is," said Alexi Lalas, the colorful star of the U.S. team at the 1994 World Cup who is now working as an analyst for ESPN. "The sky is not falling....
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NBC Sports
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FILE - In this June 15, 2009, file photo, USA's Landon Donovan reacts after missing a scoring chance against Italy during their Confederations Cup Group B soccer match at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, June 15, 2009. Italy
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The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061902148.html?wprss=rss_sports/wires
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...U.S. into the round of 16 against Brazil, which beat the Americans 1-0. After the loss to Brazil, the eventual title winner, Alexi Lalas was asked to speculate on Milutinovic's next move. "Probably to coach the moon," Lalas answered. "And the moon will qualify...
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Sports Illustrated
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...Bulls franchise. And that doesn’t even include their head coach, Bob Bradley, who was fired by former general manager Alexi Lalas because, well, Lalas couldn’t wait to see Mo Johnston coach in a leisure suit. Goalkeeper Tim Howard, striker Jozy Altidore,...
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Game On
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In my entire 38 years, I've never, ever seen anything so sadistic, vile, immoral and mean-spirited.
ANTI-DEVILISHMENT AND PRO-RIGHTEOUSNESS
One thing the auditor must not do is interrupt the person while in the middle of this major win or during the
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BigSoccer
http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/blog.php?b=5640
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He was a World Cup star and American soccer legend...the other ran a midfield in upstate New York and has become the voice of bowling.
Together we are soccer's version of the Freebirds.
This week we've come to the Windy City to make some MLS picks,
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Chicago Tribune
http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagosports_redcard/~3/AZZVznD2TKQ/beat-the-heat-luis-vs-espns-rob-stone-alexi-lalas.html
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Alexi Lalas, before a 1997 World Cup qualifier in Costa Rica. (Associated Press)
Hair is fundamental to the game of soccer. There are no helmets, caps or masks to hide behind; the sport encourages players to visually express themselves. Hair cuts are
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The New York Times
http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/ultimate-hair-xi/
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Alexi Lalas says whatever happens with David Beckham, MLS and LA Galaxy can be happy with their decision to bring him to the 'States.
With AC Milan pushing to sign Beckham permanently, former Galaxy supremo Lalas told rockerrazzi.com: “What David
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Tribalfootball.com
http://tribalfootball.com/lalas-mls-la-galaxy-can-be-proud-beckham-experience-226075
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Zidane watches on as France begin their dismal 2002 campaign
We gave you the . Now, it’s time for the worst! Without further ado, let’s go over the criteria that I used:
Overview: Due to a mixture of Cold War politics, cheating, and luck, Tasmania 190
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Soccerlens
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...professional soccer player Alexi Lalas will lead a free youth soccer clinic tomorrow at Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Park. The clinic is free and open to kids ages 5 to 17. Registration will be at 8:45 a.m. at field No. 5. The clinic will run from 9 a.m. to 1...
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The Honolulu Advertiser
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090123/SPORTS17/901230356/-1/RSS03?source=rss_sports
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Tensions are starting to rise before the USA vs Mexico World Cup CONCACAF hexagonal qualifier in Ohio on February 11th.
The CONCACAF’s version of an “Old Firm derby” has historically brought out passions from both sides, this next meeting is no
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Tribalfootball.com
http://tribalfootball.com/alexi-lalas-stokes-fires-between-usa-and-mexico-223423
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CARSON, Calif. -- Soccer legend Mia Hamm has never been one to shy away from a challenge, so it comes as no surprise that the Mia Hamm Foundation is leading the fight against leukemia, lymphoma, and other life-threatening diseases.
Actor C. Thomas
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ESPN
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=611121&sec=us&root=us&cc=5739
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Next season's football game between Hawaii and Navy has been moved to Nov. 28.
Bailey Massenburg of King Kekaulike High School was named the 2008-2009 Gatorade Hawaii girls cross country runner of the year on Thursday.
Former University
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin
http://www.starbulletin.com/sports/20090117_Hawaii_Beat.html
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