41.   Through all his troubles, Tyson has been a hometown hero because he was one of their own who made it.

42.   With the hometown hero, the littlest things were always bigger.

43.   You had Sasser and Freeman, the hometown hero from Dallas and the kid from the Bronx.

44.   People dart out of line for a glimpse of their hometown hero.

45.   Adoring thousands followed hometown hero Fred Couples on Saturday at the U.S. PGA championship and he gave them something to roar about.

46.   After considerable deliberation, the Australian selectors decided on hometown hero Kasprowicz to share the new ball with either Glenn McGrath or Paul Reiffel.

47.   All cheered a hometown hero.

48.   Corretja will face either the hometown hero here, Cedric Pioline, or Hicham Arazi of Morocco.

49.   Cubans rushed home early from work and crowded around television sets to cheer their hometown baseball heroes during the historic rematch at Camden Yards.

50.   Cronje, the hometown hero, hit three soaring sixes and six boundaries until he top edged a catch off leg spinner Stuart Law.