41.   For Soto, De La Hoya is the local hero.

42.   For Van Horn, it is his first time back as a professional to the state where he became a local hero as a collegiate star.

43.   For the second straight day, the president was engulfed in a wave of cheering, flag-waving crowds who treated him like a popular local hero.

44.   Fournier of Phoenix has only a slight edge over local hero Jerry Stark of the Meadowood Resort.

45.   Freitas was briefly cheered as a local hero, but that ended when he was sent to prison for repeated incidents of domestic violence.

46.   He finds work as a dishwasher in Chinatown, where he becomes a local hero by confronting an age-biased employer.

47.   He has since become a local folk hero.

48.   He talked this weekend to new teammate Royce Clayton about the problems of following a local hero.

49.   His father once met the local hero, though, and got his autograph for young Rick.

50.   Inside, in freshly waxed hallways all but deserted during spring break, guards and janitors greeted Morales like a local hero.