Liverpool brought on youth team star Jack Robinson, aged just 16 and eight months, who became the club's youngster-ever first-team player but they failed to find a way through.
Henry, a former Arsenal, Barcelona and French national team star now with Major League Soccer's New York Red Bulls, thinks more attention is being focused these days on fans who misbehave.
Spanish national team star Juan Mata and Brazilian internationals David Luiz and Oscar have been named to their countries' squads for next month's Confederations Cup in Brazil, meaning they will have to wait another four weeks before finally putting their feet up.
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Though he didn't call the plays, his arrival in New Orleans coincided with the team signing star quarterback Drew Brees.
The team returns star forward, junior Javon McCrea, who was the MAC's only player to rank among the top-three in conference in scoring, rebounding, field-goal percentage and blocked shots.
Fans can compare players of different eras and dream up their own all-time all-star team.
Dominican teammates Edwin Encarnacion, Nelson Cruz, Reyes and Rodney joined Cano on the all-star team.
Ribdiculous, a team of three star-rated chefs, came to compete for their second year.
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Usually the all-star team starts getting recruited into other projects and the initiative just seems to disappear.
Ever since he made his first All-Star team, D12 has led his team to a playoff spot.
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Edney flung a right-handed pass across half the court, trying to hit the team's star forward, Joe Clarke.
Potential evaluators also believed their player would score more, and would be more likely to make the All-Star team.
D'Antoni resigned last week when he realized that Carmelo Anthony, the team's star, would never play his up-tempo style.
"Without him, we wouldn't be here, " said Frank Lampard, the team's star midfielder.
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The team did have star forward Amar'e Stoudemire back for his second game since returning from time off following his brother's death.
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Brook Lopez, chosen to his first All-Star team Wednesday, scored 21 points for the Nets, who had their eight-game home winning streak snapped.
Notes: Chandler was chosen to the Eastern Conference All-Star team on Thursday, the first selection for last year's Defensive Player of the Year.
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Nomo won rookie of the year honors, made the All-Star team, pitched a no-hitter and posted a respectable 69-61 win-loss record during his U.S. career.
Randolph looked like the player who made the All-Star team this season and led the Grizzlies to the second round of the playoffs two years ago.
"Yes, there's a problem as a Palestinian to play in a Lebanese team, " explained the team's star striker Ismael Mashaal, a student who comes from the Rashidiya camp.
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The Bon Secours STAR team also deals with specific issues such as helping head and neck cancer patients restore normal functions of swallowing, speech and movement after treatment.
Because of Rajon Rondo's torn ACL, he will need to be replaced on the Eastern Conference All-Star team, and Hawks coach Larry Drew hopes Commissioner David Stern looks at Smith or Horford.
There was also an award for the Old Trafford team's star striker Wayne Rooney, who received the "Goal of 20 Seasons" gong for his stunning overhead kick against archrivals Manchester City in February 2011.
Whether it was a promotional tool or a motivation to sell more books, Sports Illustrated assembled 22 baseball experts and presented them with the enviable task of selecting an all star team for the ages.
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The Knicks actually trailed by 10 when Stoudemire entered in the first quarter, then went on to challenge the franchise-record victory margin of 48 points and kept alive Mike Woodson's chances of coaching the Eastern Conference All-Star team.
George and his team have built Star Wars into one of the most successful and enduring family entertainment franchises in history, as well as one of the best selling licensed character merchandise brands in the U.S. and around the world.
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