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WORLD CUP USA ’94 / THE FIRST ROUND : Spotlight : IT’S ALL ENGLISH TO HIM

By CHRIS DUFRESNE

Greek midfielder Minas Handzitis stormed off the interview podium in Chicago and refused to speak to reporters because someone posed a question to him in--of all languages--Greek!

Handzitis, who apparently wanted to show off his English skills, refused to answer questions in Greek.

A FIFA official retrieved Handzitis from the locker room and he returned to take questions.

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Chris Dufresne

Chris Dufresne was the Los Angeles Times’ national college football/basketball columnist from 1995 to 2015. He also covered skiing at the Winter Olympics and wrote extensively on most sports. He is a multiple national award winner and was named 2011 California Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Assn. A Los Angeles native, he started at The Times in 1976 as a truck loader and literally worked his way up (two floors to be exact).

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