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Article: Radio host pulls plug on his show SOCCER: Cohen, who infuriated fans with Hillsborough Disaster comments, says family got death threats.(Sports)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- August 26, 2009
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Byline: Scott Wolf, Staff Writer
The host of a popular national soccer radio show said he ceased production last week because of death threats made against his family.
Steven Cohen said he ended the Los Angeles-based World Soccer Daily show because his stepdaughters were contacted by supporters of the Liverpool soccer team.
Cohen infuriated Liverpool fans earlier this year with his comments regarding the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster, the worst tragedy in English soccer history.
On April 15, 1989, 96 Liverpool fans died when one end of Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England, became overcrowded at the start of an FA ...