Yesterday, my daughter, Kyra, passed away peacefully after a 9 month and 11 day fight against one of the cruelest diseases I’ve ever seen up close. She was diagnosed with Brain Cancer, specifically Glioblastoma. I have felt all of your concern and love for these months and wasn’t ready to be anymore specific than I was.
Kyra was a 28-year-old young woman who loved deeply and who is impossible to describe in 280 characters. While her life got stolen from her, she handled these months with courage, poise, and resolve. And all I want is for no family to feel what we feel today. For no young person to suffer the way she did.
In lieu of flowers, if you are moved to make a memorial gift, please consider “The Kyra Fund” (https://t.co/4bl8cxV1Dt)
This fund will be used solely to research treatments for Glioblastomas.
I have waited for this takedown my entire life.
Lalas is one of the main people who have held US soccer back.
As a player, he was untalented and passionless. As a commentator, he’s insufferable and vapid.
Alexi Lalas obviously sucks in a very specific way but it's also a very revealing look into American sports commentary that European legends of the game do nuanced tactical analysis while Lalas' job is to just be like "Jude Bellingham does NOT have the clutch gene!!!"