the goal used to be so much simpler. During those 86 long years in the wilderness leading up to the magical 2004 season, Red Sox fans were fixated on an […]
Mark Murphy
Posted inEconomy
Now Fenway neighbors love the Sox but chafe at Longwood expansion
INTRO TEXT not long ago, there seemed to be as many civic organizations in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood as there were game-day parking lots. And they had one enemy in common: […]
Posted inEconomy, State House News Service
Racetracks bet it all on slots
INTRO TEXT bob o’malley’s voice sounds as old and tired as the racetrack he is trying to save. Or perhaps it’s the thoroughbred industry itself that has the 68-year-old chief […]
Posted inPolitics
Kerry gets a new aide with game
INTRO TEXT jon jennings knows a thing or two about the transition game. And not just the kind he helped direct during eight years with the Boston Celtics, the last […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Boston may join the minor leagues
INTRO TEXT Growth & Develpment Extra 2006 Boston City Councilor John Tobin’s dream comes with a name, and it’s not of a higher political office. “The Boston Nine—what do you […]
Posted inArts and Culture
Rooting for the home team
There have been many minor-league baseball teams in Massachusetts over the years, but right now the Bay State has a bumper crop. And it seems fair to say that the enthusiasm of their host communities—all of them some distance from the Boston metropolis, as measured by size and prosperity as well as by geography—has never been greater.