OFFENDING SIGNS of the past have now been removed. Baseball fans are safe from reminders about the troubling history of our hometown team and the mixed legacy of one of the […]
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Posted inThe Back Story
Yawkey Way debate wasn’t really a debate
THE LONG and impassioned debate this spring over whether to change the name of Yawkey Way was largely an exercise in futility. Some of those participating in the four crowded […]
Posted inArts and Culture
A missing pair of Sox
AMID ALL THE FUROR over changing the name of Yawkey Way to Jersey Street because of the alleged racist attitudes of the late Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, the team […]
Posted inGambling
Making book on Beacon Hill
MONDAY’S RULING FROM the U.S. Supreme Court that states are free to legalize sports betting opened the door to the possibility of a further expansion of gaming in Massachusetts, a […]
Posted inPolitics
City stalls on Yawkey name change
A STANDING-ROOM ONLY crowd, including reclusive former Red Sox CEO John Harrington making an emotional plea to retain the street’s moniker, left disappointed after a Boston commission charged with overseeing […]
Posted inThe Download
The Yawkey divide
The battle over renaming Yawkey Way continues, with the Boston Globe, owned by Red Sox owner John Henry, taking all sides of the fight. Was Tom Yawkey a racist? Yes, […]
Posted inThe Download
What’s in a name?
The long debate over the name of the street running alongside Fenway Park’s third base foul line may finally come to a close this month. But it won’t settle the […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
A shameful record
The renowned sports philosopher Duane Charles Parcells has often noted that no matter what image one might project on the outside, people cannot escape the reality of their true being. […]
Posted inThe Download
A lapse in news judgment
Last Friday, the Boston Globe posted a stop-you-in-your-tracks story online about Comcast Sportsnet reporter Jessica Moran resigning amid questions about her relationship with Red Sox manager John Farrell. It was fascinating […]