That’s easy for me to say, obviously, since it’s not my money. But really, consider the current confluence of events. Boston’s infatuation with sports is at an all-time high. The Herald is dwindling away. And the Globe’s sports section is thinner than ever.
Staking the Herald’s continued existence on a beefed-up sports section might seem like an act of desperation. But in the newspaper business in general — and at the imperiled Herald in particular — these are desperate times.
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This article originally appeared in the February 8, 1983 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
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Dodgers win the Series! Bird plays H.O.R.S.E.! Congressman Canseco! We have seen the future of sports (and its name is Tony Graffanino).
- Ticket shock
When NESN periodically broadcasts a historic Red Sox game during the off-season, the vast swaths of empty seats are enough to cause a sharp sense of wistfulness for many fans.
- Haru
Now that we Bostonians have O Ya and the South End’s Oishii, Haru is not a New York–upscale sushi place to us.
- Not-so-instant karma
No matter what happens over their next two games, the Patriots will not have gone undefeated in 2007.
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- For Boston City Council
Boston’s 13 city councilors — especially the four members elected at-large — hold high-profile jobs.
- Les bons mots pour Gagné
Red Sox reliever Eric Gagné is not popular in Boston these days.
- Sweet harmony, sweet irony
The Red Sox’ victory song, the Standells’ “Dirty Water,” is “a song about a guy who got mugged.”
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