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Money Talks and Fans Walk

Salaries, strikes, and TV have changed everything about baseball since 1975
This article was originally published in the September 29, 1995 issue of the Boston Phoenix.

By BILL SIMMONS | December 14, 2011

Ten Great Moments In Red Sox Playoffs

The good, the bad, the ugly — we've seen it all
This story was originally published in the September 25, 1995, issue of the Boston Phoenix.

By BILL SIMMONS | December 14, 2011

From the ''Sporting Eye'' Archives

From the Phoenix's George Kimball archives
"1973 World Series: You Gotta Believe," "Super Bowl VIII: Bud Grant as Capt. Queeg," and more

By GEORGE KIMBALL | November 16, 2011

The Ploughshares years

A different perspective on the venerable Boston lit mag's early years
After reading an item on the Boston Globe book page noting that DeWitt Henry had published a memoir, I bought a copy of the book.

By GEORGE KIMBALL | November 16, 2011

Gangs, Inc.: A special report

Mergers & mayhem
This story was originally published in the April 27, 1990, issue of the Boston Phoenix.

By SEAN FLYNN AND RIC KAHN | October 06, 2011

Gang Godfather or Mean Streets Robin Hood?

Darryl Whiting: Remember that name. Police say he's angling to become boss of Boston's street gangs.
Mr. Darryl Whiting, 34-year-old president of Corona Enterprises, was late for his nine o'clock appointment. The assemblage waiting on Whiting got so nudgy they had him paged. No show.

By RIC KAHN | October 06, 2011

Uncovering the sins of Joe McGinniss

Don't quote me: Vision quest
Joe McGinniss's 1983 bestseller Fatal Vision offered up Jeffrey MacDonald as a modern exemplar of evil: a narcissistic, remorseless monster who beat to death his wife and five-year-old daughter in a diet-pill-fueled frenzy, then coolly killed the only witness, his two-year-old daughter.

By DAN KENNEDY | September 20, 2011

Review: It's no joke: Grant Wood is truly a great artist

America's best-kept secret?
Even if the name isn't instantly familiar, the painting will be. You've seen it on billboards, on magazine covers from Mad to Time , in Charles Addams cartoons, on Johnny Carson and Saturday Night Live.

By JEFFREY GANTZ | January 07, 2011

The Devil Behind ''The Devil in Miss Jones''

Unearthed: Bill O'Reilly's first article for the Boston Phoenix
This article originally ran in the April 30, 1974 issue of the Boston Phoenix .

By BILL O'REILLY | August 26, 2010

Eli Wallach talks on acting and actors

From the archives: Bill O'Reilly interviews Eli Wallach
From the archives: Bill O'Reilly interviews Eli Wallach

By BILL O'REILLY | August 25, 2010

Getting Better

Measuring growth in approach, not in pounds
"Do you ever really get over something like anorexia?"

By CAROLINE KNAPP | August 06, 2010

Double double's toils and troubles

Twins on Twins
She got married last month, at the house we grew up in together.

By CAROLINE KNAPP | August 06, 2010

Confessions of a pâté girl

Ah, growing up in Cambridge
A New Yorker subscription to go along with your birth certificate. A special set of bumper stickers for your first red wagon: BORN TO BE IN THERAPY and I BRAKE FOR LIBERALS. And a procession of strange contradictions.

By CAROLINE KNAPP | August 08, 2010

Dicking around

Notes on war clubs, meat poles, and male sexuality
So what is it with men and their dicks? I really want to know.

By CAROLINE KNAPP | August 08, 2010

Food as enemy

The anatomy of an eating disorder
From the summer of 1982 to the winter of 1985, I ate the same thing every day: a plain sesame bagel for breakfast, a Dannon coffee-flavored yogurt for lunch. an apple and a one-inch cube of cheddar cheese for dinner. Nothing more.

By CAROLINE KNAPP | August 08, 2010

Money camp for kids

How Now, Mr. Dow?
The scene: Monday morning, 9 a.m. sharp, eight boys and two girls gathered around a conference table.

By CAROLINE KNAPP | August 06, 2010

Notes on Fathers: What Illness Can Teach Us About Family Connections

Out There
My father stared out across the room, a pained expression on his face.

By CAROLINE KNAPP | August 06, 2010

Fishing with the Kennedys

Casting a rod at the compound?
The key that unlocks private beaches may be found in any sporting-goods store. According to the Colonial Ordinance of 1641-1647, private beaches in Massachusetts are open to the public for fishing, fowling, and navigation.

By JACK BURLINGAME | July 26, 2010

Furthermore … Soggy Chinese Leftovers and other truths about life as a vegetarian

Consumer Reports tackles the veggie lifestyle
Last month my life was wedged between a relentless exegesis on suntanning and a compulsively complete investigation of built-in dishwashers.

By ANDE ZELLMAN | July 22, 2010

Unsafe Passage: The dangers of getting to and from the job

Equal Writes
One evening in February, Sara left her State Street office building shortly after six o'clock to walk to her car. As she put the key in the lock of the car door, a man grabbed her from behind and hissed in her ear, "Get in the car."

By SUSAN STOBAUGH | July 13, 2010

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