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Excerpted from Fenway Park: The Centennial (St. Martin’s Press, 2012)
Three rainouts delayed the very first Opening Day at the new Fenway Park, and the sinking of the Titanic initially dimmed enthusiasm.
Market factors
In Major League Baseball, where big-market teams have won eight out of the past 10 World Series, your payroll often determines how far into October you'll be playing.
A completely unanalytic guide to the most important sports analytics conference on Earth
First, the numbers: the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference grew 50 percent from 2011 to 2012, and has now grown 1300 percent from its inception, in 2007, as a roomful of MIT math nerds, to last weekend's 2200-strong blowout at the Hynes Convention Center.
Looking forward to more scoring and less scandal
It seemed for every hail Mary, walk-off homer, and buzzer beater in 2011, the sports pages had a story on work stoppages, performance-enhancing drugs, or mind-boggling college-conference realignments.
Game changer
"The paper quickly began its operations, grabbing all of the talent money could buy."
The curious decline of a team that had it all
This article was originally published in the December 1, 1995 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
"Where Beauty and Brawn Meet Brains"
The MIT women's rugby team takes their formal wear to the field for the Prom Dress Rugby Tournament.
Sucker bet
Halloween 2010 kicked off a rough week for Keith Olbermann and Bill Simmons.
Dog Days Dept.
A thousand frozen dogsled fanatics line the track's edge as approaching yaps signal a start to the races.
Ride out the snowpocalypse the fun way
We've got everything from the Winter Dew Tour at Killington to the Gravity Control Rail Jam at Smugglers’ Notch.
Jock strapped
The Patriots are 12-2, the Red Sox won Hot Stove season, the Bruins are skating off skeins of wins thanks in part to the pickup of an 18-year-old Wunderkind who may be the second coming of Jesus on ice skates, and the Celtics have twice dunked the Heat.
Plus a quick chat with Jo Jo White
Looking for the perfect gift for naughty Lakers fans on your Christmas list? (A swift kick to the chestnuts, alas, doesn't quite jibe with the whole holiday-spirit thing.)
Buck up, little shopper
Out on the slopes, when it's you against Mother Nature, the little things can make a big difference
Finalists from our annual illustration contest
Every year, students from Bob Maloney’s ‘Experimental Illustration’ class at MassArt take on the challenge and compete with each other for the Phoenix ’s annual Ski /Snowboard cover.
From bunny slopes to black diamonds
Like many New Englanders of a certain age, I grew up skiing the mountains of Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, until Jake Burton ushered in a new era of winter-sports fun.
Peeling the Power Banana
Winter sports aren't cheap.
More shred, less dead
Here are a few (mostly) fail-safe ski don'ts to abide when you go out to shred some fresh powder.
The good soldier
For the first time since he became Tom Brady, the Patriots quarterback is going into a football season in the last year of his contract.
An arrest for the ages in Oregon. Plus, Jay Mariotti needs a timeout.
Brace yourselves, because this week we have, hands-down, the best sports-crime story of the year. Are you ready?
The UFC might have just arrived, but local MMA fight events have been here for years
Local Mixed Martial Arts events have been taking place in Boston and surrounding communities for some time. Here's a gallery featuring UFC and local MMA fighters.
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