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The year ahead in sports

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.

By SEAN KERRIGAN | December 28, 2011

Have Bill Simmons and Grantland made it cool for geeks to like sports?

Game changer
"The paper quickly began its operations, grabbing all of the talent money could buy."

By MATT PARISH | December 14, 2011

The Curse of Len Bias

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.

By BILL SIMMONS | December 14, 2011

Photos: MIT's Prom Dress Rugby Tournament 2011

"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.

By JEREMY DeGUZMAN AND SOPHIE LEE | May 18, 2011

Should sportswriters be allowed to gamble on sports?

Sucker bet
Halloween 2010 kicked off a rough week for Keith Olbermann and Bill Simmons.

By SEAN KERRIGAN | February 05, 2011

Mush it real good

Dog Days Dept.
A thousand frozen dogsled fanatics line the track's edge as approaching yaps signal a start to the races.

By SCOTT FAYNER | January 19, 2011

171 ski events to do this winter

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.

By PHOENIX STAFF | January 12, 2011

The worst and best of Boston sports in 2010

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.

By MICHAEL C. WALSH | December 22, 2010

Things Celtics players shouldn't do before they die

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.)

By SCOTT FAYNER | December 15, 2010

Gift Guide 2010: Ski and snowboard accessories

Buck up, little shopper
Out on the slopes, when it's you against Mother Nature, the little things can make a big difference

By GEOFFREY KULA | December 08, 2010

Ski Guide 2011: [Slideshow] Snow and ski art contest

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.

By PHOENIX STAFF | November 10, 2010

Ski Guide 2011: A guide to New England's ski resorts

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.

By GEOFFREY KULA | November 10, 2010

Ski guide 2011: The experts give us their picks for this year's best gear

Peeling the Power Banana
Winter sports aren't cheap.

By MICHAEL C. WALSH | November 11, 2010

Ski Guide 2011: How to leave the slopes in one piece

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.

By ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | November 11, 2010

Tom Brady's contract renegotiation could change the team — and the NFL — forever

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.

By PAUL FLANNERY | September 08, 2010

Sports Blotter: Down, lineman

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?

By MATT TAIBBI | September 01, 2010

Photos: Mixed Martial Arts Invades Boston

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.

By JOE HARRINGTON | August 29, 2010

The naked choke

Documenting a lifelong love affair with extended bouts of unconsciousness
It was love. At first sighting. It was like a love that lovers might have for each other across the spread of a crowded room, and it occurred in a place no less auspicious than the front row of a matinee showing of Mel Gibson's 1987 flick, Lethal Weapon .

By EUGENE S. ROBINSON | August 29, 2010

Dana White's Rough Guide to Boston

The UFC head honcho takes us on a brawl crawl through his old stomping grounds
Dana White, president of the UFC, was born in Connecticut. But he's deeply proud of his post-adolescent Boston roots, and often boasts that he honed his rogue-plated charisma on the backstreets of Southie.

By CHRIS FARAONE | August 27, 2010

Fighting the Good Fight

Toward a theory of honor in the octagon
Back in graduate school, my colleagues and I — busy with such manly enterprises as writing ethics dissertations on forgiveness, apologies, and immigrant rights — would routinely gather to watch that most unforgiving of spectacles: the UFC.

By DAN DEMETRIOU | August 25, 2010

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