When Bostonist were kids, there were two nights a year we were permitted to stay up wicked late: New Year's Eve, and the baseball All-Star Game. We don't think we would have been allowed to stay up 'til 1:47 A.M. as kids. But that's what it would have taken to make it through last night's game. When it finally ended, in front of about 20,000 people who paid hundreds and hundreds of dollars a ticket......

Longfellow Bridge photo by iMatthew 95 years after the fact, the Massachusetts Senate finally votes to repeal a law that was designed to prevent interracial marriage and recently functioned to prevent out-of-state gay marriage. About time. [Herald] I can haz better owner? [Herald, MSPCA] Dog racing ban wins spot on ballot. [Globe] Bush vetoed the Medicare bill Teddy came back to vote for. [Guardian] A great white shark washed up in Nantucket. [Globe] The......

Josh Hamilton’s story would melt even the most hardened Boston writer’s heart. The man has gone through hell and--much like the mighty phoenix--has risen from the ashes. The former top draft pick for Tampa Bay turned drug addict turned 2008 sports comeback of the year hit a record-breaking 28 home runs in the first round during the homerun derby last night at Yankee Stadium. The previous record was held by current Yankee Bobby Abreu,......

He was the last man added to the Eastern All-Star team. When KG scratched, he waited for the call, only to find it went to Rasheed Wallace. When Washington's Caron Butler went down, the call finally came. He had to cancel the fishing trip and make plans to go to New Orleans. And when he got there, Ray Allen was awesome. He scored 28 points in 19 minutes, mostly in the fourth quarter, to lead......

In a sense, it's comforting. The Celtics went to battle against one of the other good Eastern teams without Kevin Garnett, and almost beat 'em. On the day of the C's' long-awaited return to national afternoon TV, the script ran eerily similar to the first game in Orlando; the Magic jumped out to a big lead, the Celtics clawed their way back, but ran out of gas at the end. Orlando's the only team to......

Doug Flutie, Heisman Trophy Winner, NFL Pro-Bowler, CFL legend, and the man who put Boston College football on the map, has retired after 21 years (yes, twenty-one) of professional football. Flutie is best known for his "Hail Mary" to Gerard Phelan to defeat the Miami Hurricanes back in 1984. If you have ever watched sports at all, even as a casual viewer, it is very likely that Flutie to Phelan was something that you......