Image of Derby Dames in action by ajwphoto56 from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr. We don't know much about the nude airplane passenger that was restrained by members of the Revolution, except that he's from Hudson and was on the high school football team. Oh, and he's previously been arrested on alcohol-related charges. [Boston Herald] Ten soccer fans were injured by lightning in Dorchester while standing under a tree. All were clothed. [Boston Herald]......

Harvard prof says we can learn a lot from ants. [NYT] Farm aid to come to New England. Not actual aid, just the concert. [Globe] We love the headline "Asthma risk from pregnancy nuts." It means babies can get asthma if pregnant women eat lots of nuts, not that that idea is crazy, or that people wild about pregnancy can cause asthma. [BBC] Schools may be better for countries than bombs. Gasp! [NYT] New......

Lorianne DiSabato has uploaded some great action shots from sports events in the past, and we wanted to show the New England Revolution a little love. These shots are from the Revolution's winning game against the Houston Dynamo at Gillette Stadium on March 29:......

Okay, okay. The masses, or at least one person in the tips section, have spoken. You want celebrity sightings, you got 'em! A tipster has announced that soccer star, husband of Posh, friend of Cruise David Beckham was spotted in a local Cheesecake Factory. Beckham was in the area with the LA Galaxy to play a game with the New England Revolution. He didn't actually play, though, so he had spare time to enjoy New......

Bostonist was walking past the hustle and bustle of Fenway Park on Friday afternoon when we finally identified that nagging feeling that had been with us ever since the Park Street station. We had seen more Baltimore Orioles jerseys, hats and T-shirts in an hour than we saw all day when we traveled to Camden Yards last season! What was going on? Everyone knows that the orange-accented Baltimore ballpark is known fondly in Red Sox......

While the world readies for the final match of the FIFA World Cup, Boston gets ready to watch it. The French and Italians will match up on Sunday afternoon – and everyone has an opinion on where the best place to watch the game will be. Mayor Menino has sanctioned a World Cup Party of sorts on City Hall Plaza this Sunday. A big screen broadcast of the match will have capacity to hold up......

Last week the teams-named-for- historical-episodes battled it out in Foxboro, and the New England Revolution put Chicago’s Fire out. Bostonist was left thinking to ourselves wouldn’t it have been hilarious if the “molasses flood” put the fire out. Well, that and it’s like the World Series of soccer. Well, almost the World Series of soccer, if we discount the World Cup, Euro Cup, the European Premier leagues, the South American leagues, and just about any......