Entries from Bostonist tagged with 'rivalry>'
March 4, 2008
Some alleged boneheads should have their Red Sox Nation cards revoked, and we're not talking about Hank Steinbrenner. In a scary incident reported in the Cambridge Chronicle, a man wearing Yankees attire got beat up outside the Cantab Lounge in Central Square early Sunday morning. From the Chronicle: The Yankees fan was transported to the hospital March 2 at 1:41 a.m. for medical treatment for head injuries, including swelling over his entire face and several......
Continue Reading "Beat on a Yankees Fan, Lose Your Red Sox Nation Card"January 30, 2008
The New York Times did a flyover article about Boston now that Boston is a sports powerhouse. Why they choose to recognize this fact now is beyond us, but the author reveals a change in New York's attitude toward Boston. Instead of a blazing contempt (displayed in the past by Radar and Gawker), the New York Times is feeling some ambivalence now that Boston is winning games left and right. Here's a paragraph: All this......
Continue Reading "New York Not Sure What to Do With Boston?"January 25, 2008
--The city of Boston is lawyering up big-time for an expected suit from Shawn Drumgold, a man wrongly convicted of the 1989 murder of a 12-year-old. Drumgold spent 15 years behind bars. [Boston Globe] --An elderly woman died of cardiac arrest in an overnight house fire in Newton that also sent three residents and two firefighters to the hospital. [WCVB] --It's official. Mike Huckabee is in the Boston Marathon, and he'll run as part......
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