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2nd Story’s Take Me Out

A dramatic grand slam
Ironic, isn't it? To your ordinary man in the street or workplace, masculinity usually isn't an issue. Yet macho scale rankings readily come up in professional sports, where prowess should be enough evidence of testosterone levels.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | January 25, 2012

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

Money Talks and Fans Walk

Salaries, strikes, and TV have changed everything about baseball since 1975
This article was originally published in the September 29, 1995 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By BILL SIMMONS | December 14, 2011

Ten Great Moments In Red Sox Playoffs

The good, the bad, the ugly — we've seen it all
This story was originally published in the September 25, 1995, issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By BILL SIMMONS | December 14, 2011

From the ''Sporting Eye'' Archives

From the Phoenix's George Kimball archives
"1973 World Series: You Gotta Believe," "Super Bowl VIII: Bud Grant as Capt. Queeg," and more
By GEORGE KIMBALL | November 16, 2011

Review: Moneyball

The game's plays are numbered
Adapting Michael Lewis's bestseller of the same title, director Bennett Miller and screenwriters Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian take up Beane's story in 2002, when the A's, fresh from the previous season's playoff loss to the Yankees, try to rebuild after losing three of their superstars — Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon, and Jason Isringhausen — to richer teams.
By PETER KEOUGH | September 20, 2011

Interview: Jonah Hill straightens up

Money man
The Superbad star has embraced his inner math geek for his role in Moneyball , the film adaptation of Michael Lewis's best-selling book.
By SEAN KERRIGAN | September 20, 2011

Hell on Thayer Street

A sad story; fathers and sons; Theater of Bewilderment; the GOP gathers again
"Youth violence" has not exactly been a headline issue around here.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | September 07, 2011

The heartbreak and hilarity of Rhode Island amateur baseball

Endless summer
By the eighth inning it's clear the Dodgers, a middling team in the 22-plus age division of Rhode Island's largest amateur baseball league, aren't going to win.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | September 01, 2011

An Umpire's Job is Never Retired

Hoopleville
Enforcing the rules of the game -- on the field, and off.
By DAVID KISH | August 31, 2011

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At the trough

Good money after bad; letter from London; road woes
In another example of the wonderful money management skills of government everywhere in Rhode Island, it appears that when it comes to getting rid of a budget deficit, you do it by throwing money at lawyers.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | August 17, 2011

Don’t fear the sphere: The tao of wiffleball

The Sporting Life I
If you're the type of person that spent your youth perfecting that Nomahh Garciaparra batting ritual, or you still find yourself bragging about the wicked riser you used to throw in your backyard, then head to Slater Park this weekend and show your stuff.
By DANIEL MCGOWAN | August 03, 2011

Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game

Excerpted from the book by Dan Barry
"I hope you're still with us," the broadcaster Bob Drew says to the night, a note of desperation in his voice.
By DAN BARRY | July 20, 2011

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Yankees suck

Failure
Theirs is a star-crossed love.
By KARL STEVENS | June 28, 2011

Fryeburg's losing streak is done

Hoopleville
Fryeburg's baseball team gets a new mascot.
By DAVID KISH | June 15, 2011

State struggles, Gina good!

The treasurer has integrity; resurrecting baseball; other musings
I don't know the solution to our state's fiscal and political problems. If I did, I'd probably run for public office.
By RUDY CHEEKS | May 25, 2011

The cruelest month

Balls, pucks and monster trucks
When T.S. Eliot wrote "April is the cruelest month," was he talking about how the last few weeks unfolded for New England's major sports teams?
By RICK WORMWOOD | April 20, 2011

Baseball non-stars

Big Fat Whale
8 trading cards for unlikely baseball heroes.
By BRIAN MCFADDEN | March 29, 2011

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Independence and assimilation at the 2010 Boston Jewish Film Festival

Team efforts
Independence and assimilation at the Boston Jewish Film Festival
By PETER KEOUGH | October 26, 2010

Red Sox Nation, meet your new existential dread

Balls, pucks, and monster trucks
For my entire life, I have esteemed the Red Sox above all other teams.
By RICK WORMWOOD | October 07, 2010

Golden memories of the diamond

Big baseball anniversaries; not-so-E-Z pass; remebering Jimbo
We know the vast majority of Cool, Cool World readers do not have a personal memory of life on the planet earth, circa 1960, as they were not yet born.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | September 29, 2010

Providence Student Survival Guide: List of lists

New to Vo Dilun? Trust us, you need this
It's back-to-campus time. You've got shopping lists, book lists, syllabi, class rosters, and Facebook. Who would possibly think you could handle more lists? We would, that's who.
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | August 31, 2010

I hope they don't have to amputate

Failure
Maybe you should just leave it alone for a while.
By KARL STEVENS | September 01, 2010

Let go, Mets

K-Rod mans up . . . and strikes out. Plus, if you're Josh Booty, it pays to get tasered.
As difficult as this summer has been for those of us counted among the Red Sox faithful, let's all agree: it would be a hell of a lot worse to be a New York Mets fan right now.
By MATT TAIBBI | August 18, 2010