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The Year of the Nerd

Screw the jocks and prom queens — in 2008, geeks took control of entertainment, pro sports . . . even the White House
Barack Obama is many things. Dedicated senator. Devoted husband and father. Adept orator. President-elect. Nerd.
By RYAN STEWART | December 24, 2008

The O'Reilly factor

Letters to the Boston editor: June 6, 2008
Letters to the Boston editor: June 6, 2008
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | June 04, 2008

‘Great’ is definitely the wrong word

Richard Bradley’s fact-challenged book on the Sox-Yanks’ ’78 season finale is filled with Buckner-esque errors.
When I come across an obvious factual error in a book, my initial inclination is to wince in sympathy for the soon-to-be-embarrassed author. Unless, that is, the mistake is infuriatingly egregious, in which case I’m more apt to throw the book up against the wall in disgust.
By GEORGE KIMBALL | January 28, 2010

Not-so-instant karma

After decades of curses and calamities, Boston’s sports fortunes are at an unprecedented high. So can we stop the whining?
No matter what happens over their next two games, the Patriots will not have gone undefeated in 2007.
By ADAM REILLY | December 19, 2007

The old neighborhood

Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris at Gallery Kayafas, plus videos at MIT
Some call Charles “Teenie” Harris’s five decades of photos of Pittsburgh one of the grandest chronicles of African-American life ever assembled.
By GREG COOK | December 12, 2007

Home of the Braves?

50 years after the Boston Braves' departure, it’s worth asking: did the wrong team leave town?
Fifty years ago this fall, a Boston team beat the Yankees in the World Series.
By MIKE MILIARD | May 09, 2007

Play ball, Rhody-style

Nine innings’ worth of stuff you don’t know about Rhode Island and baseball
Baseball fans in New England view spring’s wispy introduction through a different lens.
By IAN DONNIS | April 06, 2007

Pride

Hope floats, and so does Terrance Howard
Predictable and rickety, yet heartfelt, Pride dips into the rage of civil rights.
By TOM MEEK | March 21, 2007

In the right field

Daniel Sonenberg gets everyone into the compositional league
In his third year as resident composer and professor at the University of Southern Maine, Daniel Sonenberg is making his mark in the field.
By BEN MEIKLEJOHN | March 12, 2007

Lowering the bar

New standards for lawyers? We don’t need no stinkin’ standards!
Here’s a bit of information for those of you who have recently arrived on Planet Earth: people don’t like lawyers.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 07, 2007

A real stunner

Sports blotter: "The tasing refuses to stop" edition
Bob “The Bad One” Probert would have been proud.
By MATT TAIBBI | November 21, 2006

The Boston Red Sox

Are they racist?
This article originally appeared in the August 17, 1976 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By TOM SHEEHAN | November 14, 2006

Nice shot

Joshua Prager revisits the home run
No home run in baseball history is as famous as Bobby Thomson’s “shot heard round the world.”
By WILLIAM CORBETT | October 24, 2006

Political stock report

Who’s got the best chance of filling the Mass. GOP’s leadership void?
Charles Baker is the party establishment’s favorite, and with good reason. GOP RIP: Arguably at its lowest point ever, can the Massachusetts Republican Party rescue itself from its leaders? By David S. Bernstein
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | October 11, 2006

Yankee Hating 101

All you need to know about this national pastime
“Hate” is such a harsh word.
By CHRIS YOUNG | May 28, 2006

Revisiting the Zoo

Recalling the golden era when the Yankees were laughingstocks
There’s a whole slew of baseball fans who don’t remember a time when there was no DH in the American League, when there were just the two leagues and no divisions, there was no scoreboard in the corner of your TV screen, and when 50-home-run seasons were as rare as Halley’s Comet.
By CHRIS YOUNG | May 18, 2006

Crossword: 'Thirty Thoughts'

My time has just come, too
My time has just come, too
By MATT JONES | March 27, 2006

Game on

Our 2006 predictions for New England's teams
Dodgers win the Series! Bird plays H.O.R.S.E.! Congressman Canseco! We have seen the future of sports (and its name is Tony Graffanino).
By MARK JURKOWITZ | January 06, 2006