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Magnum farce

Sports blotter: "CSI: Binghamton" edition
Sports blotter: "CSI: Binghamton" edition
By MATT TAIBBI | November 19, 2008

Maurizio Pollini returns to the BSO; Opera Boston’s Der Freischütz
Last week’s Boston Symphony Orchestra program looked odd on paper, but the concert was a knockout.
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | October 24, 2008

Bang for T-Buck

Sports Blotter
Brett Favre walks into a bar.
By MATT TAIBBI | August 13, 2008

Young people doing stupid things

Sports blotter: "Carrying a gun to a track meet" edition
“This isn’t fixin’ to stop me,” crowed a defiant Josh Jarboe.
By MATT TAIBBI | March 19, 2008

Must be the genes

Sports blotter: "Brother to brother" edition
You don’t often see sports-crime legacies.
By MATT TAIBBI | March 12, 2008

Ode to the Lonely Alumnus

Balls and pucks
Last Saturday my alma mater dropped a squeaker for the ages.
By RICK WORMWOOD | February 27, 2008

We're not going to talk about it

Sports blotter: "Super Bowl? What Super Bowl?" edition
We start off this week with a crime that occurred some place other than Arizona, a/k/a the place we do not mention, where the sports tragedy that did not happen did not take place.
By MATT TAIBBI | February 06, 2008

Holding steady

Craig Finn returns to BC
When you think about it, the Hold Steady are the perfect Boston band.
By MIKE MILIARD | September 19, 2007

And one

Sports blotter: "NBA Street" edition
Let’s play a game — it’s called “Celebrity Take-the-Hint.”
By MATT TAIBBI | September 05, 2007

Duck season

Sports blotter: "Somewhere, Izzy Alcantara smiled" edition
No one knows what got into Offerman — he’d never been arrested before.
By MATT TAIBBI | August 22, 2007

Pugilism sound

Sports blotter: "Trouble in Washington" edition
It’s been a while since we heard much from the Washington Huskies.
By MATT TAIBBI | August 15, 2007

Wigging out

Sports blotter: "Special NFL Draft edition"
Git yer Mel Kiper Jr. wigs out; it’s time again for the NFL draft.
By MATT TAIBBI | April 25, 2007

Requiem for a game console

A look back at the ultimate PlayStation 2 games
With the release of God of War II this week, the book is all but closed on the PlayStation 2.
By MITCH KRPATA | March 20, 2007

Crime without verbs

Sports blotter: Creative grammar edition
It’s getting to the point where you can write these sports-crime stories without verbs.
By MATT TAIBBI | March 14, 2007

Chisley and his chisel

Sports blotter: "Penn State murder" edition
One of America’s longest-running sports-crime suspense stories may come to a close this week, as police are expected to arrest former Penn State defensive end LaVon Chisley in connection with the stabbing death of PSU senior Langston Carraway.
By MATT TAIBBI | January 17, 2007