AltWeeklies Wire
The Needle and the Damage Donenew
After the steroid debacle, how can America's pastime possibly recover its dignity? By looking to the South African truth and reconciliation model.
Boston Phoenix |
Lance Gould |
12-27-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Skell of the Yearnew
What with all the murder, shootings, and brutal rape, it's been a sobering year for sports crime. And the "winner" is: Pacman Jones.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Taibbi |
12-20-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Other Side of the Mountainnew
Skijoring, skibobbing, icebiking and other obscure winter-sport challenges for snow-klutzes and hotshots.
Boston Phoenix |
Ashley Rigazio |
12-11-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Year Of The Cheaternew
Why steroids, spying, and all those other sports scandals are actually good for fans.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
10-10-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Home of the Bravesnew
Fifty years ago this fall, a Boston team beat the Yankees in the World Series; 57 years ago, a Boston team became one of the first in the major leagues to integrate -- that team, obviously, was not the Red Sox.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
05-10-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Meditate Thisnew
In honor of the first series of the season, here is a new collection of Red Sox/Yankees haiku.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
04-27-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Jocks in Cuffsnew
Sluggish performances by Mike Tyson and the Portland Trailblazers seemingly skewed the number of athlete arrests downward in 2005, but the sports-crime industry remained vital thanks to Lawrence Phillips and a little stylistic marketing kitsch.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Taibbi |
12-23-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Femmes Fatalesnew
With free bullets and fresh targets, the NRA tries to reel in women.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
07-28-2005 |
Sports
The Flow of Freerunningnew
Parkour, freerunning, PK -- it's all the same thing: part martial art, part acrobatics, part extreme sport. And it's making its way from Europe to cities and towns across New England.
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Donnelly |
07-11-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Real Girls Play Tacklenew
Linda Caruso can totally kick your butt. An East Boston native with painted toenails, a pierced belly button, and a thick townie accent, Caruso is a veteran linebacker on the Mass Mutiny, a 6-1 pro women’s tackle-football team.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
06-17-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
League Leaders: Minor-League Baseballnew
The Red Sox may be the main attraction, but when it comes to minor-league baseball, New England is spoiled for choice.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-09-2005 |
Sports
Tags: New, York, Vermont, cats, Red, rock, Portland, dogs, County, Pride, Haven, sea, Worcester, North, League, Spirit, Atlantic, Bluefish, Bridgeport, Britain, Brockton, Can-Am, cutters, Expos, Fisher, Hampshire, Lowell, Nashua, Navigators, Norwich, Pawtucket, Penn, Rox, Shore, Sox, Spinners, tornadoes
Urban Cowboysnew
The underground city-bike-racing scene hits the streets of Boston.
Boston Phoenix |
Matthew Shaer |
05-19-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
