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Click here to read Everything In NE Is About The Red Sox, Even Politics

Everything In NE Is About The Red Sox, Even Politics

Martha Coakley is Massachusetts's attorney general. She wants to fill Ted Kennedy's vacant senate seat. She thinks that Curt Schilling is a Yankees fan. This does not bode well for her candidacy. More »

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By Barry Petchesky

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Click here to read More Last Minute Gift Ideas: A Murder Conviction

More Last Minute Gift Ideas: A Murder Conviction

A Yankee fan who ran over a Red Sox fan with her car after he mocked her team has been found guilty of second-degree murder. ~~Shockingly, the New England jury did not consider it justifiable homicide.~~ More »

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By Dashiell Bennett

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Click here to read John Lackey's Wife Gets Her First, Uh... Taste Of Boston Nightlife

John Lackey's Wife Gets Her First, Uh... Taste Of Boston Nightlife

Krista Lackey has already scored her first mention in the Boston gossip pages after being spotted at a fancy restaurant—where one of Southie's finest puked on her fur coat. Pissah. [Boston Herald, via 3:10toJoba]

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By Dashiell Bennett

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Click here to read Lowell's Bum Thumb Gives Thumbs Down To Texas Deal

Lowell's Bum Thumb Gives Thumbs Down To Texas Deal

Eleven days later, the deal's off. The upside of re-signing him after the 2007 season: keeping a World Series winning team together. The downside: it's Mike Lowell, and he was all but guaranteed to be physically untradeable. [Boston Herald]

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By Barry Petchesky

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Click here to read Breaking News: Red Sox Fan Is Terrible Human

Breaking News: Red Sox Fan Is Terrible Human

A college newspaper columnist wrote the douchiest column in the history of douchey college newspaper columns. What's the sports angle? Check the author's headshot. There's your sports angle. More »

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By Barry Petchesky

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Click here to read Tim Wakefield's Wife Is Dog Chow

Tim Wakefield's Wife Is Dog Chow

A judge has sentenced a Boston-area mastiff to death after it bit Stacey Wakefield at an art gallery. Maybe it didn't like playing fetch with a knuckleballer. [Globe]

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By Barry Petchesky

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Click here to read Red Sox Underwear For Sale, If You're Into That Sort Of Thing

Red Sox Underwear For Sale, If You're Into That Sort Of Thing

Tired of collecting all kinds of shit related to your favorite player? Time to collect their literal shit, in skidmark form. Game-used underwear, people. Christ. More »

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By Barry Petchesky

Fire Up The Self-Pity Machine, IT’S BLACK SUNDAY!

Click here to read Fire Up The Self-Pity Machine, IT’S BLACK SUNDAY!

And so it was that, come Monday morning, the denizens of New England awoke to a world covered in thick, black ash. A world that knew neither hope nor joy, but only self-involved douchiness. More »

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By Drew Magary

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Click here to read Great Moments In Ill-Considered Headlines

Great Moments In Ill-Considered Headlines

The Wall Street Journal commemorates the Red Sox sweep at the hands of the Angels with this doozy—"Boston Goes Down in a Fiery Crash." Wow, Nick Adenhart's memory was more inspiring than I thought. [WSJ]

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By Dashiell Bennett

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Click here to read Are These The Harassed Red Sox Sisters?

Are These The Harassed Red Sox Sisters?

An alert reader sent us this YouTube video, apparently taken at Angel Stadium during Game 1, and featuring a brawl between Red Sox and Angels fans. Could this be the incident involving the aggrieved lady Red Sox fans? More »

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By Dashiell Bennett

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Click here to read Pretty Girls Made To Feel Uncomfortable At A Baseball Game

Pretty Girls Made To Feel Uncomfortable At A Baseball Game

What kind of a world do we live in where two attractive young women can't go to a baseball game without getting heckled by opposing fans? Sure, one of their ugly boyfriends was tasered....but what about their feelings? More »

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By Dashiell Bennett

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MLB Postseason Preview: Boston Red Sox

Click here to read MLB Postseason Preview: Boston Red Sox

For those refined gentlepeople who prefer the cerebral grace of baseball to the plebian savagery of football, October is the greatest of months. Will Leitch looks at each of the eight playoff combatants. Now up: The Boston Red Sox. More »

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By Will Leitch

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Click here to read Is Our Children Learning (To Hate The Red Sox)?

Is Our Children Learning (To Hate The Red Sox)?

All this talk about Obama's school speech and the indoctrination of students is ignoring the real dark power behind our educational system: Boston fans. Could one be in your child's school? More »

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By Barry Petchesky

Click here to read And The Red Sox/Yankees Rivalry Is Still Punchy

And The Red Sox/Yankees Rivalry Is Still Punchy

Red Sox 2004 rallying cry: "Why Not Us?" Red Sox 2009 rallying cry: "Go home to ya mutha!" [Busted Coverage]

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By DAULERIO

Click here to read Finally, The Harvard Crimson Will Get Some Media Attention

Finally, The Harvard Crimson Will Get Some Media Attention

ESPNBoston is live. No, the URL does not just redirect to "Sports Guy's World." [ESPNBoston]

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By Dashiell Bennett

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Click here to read Tampa Bay Rays Employee Takes It Upon Himself To Keep Playoff Hopes Alive

Tampa Bay Rays Employee Takes It Upon Himself To Keep Playoff Hopes Alive

And the best way to possibly do that is to plant a fake bomb as a "practical joke" in Tropicana Field before the Red Sox series. The Rays are still six games back in the AL Wild Card race. [StPeteTimes]

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By DAULERIO

Click here to read Curt Schilling Not Done Promoting Curt Schilling

Curt Schilling Not Done Promoting Curt Schilling

Sure, Curt Schilling has all the trappings of a politician: he's a smug, self-righteous blowhard with a penchant for fondling other people's wives. But is he shameless or delusional enough to gun for Teddy K's vacant Senate seat? More »

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By Nash Landesman

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Click here to read Cardinals Bullpen Fixes John Smoltz In Five Minutes

Cardinals Bullpen Fixes John Smoltz In Five Minutes

Two weeks ago, John Smoltz left Boston a washed up failure. Then one bullpen session with the Cardinals and suddenly he's a future Hall of Famer again. All because his teammates figured out what Boston coaches couldn't. More »

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By Dashiell Bennett

Click here to read Peter King Shows Off HIs Under Armour, Unwavering Red Sox Fanaticism

Peter King Shows Off HIs Under Armour, Unwavering Red Sox Fanaticism

SI's lovable NFL columnist took some time away from pre-season coverage and colonoscopies to take in the Friday night beat down of the Boston Red Sox at Fenway. [Bar Stool Sports]

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By DAULERIO

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Click here to read Is The Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry 2004 All Over Again?

Is The Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry 2004 All Over Again?

The Sox were walloped last night, leaving them 7.5 games out of first and looking for all the world to be at the mercy of the division champion Yankees. So does Boston have New York right where they want them? More »

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By Dashiell Bennett

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Why Your Stadium Sucks: Fenway Park

Click here to read Why Your Stadium Sucks: Fenway Park

This is a weekly feature in which I (and maybe you, too, readers) detail the various reasons for hating your ballpark. This week: The Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park. More »

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