Deadspin: boston

Finally, The Harvard Crimson Will Get Some Media Attention

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:30:00 EDT

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

Crafty Magic Marketing Team Successfully Added Insult

DAULERIO — Mon, 18 May 2009 08:45:40 EDT

Enter a New England zip code dressed in opposing team colors and you risk dismemberment. Enter Boston sticker-sniping and you risk death. This group survived and came home with a win. [SpartyAndFriends]

Boston Cream Party

DAULERIO — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:17:14 EDT

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I don't think that's what I meant that headline to do, but whatever it's Friday and I can't find my pants!

Anyway, this was supposed to be such a big night for Boston. Instead we have a bunch of dejected looking people heartbroken after two South-coast teams peed all over their dreams . Carolina disposed of the Bruins in overtime to end their season and Orlando disposed of the Celtics in regular time to force a game 7 Sunday.

Bruins Lose Heartbreaker [Sadfans.com]

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Good morning. It's Friday. Find my pants.

Patriots' Day Gives Boston A Reason To Feel Special For Once

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:45:32 EDT

On this day, 342 years ago, a group of bloodthirsty Welsh mercenaries attacked defenseless Pilgrims with boiling tea kettles, winning the War of 1812 so that Boston could have day baseball on a Monday.

The Red Sox have already taken a 2-0 lead on Baltimore at Fenway, in much the same way that those brave revolutionaries took a 2-0 lead at Lexington and Concord (the birthplace of grape jelly.) Naturally, the bullpen squandered that lead until George Washington hit the King of England in the face with a cherry tree before writing "The Star-Spangled Banner." (Yes, I majored in history.) I'm not sure what any of that has to do with a bunch of skinny foreigners running 26-miles through Massachusetts in the middle of April, but they're doing that today too.

The whole thing makes me feel so goddamn American that I wish a Belgian would walk in the room right now so I could punch him in the face.

Boxscore: Baltimore vs. Boston [MLB.com]
Boston Marathon - Live Updates [Boston.com]

Is Boston Ready To Host A Championship Celebration?

Will Leitch — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:30:50 EDT

As mentioned last week, the Leitch family is heading to Fenway Park this Saturday — tentative pitching matchup: Josh Beckett vs. Mitchell Boggs. You're toast, Sox! — and we are hopeful that the Yawkey Way faithful will show us the appropriate respect. That is to say: We hope they won't throw anything heavy at us. If the Celtics can win either one of these two home games this week, we have to think they'll be in a good enough mood, right? Right?

We hope that Sox fans will remember how Busch Stadium security — in a move that's pretty magnanimous even for St. Louis fans — allowed Red Sox boosters outside the old Busch Stadium to watch the end of Game 4 of the World Series for free. You have to be nice to us now, right?

More to the point: For all the success, infuriating and otherwise, that the New England area has had to celebrate over the last few years, they've never actually clinched a title at home. Both the World Series wins were on the road, and the Super Bowl wins were, you know, at the Super Bowl. We are curious how Boston will handle a hometown championship win.

If it happens, of course.