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8-Year-Old Boy Killed In The Boston Blasts Has Been Identified
That's according to the Boston Globe:...
<em>Chicago Tribune</em> Sports Page Pays Tribute To Boston
Here is the front page of today's sports section....
In An NBA First, The Canceled Celtics Game Won't Be Made Up
The Senators-Bruins game scheduled for last night was called off hours after the Boston Marathon bombings, and tonight's Pacers-Celtics game was the next to go. While the hockey will be made up, Indiana and Boston will finish the season with just 81 games played—and that's a first....
The 78-Year-Old Man In This Photo Got Up And Finished The Race
Tough sonofabitch Bill Iffrig was just a few feet from the finish line, and a few feet from the first bomb. ...
Woman Records Explosion As She Approaches The Boston Finish Line
This is pretty frightening stuff....
Sean Hannity Set A Boston Marathon Disaster Montage To Dr. Who Music
We thought it was bad enough when Sean Hannity led off his Fox News program tonight with a montage of Boston Marathon devastation that looked and sounded like the trailer for a Bay/Bruckheimer collaboration. Then we learned where the music came from....
Bill Iffrig, The Man Knocked Down By Blast In Boston, Discusses Finish
Bill Iffrig was the 78-year-old man in the orange tank-top who was knocked down by the force of what he called a "deafening" explosion approximately 15 feet from the finish line at today's Boston Marathon. ...
The First Question For The Governor Was From A Conspiracy Theorist
At Deval Patrick's 9:00 press conference on today's bombings, the first question, the very first question, contained the words: "Is this another false flag attack staged to take our civil liberties?"...
Former Patriots Guard Joe Andruzzi Helped Rescue Blast Victims
We feared the worst when legendary NFL good-guy Joe Andruzzi wasn't heard from in the hours after explosions rocked the Boston Marathon. We knew Andruzzi's cancer foundation was a big supporter of marathon runners, and his Twitter suggested he was watching the race from a location very close to wher...
A Nice Thing Patton Oswalt Wrote After The Boston Marathon Bombing
In the wake of events like today's, there's always an outpouring of "thoughts and prayers" and other sorts of well-intentioned signs of support from people all over social media that you almost get numb to it, if you're not already numb from the event itself....
Your latest updates: the Commissioner confirms three people have died. The Boston Globe cites a "person of interest." The Wall Street Journal reports "five additional, undetonated explosive devices," so maybe it could have been a lot worse. [Globe, WSJ, photo of unclaimed runners' bags by Mary Pilon...
Here's President Obama's Response To The Boston Marathon Explosions
President Obama acknowledged we know little about today's explosions at the Boston Marathon, but pledged "we will find out who did this and we will hold them accountable."...
Explosions At The Boston Marathon; 3 Dead, Scores Injured
Minutes after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon at 2:50 p.m., reports started rolling in. We began this post soon after, with chronological updates continuing through the evening. Some photos might be graphic....
Here's Video Of The Moment The Boston Marathon Bombs Exploded
It's very glitchy, but here's the moment the bombs exploded near the Boston Marathon finish line, from WBZ's camera mounted there....
Red Sox's "Sellout" "Streak" "Ends"
The Red Sox's 10-year sellout streak, which never actually existed, was finally dispatched with a press box announcement. Over the loudspeaker came the number: 30,862. And that was it. It was the sound of the streak getting a bullet behind the ear in some airless Soviet cell....
Bird-Flipping Red Sox Fan Is Less Than Impressed By Chris Davis's Homer
The Red Sox are surprising fans and pundits with their quick start in the AL East, though the Orioles cut into that lead thanks in part to a ninth inning Chris Davis homer that sparked a five run rally. Davis's performance so far this season has been impressive—to everyone but Boston fans, at least....
Will Middlebrooks Had Himself An Afternoon In Toronto
Will Middlebrooks beat the Blue Jays 4-0 on the strength of a three-home run, four-hit afternoon. His second shot, a two-run homer off starter R.A. Dickey in the fifth, was an absolute bomb. ...