<div>The lead story in Wednesday’s Washington Post, was written by two reporters telling us what might happen to Democratic candidates running for president, in a race that doesn’t end until November 3, 2020 — a mere 615 days away.You might say I’m a political junkie, but I’m not reading s

OPINION: Boycott Iowa and Its Fraudulent Caucus

<div>NOTE: This op-ed was submitted to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Worcester Telegram, Commonwealth Magazine, and the Montreal Gazette (a slightly expanded version tied to Jackie’s debut with the Royals in ‘46).Too bad, really. It would have been nice for readers of any of the above p

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<div>THE GAME OF THE DAY&nbsp;SATURDAY WAS OHIO STATE/WISCONSIN, and the Badgers losing, 27-21, seems fitting, since it adds to the already chaotic state of a chaotic season.Who’s in?Who out?Who’s up?Who’s down?Can we do this dance all-around?</

Holiday Break: The Best of College Football This Week

<div>I just finished reading “<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/06/trump-putin-and-the-new-cold-war" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump, Putin, and The New Cold War</a>” that appeared in the&nbsp;May 6&nbsp;issue of The New Yorker (the online title is diffe

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<div>"THE GAME OF THE YEAR,” shouted NESN’s Dave O’Brien, as the Red Sox beat Cleveland on a three run walk-off HR by Christian Vasquez in the bottom of the 9th.The dramatic 12-10 win came in one of the most implausible games of this season – or any season.The two s

Indians vs. Red Sox: Best Game of the Century?

<div>Seventy years ago today, April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers.Jackie Robinson was a baseball player and four-sports star at UCLA – football, basketball, baseball, and NCAA record holder in the broad jump – but if you think of him onl

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<div>Tonight’s NCAA Championship Game between mighty North Carolina and the little school that could, Gonzaga, will mark the 40th anniversary of the last game Al McQuire ever coached – and the last game he ever coached was the 1977 NCAA Championship Game, won by his Marquette team over Dean Smith

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<div>PUERTO RICO BEAT THE NETHERLANDS 4-3 IN 11 INNINGS LAST NIGHT AT DODGER STADIUM, and will play the winner of tonight’s USA/Japan game tomorrow evening in the Ravine, still haunted by ghosts of displaced Hispanic families.The contest

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<div>In round one yesterday of March Madness, the premier spectacle of American sports, 32 teams went to the free throw line 634 times and converted 438 of their charitable gifts (you are not reading this anywhere else).Sixty-nine percent ain't that good; but it ain't the bad, either.<

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