The price is hiked
One of Tom Woodbury's sisters went to Vanderbilt University, the other to Boston College. But they didn't choose those pricey colleges during a financial market meltdown that took a good...
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Custom-made bull’s-eye
Larry Bird didn't want any more champagne, wasn't worried about the pending parade in downtown Boston and had already taken off his hat and T-shirt that proclaimed the Celtics the...
Shame! Red Sox fans bail too soon
The remorse is most intense for the thousands who were actually there and left, streaming early out of Fenway Park when a two-run double careened off the Green Monster like...
It’s Beckett’s turn
Before Game 1 of the American League Division Series, Red Sox starter Josh Beckett passed along a bit of advice to Jon Lester. He told him that it doesn't matter,...
Pressure held at bay
Jason Bay has never met Manny Ramirez, though he played against Ramirez three times in 2005 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, with whom he became baseball's least-known star. Their planes may...
Economy is creating ‘panic brides’
Couples planning their big days are finding that their budgets, whether hundreds of dollars or tens of thousands, won't stretch as far. Local brides and grooms have pared down guest...
Literary visionary
Philip K. Dick: Five Novels of the 1960s and 70s Edited by Jonathan Lethem Library of America, 1,128 pages, $40 Is Philip K. Dick the father of the paranoid style...
‘Engulfed in Flames,’ Sedaris’ caustic wit still burns
Much the way that Celine Dion will never run out of hot air or Middle America will never lose its appetite for funnel cakes, so it seems that David Sedaris...
Defending John Mitchell
The Strong Man: John Mitchell and the Secrets of Watergate By James Rosen Doubleday, 609 pages, $35 It was love, twice over, that undid John Mitchell. He adored his mad,...
Garnett’s goal: Pass smell test
When you think of garbage, you don't think of Kevin Garnett. But after an admittedly poor performance in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, the Celtics forward...