A a kid, I remember Jim Rice’s broken hand costing the Sox a World Series title, and Darryl Stingley’s career ending on a preseason gridiron. I watched the corpus erodus of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Bill Walton during what could have been productive years breaking in kids like Len Bias...

After the Sensodyne defense didn’t work and he was sentenced to jail , State Senator Anthony Galluccio has resigned . “My decision today is not out of hopelessness but rather one of hope and opportunity,” Galluccio said in his resignation letter. In response to the resignation, Senate...

Gasson Hall at Boston College tagged Bostonist by richietown Mary Daly, longtime Boston College professor and radical elemental feminist (post/Christian) theologian, passed away last weekend. Daly often criticized the “eight deadly sins of the fathers: processions, professions, possession, aggression,...

Blotter siren — The DEA picked up Anthony W. Cristallo of East Boston, an alleged accomplice to the alleged OxyContin ring that authorities say neighborhood liaison John Forbes was running out of Boston’s City Hall. [ Herald ] — Sensitive toothed State Senator Anthony Galluccio had...

Flickr photo by Michael Femia; this is just a statue and NOT a Han Soloesque carbon freezing of the great man and an innocent little boy. We’ve learned a lot more than we ever wanted to know about the sad fate of Ted Williams’s cryogenically frozen head , which we last saw being used for...

Image by AntyDiluvian from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr. Anything flammable from Yemen is getting closer scrutiny, as a LNG shipment is about to reach Boston Harbor. [ Boston Globe ] The daughter of the murdered Tedeschi’s clerk will be allowed into the country for his funeral....

Image by Mr. T in DC from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr . Mass Audubon says there are 25 pairs of bald eagles in Massachusetts, including one in Weymouth. [ Patriot Ledger ] Massachusetts Superior Court Associate Justice Christine Roach rejected MBTA unions’ request for an injunction...

Book of Odds explores the odds of everyday life, from firearm owning to orgasm faking. We have to admit we’re a little confused about a few odds, such as: The odds a tourist in the US will visit Boston, Massachusetts are 1 in 132.4 (US, 2006). The odds a tourist in the US will visit Faneuil Hall...

Blotter siren — On Wednesday, officers responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting a suspicious looking plastic bag in the area of Princeton Street in East Boston. The bag, reported to be the size of a laundry bag, was discovered to contain the body of what appeared to be a female in her 30’s. The...

Image by istolethetv from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr. There is one less Chinese restaurant open today as a fire shuts down the Hong Kong near Quincy Market. [ WHDH ] Someone calls “Bullshit” on Gallucio’s toothpaste-fail defense. [ Boston Herald ] Christy Mihos...