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Ten Great Moments In Red Sox Playoffs

The good, the bad, the ugly — we've seen it all
This story was originally published in the September 25, 1995, issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By BILL SIMMONS | December 14, 2011

Cranston's King of Kong faces off with a legend

Royalty
Steve Wiebe is a bit of a legend in gaming circles. He was, after all, at the center of the documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters , which chronicled his push to topple Billy Mitchell as top Donkey Kong player in the world.
By PATRICK ELLIOT | April 06, 2011

Curse and worse

Johnny Baseball is stuck in the minors
The high point of Johnny Baseball , the new musical receiving its world premiere from the American Repertory Theater (at the Loeb Drama Center through June 27), comes two-thirds of the way through the second act.
By STEVE VINEBERG | June 09, 2010

Play by play: June 4, 2010

Theater listings, week of June 4, 2010
Theater listings, week of June 4, 2010
By JEFFREY GANTZ | June 03, 2010

Play by play: May 28, 2010

Theater listings, May 28, 2010
Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | May 27, 2010

Play by Play: May 21, 2010

Theater listings, May 21, 2010
Boston's weekly theater listings
By JEFFREY GANTZ | May 19, 2010

Play by play: May 14, 2010

Theater listings, May 14, 2010
Boston's weekly theater listings
By JEFFREY GANTZ | May 17, 2010

Play by play: May 7, 2010

Theater listings, May 7, 2010
Boston's weekly theater listings
By JEFFREY GANTZ | May 04, 2010

Luis's Lost Years

After five decades of exile, Red Sox great Luis Tiant journeys back to Cuba
It had been nearly half a century since Luis Tiant stood on the Cuban soil where he was born, and where he first learned the skills that would see him become one of the greatest and most beloved pitchers in Red Sox history.
By MIKE MILIARD | April 22, 2009

Flashback: Sox Populi

A short story for opening week
The October wind plays tricks on a man when the last breeze of summer meets the first chill of winter in the stands at Fenway Park. When other teams in other parks are playing out the World Series, the air in the Fens hangs heavy.
By JAMES MCLINDON AND SCOTT BURRIS | April 27, 2009

Buy local!

75orless' No Qualms offers 43 bands — all killer, no filler
43 bands, 32 hailing from Rhode Island, all for a recession-friendly $7.
By PHOENIX PROVIDENCE STAFF | December 31, 2008

Fore!

The thief who reinvented himself as a Hollywood celebrity
The new guy showed up as a guest at the Lakeside Golf Club in 1932, and to the surprise of absolutely no one, he won the club championship the first time he entered it.
By GEORGE KIMBALL | June 10, 2008

Stat man

Bill James teaches the Sox to play by the numbers
Three decades ago, Bill James would spend the skeleton shift at the Stokely-Van Camp bean factory in Lawrence, Kansas, pondering baseball’s imponderables.
By MIKE MILIARD | April 02, 2008

Puppet government

Four-score-or-so years ago, Will Rogers began a comedic political tradition
When Stephen Colbert threw his hat into the presidential ring — before South Carolina threw it back — he was embarking on a remarkably recurrent pop-culture event.
By DAVID BIANCULLI | November 14, 2007

When rushing the field was considered charming

Fenway frenzy
Rushing the field to help your favorite team celebrate a pennant or championship used to be as de rigueur as the spraying of sideline reporters with Champagne.
By PETER VOSKAMP | October 24, 2007

Cheating rules!

Why steroids, spying, and all those other sports scandals are actually good for fans
Maybe we shouldn’t lament the sundry scandals that have made 2007 the Year of the Cheater.
By ADAM REILLY | October 03, 2007

Steel your face

Sontiago returns with a 13-song indictment
Let it be known that Sontiago is not for the squeamish.
By SAM PFEIFLE | September 26, 2007

White hunters, black hearts

Scambaiting turns the tables on Internet con men. But when the clever pranks turn dangerous and degrading, where does the moral compass point?
There are hundreds of faces in the “Trophy Room” of 419Eater.com , and most of them are black.
By MIKE MILIARD | September 12, 2007

Our town?

Garrison Keillor on his new novel of Lake Wobegon
“Evelyn was an insomniac so when they say she died in her sleep, you have to question that.”
By JEFFREY GANTZ | September 12, 2007

Sad state of affairs

Letters to the Boston editor: June 1, 2007
Thank you for your moving story about the happy life and sad death of Kelly Wallace .
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | May 30, 2007

Got game?

A guide to the city's best sports bars
A guide to the city's best sports bars
By HEATHER BOUZAN | May 21, 2007

The diamond patriot

Bill Nowlin's Ted Williams at War
The plane shook. The cockpit coruscated with distress lights. And Ted Williams realized the landing gear was stuck.
By MIKE MILIARD | May 16, 2007

Home of the Braves?

50 years after the Boston Braves' departure, it’s worth asking: did the wrong team leave town?
Fifty years ago this fall, a Boston team beat the Yankees in the World Series.
By MIKE MILIARD | May 09, 2007

Land ahoy

Vintage Pinter takes the ART stage
Unlike The Birthday Party and The Homecoming , now staples of the repertory, this play by the 2005 Nobel laureate is seldom mounted.
By IRIS FANGER | May 03, 2007

Frozen fans relish the start of a new season

Opening day
The Sox are back, and that’s a good thing.
By IAN DONNIS | April 11, 2007

Play ball, Rhody-style

Nine innings’ worth of stuff you don’t know about Rhode Island and baseball
Baseball fans in New England view spring’s wispy introduction through a different lens.
By IAN DONNIS | April 06, 2007

Everyone's Hero

Animates baseball
There’s plenty of nostalgia in this animated baseball fantasy based on Howard Jonas’s boyhood yarn. Watch the trailer for Everyone's Hero (QuickTime)
By TOM MEEK | September 13, 2006

Flashbacks: September 8, 2006

The Boston Phoenix has been covering the trends and events that shape our times since 1966.
These selections, culled from our back files, were compiled by Ian Sands.
By PHOENIX FLASHBACKS | September 06, 2006

McCoy’s Dylan show is a harbinger of more music

Diamond Stars
While Bob Dylan’s August 24 show at Pawtucket’s McCoy Stadium dovetails nicely with Zimmy’s self-titled “Summer ’06 Baseball Tour,” it also marks another step in the ballpark’s evolution as more than just the home of the Red Sox’ top minor league club.
By IAN DONNIS | July 19, 2006

Do it eBay

How to bid on ridiculous Sox-orabilia
This Red Sox ownership has made it a mission to wring every last dollar out of Fenway Park.
By MIKE MILIARD | July 18, 2006