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Unlike many on this blog, I did not grow up with a passion for football. I’m a Bostonian, thus arrived in the hospital delivery room hard-wired to root for the Red Sox and die for the Bruins. It was not until my first, fortuitously timed trip abroad to France in 1998 that I learned that football was a global phenomenon, not just something kids played after school.I had the good fortune be in France again this spring. For someone who has gone on to work on the history of French football, this was a phenomenal opportunity to observe, discuss, and listen. One thing that was immediately Continue reading >>>

F2 Sidecar driver Phil Biggerdyke successfully completed the first Sure Sidecar TT race on his debut at the Isle of Man TT festival on Saturday. The Bostonian was racing with passenger Hayley Jayne Capewell.Being newcomers to the 37.73-mile mountain road course, Phil and Hayley took it steady to make sure of a finish.And they were delighted to cross the finish line at the end of three gruelling laps in 32nd place.Hayley, from Rugeley, made history by becoming the youngest-ever female passenger - at 19 years of age - to complete a TT race.She was delighted with the Continue reading >>>

A healthy sense of competition amongst cities has long been a part of the spirit of the United States of America. Loyal son of Massachusetts John Adams once wrote, “Phyladelphia [sic], with all its trade and wealth and regularity, is not Boston…. We exceed them in every thing, but in a market.” But few cities have come in for more smack talk than Adams’s own Boston. When the Boston Red Sox won the World Series last year, Gawker published a post entitled, simply, “Fuck Boston.” Ouch.Over a century before Gawker published its first snarky blog post, Continue reading >>>

A healthy sense of competition amongst cities has long been a part of the spirit of the United States of America. Loyal son of Massachusetts John Adams once wrote, “Phyladelphia [sic], with all its trade and wealth and regularity, is not Boston…. We exceed them in every thing, but in a market.” But few cities have come in for more smack talk than Adams’s own Boston. When the Boston Red Sox won the World Series last year, Gawker published a post entitled, simply, “Fuck Boston.” Ouch.Over a century before Gawker published its first snarky blog post, Continue reading >>>

Kevin Collins and Melanie Collins, 15-year Bostonians with farm ties in Upstate New York, said they are launching Cider Creek Hard Cider with the help of a distribution agreement with Avon-based Bay State Wine Spirits. Hard cider is arguably the flavor-of-the-month for the craft-beer crowd. According to a year-end report from GuestMetrics LLC, cider brands Strongbow, Stella Artois Cidre, Angry Orchard gained fans during 2013. (Angry Orchard is marketed by Boston Beer Co., which is perhaps better known for its Sam Adams brand.) Continue reading below Several recent posts on 99 Bottles, a Boston Continue reading >>>

BOSTON—Jayant Sinha, the Harvard-educated Bostonian and a resident of Chestnut Hill, MA, has been elected as a Member of India's Parliament. He contested the parliamentary election on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket from Hazaribagh in the state of Jharkhand and won in the anti-incumbency wave against the ruling Congress Party and its allies. Sinha, son of prominent BJP leader and former Finance Minister and Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha, spent over 20 years in the United States, mostly in Boston and was a Partner at Mckinsey and in a venture capital firm. He was also a Partner at Continue reading >>>

India's Finance Minister, who is also a Harvard MBA, P. Chidambaram decided not to contest the just concluded parliamentary elections. His Bostonian insights served him well in avoiding the avalanche that destroyed the credibility of many of his peers in Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's cabinet.The Minister of Home Affairs is one of the most powerful cabinet positions. Sushil Kumar Shinde, a longtime party stalwart who took over this key role in July 2012 lost his seat in parliament to Sharad Bansode of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). India's Foreign Minister, Continue reading >>>

Share on Facebook.Share on Twitter.Share on Google+Pin It!Share on StumbleUponAnd Baby Makes 4 at the 2014 Orlando Fringe Tony (David Almeida) is a Southern self-schooled life coach who teaches titty-bar dancers to trust. Charissa (Marcie Schwalm) is frustrated freelance writer from Puerto Rico. Allen (Todd Allen Long) is a Bostonian actor juggling part-time roles at three theme parks. The mutually amorous trio — or “thrupple” — begins attending cut-rate couples counseling (it seems Obamacare still doesn’t cover real therapy) when they discover Charissa is pregnant … And Continue reading >>>