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In the end, Olympic bid had too many hurdles to clear

The pursuit of the 2024 Olympic Games was billed as Boston's opportunity to compete against the world's great cities, but the effort collapsed before even toeing ... >> view original

WithBostonout of 2024 Olympics race, an opening for Toronto?

Canada's largest city, about an eight-hour drive northwest of Boston, just hosted the Pan American Games that concluded Sunday, spending a record $2 billion ... >> view original

Shane Victorino's Love ForBostonShone Through In Tearful Goodbye

BOSTON — For the first six minutes of his goodbye news conference late Monday night, Shane Victorino kept it together. He joked with reporters. He talked ... >> view original

Vic Firth, notedBostonSymphony Orchestra timpanist, drumstick...

Everett “Vic” Firth, the celebrated principal timpanist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1956 to 2002 who also started a successful drumstick making ... >> view original

Red Sox Wrap: Sloppiness Abounds AsBostonFalls To White Sox...

BOSTON — Let's file Monday night's Boston Red Sox-Chicago White Sox game away and never speak of it again. The White Sox emerged victorious by a final ... >> view original

Can there be an Olympic legacy inBostonwith no Olympics?

Boston's bid for the 2024 Games carried the promise not only of a two-week global ... While Boston will not host the Games, or even see the bid process through, ... >> view original

David Price Won't Rule Out Red Sox In Free Agency Despite Past...

Price, who became an enemy of the Boston Red Sox during his time with the Tampa Bay Rays, is set to hit free agency after this season. The Detroit Tigers ace ... >> view original