My first thought when I learned about the project to paint 16 of the tanks in the big South Portland tank farm was “Why would anyone think this is a good idea?”
By KEN GREENLEAF | September 03, 2008

What every freshman should know about going to college in Boston
Okay, you survived the college-application process; you filled out the miserable FAFSA forms; you sweated out the wait for acceptance letters; and cut your best financial-aid deal.
By CLIF GARBODEN | September 02, 2008

Whole new ball game

Politics and other mistakes
John Frary is a politician in the same sense that I’m the commissioner of Major League Baseball.
By AL DIAMON | September 04, 2008

Devilish time

Dr. Lovemonkey
I’m a Gothic Satanist who’s been dating a young Christian woman for the past two months. I am wondering how to introduce myself to her parents.
By DR. LOVEMONKEY | August 27, 2008

Revenge of the toad

Sports blotter: "Irabu!" edition
Some sports-crime stories aren’t funny in any way — they’re just plain violent and tragic. But every now and then you get a story that’s just pure fun.
By MATT TAIBBI | August 27, 2008

Photos: Neil Diamond at Fenway Park

August 23, 2008 at Fenway Park, Boston, MA

By BRYAN MASTERGEORGE | August 27, 2008

Vigilantes and volunteers

Crime patrols in Boston
This article originally appeared in the August 7, 1973 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By SHARON BASCO | August 14, 2008

Mound wisdom

Cartoons of pitchers and catchers talking are a New Yorker staple. What is so funny about rubbers?
The first pitcher/catcher cartoon in the New Yorker was also the simplest.
By MIKE MILIARD | August 19, 2008

Return of the U

Sports blotter: "Plant City, indeed" edition
Remember the days when the University of Miami dominated college football?
By MATT TAIBBI | July 30, 2008

Never bet on baseball

Balls, pucks, and monster trucks.
One of my favorite stories about my dad is a sports story.
By RICK WORMWOOD | July 16, 2008

Soccer punch

There are, believe it or not, more hated Yanks overseas than George W. Bush: the Americans who own European football teams
When Barack Obama arrives in England in a few weeks on his celebrated European tour, he’ll probably disembark assuming that George W. Bush is the most despised American in Britain. If so, he'll be wrong.
By STEVEN STARK | July 16, 2008

License this!

There’s some Feist album left if anyone wants it
The living, breathing Holy Grail of contemporary music success stories has impeccably styled Birkin bangs and a floaty angel voice.
By SHARON STEEL | July 01, 2008

Bad sports

While old and new media are mending many fences, they’re still squaring off in jockland
When historians trace the rise of the blog as the dominant journalistic form of the 21st century, they’ll pay close attention to two recent developments.
By ADAM REILLY | June 18, 2008

Bought and paid for

Balls and pucks
Boston haters will say that the Celtics purchased their 17th championship.
By RICK WORMWOOD | June 18, 2008

One mean mother

Fox’s theorem: Back renewable energy or get bent
As the old expression goes, “If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother.”
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | June 11, 2008

The best of Boston's gift shops

By MEG MUCKENHOPT | June 11, 2008

Big Brown and the Triple Crown

Business as usual?
Horses may not talk, but money does.
By JEFFREY GANTZ | June 11, 2008

The O'Reilly factor

Letters to the Boston editor: June 6, 2008

By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | June 04, 2008

‘Great’ is definitely the wrong word

Richard Bradley’s fact-challenged book on the Sox-Yanks’ ’78 season finale is filled with Buckner-esque errors.
When I come across an obvious factual error in a book, my initial inclination is to wince in sympathy for the soon-to-be-embarrassed author. Unless, that is, the mistake is infuriatingly egregious, in which case I’m more apt to throw the book up against the wall in disgust.
By GEORGE KIMBALL | May 28, 2008

Naming names and naming rights

What lies ahead in the trial of two former CVS officials?
P+J are keeping a close eye on the US District Court trial of the two former CVS execs accused of illegally hiring John “My Sharona” Celona, the disgraced former state senator.
By PHILLIPE + JORGE | May 21, 2008

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