June 12, 2010 Boston, Massachusetts “What the fuck you motherfuckas doin’ out here?” A glassy-eyed Charles Barkley slammed the door of an Escalade and headed straight (well, somewhat straight) for us. Another collector had...
On Saturday, January 14, 2012, an officer of the Springfield College Police Department threatened to jail two ticket-holding patrons at the Hoop Hall Classic—an annual high school basketball showcase hosted by the Naismith Memorial...
April 24, 2010 Boston, Massachusetts The corner of St. James and Dartmouth offers a perfect vantage point of both entrances to the Fairmont Copley Hotel. I’m joined on the sidewalk by several other anxious...
December 3, 2011 Bedford, Massachusetts It was a Black Friday scene all over again at HomeGoods in Bedford, Mass. Two hours before Pedro Martinez was set to kick off a scheduled toy drive, over...
February 6, 2007 Boston, Massachusetts As an autograph collector I’m used to asking celebrities. Asking them to sign something. Asking them to take a picture with me. But never before has a famous person...
October 26, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts I was an hour early to the premiere of the ESPN documentary on Chris Herren, the Fall River-born hoops star turned junkie turned comeback story. While the guest list...
September 24-25, 2011 Canton, Massachusetts Twelve miles south of Boston, Prowse Farm sits at the base of Great Blue Hill which overlooks the 6,000 acre Blue Hills Reservation. Though technically suburbia, it feels like...
For twenty straight summers the better halves of the Red Sox roster have set up shop outside Fenway to accept donations for the Greater Boston Food Bank. In addition to supporting a good cause,...
May 9, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts The promo guy took a knee on the pavement and ripped into a cardboard box, pulling out a handful of lanyards that dangled from his fingers like entrails. His...
June 2, 2011 Providence, Rhode Island It’s not often the sound of police sirens makes you cheer. A crowd of red-jerseyed football fans stood shoulder to shoulder along the Retracta-Belt crowd control barriers, growing...