“I was fortunate in several ways. My mother believed me. It was an inappropriate comment perhaps perversely meant as flirtation, however predatory, rather than an assault. And I never had to see him again. America’s elite female gymnasts had far more devastating experiences under recently convicted sports medicine doctor Larry Nassar.”
Sun Spots with Hitch [Vol. 237]: Head games with Gronk and the Patriots
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Amazing to think that Pats fans in their mid-20s — first- and second-graders when Bill Belichick and Tom Brady birthed a sporting dynasty — scarcely remember a fandom without dominance.
Sun Spots with Hitch [Vol. 233]: Dealing with critics, the Patriot Way
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Sustained superiority inevitably gets old for those of us not on the bandwagon.
Sun Spots with Hitch [Vol. 232]: On Rhode Island’s WooSox curveball
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For a while it seemed most folks in the Ocean State wanted the Pawtucket Red Sox to move to Worcester as much as anyone in the City of Seven Hills this side of Jake the Lion and the Creedon family.
Rome sweet home: Railers captain skates full circle, glad to be back in Worcester
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Ashton Rome came to the American Hockey League’s Worcester Sharks in 2006 as a 20-year-old farm boy from Manitoba. A decade after leaving, Rome is back playing in Worcester — now as a captain of the Railers, the first-year ECHL team in town.
Worcester Weekly: Holy Cross hockey, synchronized skating + more, Jan. 6-12
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Here are some of the best things to do, places to go — and reasons why — over the next few days.
The Quad [Dec. 30-Jan. 6]: Four things to know from UMass Medical School, Becker, Holy Cross
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Grafton’s Lannon, an inaugural Railer, hopes to have extended comeback up his sleeves
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Ryan Lannon said his parents are used to him telling them he’s going to do something a little, well, unexpected. Like, for example, when he said last month he wanted to come out of retirement four years after his last game as a professional hockey player to join up with the expansion Worcester Railers. “Their first instinct was I was going to coach. When I told them it was as a player, they kind of laughed and smiled. It’s not the first crazy thing I’ve told my parents.”
Worcester Weekly: Landscape painting, ‘Polar Express,’ New Year’s masquerade ball + more, Dec. 24-30
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The most fun you’ll have with a calendar of events all week. And you just might learn something, too. Here are some of the best things to do, places to go — and reasons why — over the next few days.
Rome sweet home: Railers captain skates full circle, glad to be back in Worcester
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Ashton Rome came to the American Hockey League’s Worcester Sharks in 2006 as a 20-year-old farm boy from Manitoba. A decade after leaving, Rome is back playing in Worcester — now as a captain of the Railers, the first-year ECHL team in town.
Worcester Weekly: Gingerbread, ‘Christmas Carol,’ St. Petersburg Men’s Ensemble, ‘Star Wars’ benefit + more, Dec. 10-16
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Here are some of the best things to do, places to go — and reasons why — over the next few days.