Thompson Talks

GAME FIVE IN REVIEW After a tremendous comeback in Game Four, Boston could clinch the title tonight. After a frustrating

WORLD SERIES, GAME FOUR: Steve Pearce’s HR and 4 RBI pace Red Sox to 9-6 come-from-behind victory

Holy cats. How do you follow a game like that? How tired is everyone after playing the equivalent of two

Entering this game, Boston seems to be in command, winning Games One and Two in Boston. Remember, though, in a

The national anthem was performed in distinguished fashion for the second straight evening. This time it was the Boston Pops

The World Series is one of my absolute favorite sporting events.[1] For some reason I didn’t do this last year

The last time these two franchises met in the World Series (1916), they were the Boston Red Sox and Brooklyn

This has been an interesting National League pennant race. For the first time in history, there were TWO tiebreaker games

Plus, a recap of the semis The final. Wow. What a tournament this has been! France completely stymied the Belgians,

Ah, the quarterfinals on the right[1] side of the bracket. The England-Sweden game was rarely in doubt. To a neutral

The Dilemma of Sportswriting Was that a fun quarterfinal round or what? France-Uruguay was fun to watch, although it never