Word: parkes
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Ahhhh…. Opening Day at Fenway Park. Warm sunshine, the smell of freshly cut grass, that first delicious bite of a Fenway Frank, the crack of the bat as Big Papi puts one over the Green Monster. Oh wait, just kidding. It’s actually raining, hovering around 44 degrees, and Opening Day was just cancelled. Thank you New England weather...
...Crimson will play Northeastern in the opening round of the Beanpot Tournament today at 3 p.m. in Brockton, Mass. The winner will take on either Boston College or UMass next Monday at Fenway Park...
...paid off this weekend...Golf’s a game where one weekend you play great and the next you play not so great.” Mayer had the daily low round in Round 1, shooting 70 on the par-70 course. But in Round 2, the Winter Park, Fla. native slipped a little, shooting 78 to finish at +8, good for second. Though he took first, Christensen trailed after Round 1, having shot two over in the first round of play. In Round 2’s competition, Christensen dropped to five over, but nobody shot...
...betting they can sell the IOC on Chicago's robust sports culture and the city's relatively harmonious ethnic and racial diversity. The Olympic Village is to be built along Lake Michigan, just south of downtown. An 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium is to be built in Washington Park, which is tucked between a middle-income neighborhood of rowhouses and a rather bleak stretch of Chicago's South Side. Officials here also will play up Chicago's extensive public transportation network, although there is reason to be skeptical about whether its train system - which is aging, prone to delays...
...such support. But there is still widespread skepticism and disapproval. There have already been significant anti-Olympics protests, one of which included thousands of the city's roughly 13,000-member police force, who are seeking a pay raise. Meanwhile, critics question the suitability of the moderately-sized Washington Park for an Olympic Stadium - and argue that despite officials' pledges to downsize the stadium after the Games, the park's landscape will be destroyed...