“I went to Dartmouth College, graduated, and had the opportunity to play two professional sports - I played for the New England Patriots in the NFL and professional lacrosse for the Boston Blazers. I had an injury, so I had to stop so I could heal. But when I was playing football, I wasn't making a lot of money; I wasn't a superstar.” TwoPlayOpportunitySportsFootballCollegeEnglandHealNflInjuryLots Of MoneyPatriotBostonSuperstarNew EnglandPlaying FootballCollege GraduatesLacrosseBlazersDartmouthProfessional SportsNew England Patriots Author:Brian J. White
“I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I'm trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century.” TryingFactsCenturyRight NowEnglandHistoricalLibraryBostonNew EnglandLineageTracing Author:Rick Moody
“Those who first introduced compulsory education into American life knew exactly why children should go to school and learn to read: to save their souls.... Consistent with this goal, the first book written and printed for children in America was titled Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes in either England, drawn from the Breasts of both Testaments for their Souls' Nourishment.” ShouldFirstsChildrenBookSoulSchoolAmericaSpiritualGoalEducationWrittenEnglandConsistentBreastsMilkTestamentBostonPrintedNourishmentBabeAmerican LifeCompulsoryCompulsory Education Author:Dorothy H Cohen
“Growing up in Boston, I was always Matt, Son of Former New England Patriot Don. And then when my brother Tim was a senior in high school, I became Matt, Brother of Tim.” SchoolGrowing UpGrowingSonBrotherHigh SchoolEnglandFormerMy BrotherPatriotSeniorBostonNew EnglandHigh School SeniorNew England Patriots Author:Matt Hasselbeck
“The actual fund is called "THE JIMMY FUND" and THE REDSOX FOUNDATION IN BOSTON has gotten involved and people all over New England are very supportive of this effort. The Jimmy Fund is an official charity of the Boston Red Sox and my song "Down at Fenway Park" is often played at Fenway and if you buy the C.D. a portion of the proceeds go to the Jimmy Fund via the Red Sox Foundation.” PeopleIfsSongEffortInvolvedRedEnglandFoundationCharityOfficialsParksFundPortionsSupportiveBostonJimmyNew EnglandBoston Red SoxFenway Park Author:Freddy Cannon
“Henry Adams was scared shitless, politically, by the discovery that England isn't alien to a boy from Boston, but it was true, and it is true. It's a Boston and coastal Massachusetts thing. Henry Adams blocked it out.” BoysDiscoveryEnglandScaredAliensBostonBlockedMassachusettsCoastal Author:William Monahan
“I got private lessons in keyboard at Julliard, before New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.” MusicLessonsEnglandBostonKeyboardsNew EnglandConservatory Author:Bernie Worrell