When you hear the words Boston sports, does your mind flash to a place or to a person? Do you think of a fly ball arching over the Green Monster, a Celtic breaking across the parquet at Boston Garden, rowers skimming along the Charles River in autumn, or runners tackling the grueling stretch of Heartbreak Hill during the Boston Marathon? Or do you conjure faces - a smiling Babe Ruth, a bearded Bill Russell, a determined Rocky Marciano, a boyish and nimble Bobby Orr, or a defiant Pedro Martinez? Most likely, it is impossible to separate the two, impossible to imagine Bob Cousy on any court...
When you hear the words Boston sports, does your mind flash to a place or to a person? Do you think of a fly ball arching over the Green Monster, a Ce...