Don’t Call It an Escort
Can female friends turn you into a pickup artist? Jason Schwartz hires a wingwoman to find out.
When Crime Doesn’t Pay
It’s a local tradition: convicts lining up to publish their life story. So why muzzle the guy who faked his way into Harvard?
Hubbub: Matt LeBlanc
For the first time since Friends, the Newton native will be playing a different character on TV…himself. Sort of.
Q&A: Bridget Moynahan
Readers of the Inside Track may know her best as the ex of a certain “QB/QT,” but Bridget Moynahan has a booming career these days.
The Big Digs 2010
Take a fond look back with us through the 50 stupidest, funniest, and most awesomely aquapocalyptic events of 2010.
Hubbub: Dennis Lehane
In novels like Gone Baby Gone, Mystic River, and Shutter Island, Dennis Lehane tapped into the city’s gritty side.
Headed for Trouble
BU scientists are renowned for their research on NFL veterans’ concussions. Now their studies are raising questions about the dangers of high school football.
Latin’s Crossing Guard
On the trail of Boston Latin’s residency fraud investigator.
Hubbub: John Slattery
The actor’s character on AMC’s Mad Men, Roger Sterling, is notorious for his chauvinistic zingers. It turns out that off set, the Boston native is just as often a target of barbs.
These Roxbury Prep Kids Can Kick Your Kid’s MCAS!
Charter school advocates think they know how to save our students. With charters like Roxbury Prep set to expand dramatically, we’re about to find out if they’re right.
Sports: The Comeback Kid
Five months after being named one of the best football players in the nation, BC linebacker Mark Herzlich was diagnosed last May with a rare form of cancer and told he’d never play again. Those doctors clearly didn’t know who they were talking to. On 9/4 the fully recovered senior will take the field in BC’s season opener.
Hubbub: Chuck Hogan
On September 10 Chuck Hogan’s Charlestown-set bank heist novel, The Town, hits screens as Ben Affleck’s new thriller.