John Wolfson

They make movies about painters like Peter Lyons, a Museum of Fine Arts security guard who soared to the brink of celebrity after a decade of lonely toil. Suddenly he had critical acclaim, financial rewards, everything he'd always wanted. Then the sc

Two wildly popular restaurants are locked in competition. So are the battling brother and sister who own them.

Led by Glenn “the Big O” Ordway, the razor-tongued trash talkers of WEEI have turned the station into an unprecedented ratings leader—and changed the way we talk about sports in sports-crazed New England. You got a problem with that?

How did one father react to his newborn child? He sued the fertility clinic.

By John Wolfson

When someone who's a little different moves into a picture-postcard New England horse community, small-town secrets begin bubbling to the surface. When that person is a farm owner of short temper and ambiguous gender, all hell boils over.

Tucked away in an unseen corner of Suffolk Downs work the men and women who take care o f the horses. stars on the way out. Washed-up riders on the way back. hard drinkers. The pay is lousy. It's a tough life on the backstretch. But at least it'

Controlling. Manipulative. Pissed off. It’s not Bobby we’re talking about — it’s the women in his life. His wife, Whitney Houston, wants him under her thumb. His mother wants him out of his marriage. His ex-girlfriend just wants what she

By John Wolfson

Thirty years after busing started, all of greater Boston is more segregated than ever.

This month, barring any last-minute holdup, same-sex couples in this state will be allowed to marry. Here, in their own words, the people who brought us gay marriage–and those who tried to stop it–tell the story of how we got to this epochal moment.

By John Wolfson

With almost no one noticing, New England's $20 billion higher education industry is losing its market share thanks to shrinking populations and growing competition. Now some campuses are fighting back with sophisticated marketing straight from the co

The many layers and ever-shifting moods of Paul Pierce, Boston's most enigmatic sports star.

Detective Danny Keeler was a legend who lived to catch and help convict notorious killers. Now he's tainted goods — a scapegoat, as he sees it, for hapless prosecutors. And his troubles mean dozens of accused murderers could walk free.

All the Boston Red Sox have done under CEO Larry Lucchino is win a World Series and sell out Fenway Park every night. Yet fans can’t stand the guy. Now, after an off-season full of shockers, the hard-charging Sox boss is quietly engineering the bigg

Lucchino’s Curveball