Yawkey Way

THE CURSE OF THE YAWKEY WAY

As the Sox usher in spring with their first home stand of the season, a writer examines the hex that truly held back the team for decades.

LAWMAKERS PUSH TO RENAME THE YAWKEY MBTA STATION

This short feature is a sequel to “The Yawkey Way,” which caused some controversy, raised discussions, spurred subsequent coverage, earned attention from the larger sports and journalism communities, and was ultimately recognized as a notable story in the 2017 edition of Best American Sports Writing. Tom Yawkey has long been considered by

THE YAWKEY WAY

From ignoramus radio talkers to bigoted fans and a checkered past, Boston baseball has a race problem Kalek Briscoe worked as a bartender in the State Street Pavilion inside Fenway Park for a decade. When he heard in May that Baltimore Orioles player Adam Jones told Boston media that a