Brockton’s “Marvelous Marvin” battled the sport’s gatekeepers with unexpected allies by his side.

Boston drivers are notorious jerks. We race through red lights and honk at people while stuck in gridlock. But are there any moves so bad that even the nastiest local motorist would say, “No. Unacceptable.”?

The region’s most sensational murder trial made Canton’s Waterfall Bar & Grille into an unwitting supporting character in the mystery of John O’Keefe’s death.

The city’s corporate class once saved Boston from bankruptcy. Now, with a fiscal crisis and mayoral showdown looming, the business community faces its biggest test yet—and Boston’s future hangs in the balance.

Told someone lately that you’d “circle back”? Bemoaned all the “emotional labor” you’re doing? Corporate jargon and academic buzzwords have created an almost impenetrable dialect. Given the current political reality, is it time for, well, a pivot?

Inside Longwood’s most elite scientific social club, geneticists trade glowing worms, pin up worm-themed office art, and tell worm jokes over bagels. But will federal budget cuts turn this Nobel Prize–winning party into a wake?

World-renowned professor Brian Cox sheds light on the mysteries of the universe at the Boch Center Shubert Theatre.

In the city where everyone (in the bar) once knew your name, will anyone be there to remember it?

This week’s Big Queer Food Fest and the Outloud Music Festival in June show off the city’s inclusiveness—and good taste.

When Sharon sophomore Rohan Shukla suffered a devastating brain injury during a Thanksgiving game, the Massachusetts town had to confront a difficult question: How can we get the balance of sports culture and student safety right?

Sam Huber’s autistic mind processes every moment and movement in technicolor intensity as he struggles to get his license. For his father, the question isn’t can he—but should he?

“I’m a prosecutor, not a politician,” insists the longtime Cambridge resident.

Let the arguments begin—influence, after all, is in the eye of the beholder.

Why high-powered Massachusetts moms are secretly ditching their careers for full-time family life—and why they won’t talk about it.

Our intrepid society columnist reports from Boston’s swankiest affairs, including the Boston Lyric Opera Gala and the Excessive Fashion for Amputees runway show.