Boston is a mega-sports
city, with professional basketball, baseball,
football and hockey. Yet one of the nations most
famous amateur events also takes place in and
around this city, the Boston Marathon. College
football at Boston College and Harvard are also
draws in this dynamic arena of sports along with
other college sporting events including basketball
and the Beanpot Hockey Tournament.
Boston Athletic Association
– Boston Marathon - 131 Clarendon St. /
617-236-1652
The nation’s premiere running event, the
Boston Marathon is over a hundred years strong
with thousands of runners participating and a
million spectators to cheer them on. The first
running began as a Patriot’s Day event in
April of 1897 and since then, the 26. 2 mile
race has really made history with the best in
the world running along side first-timers.
Boston Bruins
- TD Banknorth Garden / One FleetCenter / 617-931-2000
(TicketMaster)
The long New England winters had aided in the
making of some great ice hockey players and fans
alike. The Bruins play their extended NHL winter
season from October through April at the Fleet
Center.
Boston Celtics
- TD Banknorth Garden / One FleetCenter / 617-931-2000
(TicketMaster)
The Red Sox may have had more downside in the
past, but the story is a bit different with the
famed Boston Celtics! The team has garnered its
share of NBA triumphs and the future is a bright
one for the green jerseys.
Boston College Eagles
- Alumni Stadium / Chestnut Hill / 617-552-3000
Known for a great football program on the national
level, the Eagles play their home games at the
Alumni Stadium. The school also has a strong
basketball program and has in the past hosted
the mens NCAA tournament at the FleetCenter.
Boston Red Sox
- Fenway Park / Four Yawkey Way / 617-267-1700
Fenway Park is one of the oldest baseball parks
in continuous use in this country and in all
that time, it has been the home of the Boston
Red Sox. Some day in the not so distant future
the intimidating Green Monster of a left field
wall will make way for a newer stadium. The fates
have answered the Curse of the Bambino with a
2004 World Series Championship and the consummate
loyalty expressed by the fans of Beantown’s
Sox keeps hopes alive for the team winning another
World Series in the near future.
Harvard University Crimson –
Harvard Stadium / North Harvard Street &
Soldier’s Field Road / Allston / 617-495-2211
/ The Old Ivy League with Harvard, the oldest
college in the country, it’s a great combination
for college football. Crimson home games are
played at Harvard Stadium.
Head of the Charles Regatta
- Cambridge / 617-864-8415
In October Cambridge and the Charles River play
host to the world’s largest rowing competition
with thousands of participants of all ages and
hundreds of thousand viewers lined up across
the bridges and along three miles of river bank
towards Brighton.
Naismith Memorial Basketball
Hall of Fame - 1150 West Columbus
Avenue / Springfield /1-877-4-HOOPLA / $
An all new $100 million-plus facility honors
the game and its native son and creator Dr. James
Naismith. The exhibits include interactive activities,
artifacts and of course the scoop on all of the
great players and coaches in America’s,
and now the world’s most loved team sport.
(Located an hour and a half west of Boston, south
of I-90 in Springfield.)
New England Patriot’s
– Gillette Stadium / One Patriots Place
/ Foxboro / 508-384-4378
The areas winning NFL team, if the Sox can’t
bring home a series the Patriots can bring home
a Super Bowl title now and then.
Sports Museum of New
England at The Fleet Center - The
Fleet Center / Causeway Street / Boston / 617-624-1234
/ $ / The rich history of sports in New England
is covered in this state of the art museum. Interactive
exhibits, video footage and memorabilia trace
the teams, sportsmen and players who made their
mark in local and national sports.
Suffolk Downs
- Waldermar Avenue / Revere Beach exit off the
Blue Line MBTA / 617-568-3216 / $
Thoroughbred racing and betting offered from
September to June.
U.S. Pro Tennis Championship
- Longwood Cricket Club / 564 Hammond Street
/ Brookline / 617-731-4500 / $ Held in
late August, the men play for the U. S. Professional
Championship at this annual tennis event.
Wonderland Greyhound
Park - Revere / Wonderland exit off
the Blue Line MBTA / 781-284-1300 / $
The greyhounds chase their way around the track
and the odds are that Wonderland will be a great
place to observe a few races, year-round!
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