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The Case for White Stadium
By Abbi Holt Edited by Margaret Dalton In all the discourse around the renovation of White Stadium and the pro soccer team that would share the field with the Boston public schools, the perspective I have yet to see is my own, one of a neighbor who is excited about the project. When I first…
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Boston Finds a Winning Combination
Written by Abbi Holt; Edited by Laura Everett Photo by Andrea Cardin/Freestyle Photography; shared with permission of the PWHL Boston’s last home game was a 4-1 mess against PWHL NY. Everyone was in agreement. In post-game interviews (link to prev. story) players clearly were already reliving and rethinking their actions on the ice, and were…
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At Center Ice: Boston Beanpot Wins
By Laura Everett, edited by Abbi Holt Boston, Mass. – This is what we deserve. The 4k video screens at the center of TD Garden are 18 feet x 32.5 feet, nearly double the previous size before their 2021 rehabilitation. These screens are dubbed “Hub Vision,” self-proclaimed for both their centrality above center ice and…
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Op-Ed: For Herself Alone: Women’s Hockey and the Unjust Burden of Little Girls
op-ed by Laura Everett “Future PWHL player” the sign in the stand reads, and a ruddy-faced girl child in an oversized hockey jersey peeks above the sign. Catnip to nearly every cameraman and beat writer assigned to the inaugural matches of the Premier Women’s Hockey League. She was in every sell-out arena. Every home game.…
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White Stadium Vendor Diversity Meeting
Boston Unity Soccer Partners and the City of Boston can celebrate another win: after the contentious community transportation meetings of September 27 and October 4th, the November 29th meeting on supplier diversity and community benefits was a surprising change. Over 110 people showed up to the online-only meeting led by Mayor Wu’s staff with markedly…