After an 86-year World Series drought, the 2004 Boston Red Sox engineered the greatest comeback in baseball history. Then, three short years later, they did it again--sweeping the Rockies to become the 2007 world champions of baseball. Celebrate an amazing team--its players, manager, and rich history--and an incredible season.
Nothing captures the magical quality of sports quite like a great ending to a great game. A walk-off home run, a desperation shot at the buzzer, and a Hail Mary with no time left all evoke similar emotions of elation and disbelief. And nowhere on the sports landscape have there been as many memorable endings as in Boston. The Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, and Bruins have combined to provide more fantastic finishes--"both good and bad--"to last B...
Chronicling the 2003-04 season of the New England Patriots, this keepsake features dozens of professional photographs that encapsulate the team's historic Super Bowl season. This detailed look at the team includes features on the team's first win of the season and their 14-2 regular season record, to their march through the playoffs and their dramatic victory over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII.
The 2004 Red Sox are champions because they engineered the greatest comeback in baseball history when they won four straight games against the hated New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series. It was a baseball epic, an event for the ages that put the Sox into a World Series that was profoundly anticlimactic. From the writers, editors, and photographers of the award-winning Boston Globe comes the official 2004 Special Commemor...
For the third time in 10 seasons, the Boston Red Sox are World Series champions. The team's path to postseason glory -- and the celebration that followed -- are featured in this special commemorative volume. The book documents the American League Divisional Series, American League Championship Series, and World Series games that led up to the clinching Game 6 victory with action-packed photos, great quotes, and colourful commentary by Globe co...
In the depths of Reliant Stadium in Houston, in the hours before Super Bowl XXXVIII, coach Bill Belichick told his team this simple truth: "We're the champions and the trophy is coming back where it belongs." The New England Patriots of 2003-04 did indeed bring the Vince Lombardi Trophy back home with a thrilling 32-29 victory over Carolina in the Super Bowl. But that is only part of the story. Along the way, the team won 15 in a row (second b...
For the first time in 39 years, the Boston Bruins have finally raised the Stanley Cup again, riding the heroics of goalie and Conn Smythe Award winner Tim Thomas and besting the Vancouver Canucks in seven games to bring the Cup back to New England. With their thrilling victory still reverberating in hockey towns throughout North America, this must-have, keepsake book by Triumph Books and the Boston Globe celebrates this heroic event. The Bruin...
New Englanders have been enjoying the bounty of the sea with catches off the Atlantic shoreline longer than any other Americans. From finfish to shellfish, from chowders to stews, this is a collection of the best of the recipes that have appeared in "The Boston Globe.
