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@jackcalifano When I still lived within the city limits of Boston I would go weeks at a time without driving. And my office during that period was just outside of the city limits.

Sorry but NYC is the only real city in America. It is the only place where you can comfortably not own a car. Many other places used to be cities, but they were all turned into large suburbs with some skyscrapers and a sports stadium owned by a bank. Sad but true.

@stephen_stumpf Aube is from Vermont and was living/racing out of there when he won the Busch race. I think he moved to New Hampshire briefly later on his Busch North career.

@jay7397 I’ve used the hometowns listed on Racing Reference for consistency’s sake, and Jamie Aube’s (who won a Busch race in 1987) is listed as Box, NH. Might be a case of a driver having multiple places to choose from (for example, would Jeff Gordon be from CA or IN?)

William Sawalich is the first driver from Minnesota to win a #NASCAR top 3 series race. Remaining states without a winner: Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Louisiana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia & Wyoming.

@MAGA53826 @OnlyInBOS People buy these for a quick drink while driving then throw them out the window. That’s why the empties are always on the side of the road or in a parking lot.

@OnlyInBOS I see empty nip bottles littered everywhere Who's drinking these ghetto bottles?

Mashpee has banned the sale of alcohol nips and shooters (containers 100 ml or less) due to concerns about public health, safety, and environmental impact.

@CSandbatch What Would You Say was a big hit on rock and alternative stations and had crossed over to the pop charts months BEFORE Jerry Garcia died

DMB is a phenomenon of the Southern university fraternity scene in the early 90's that went worldwide because they released what turned out to be their only *really* good studio album within weeks of Jerry Garcia dying & they picked up a lot of the spill. So they have the jam band vibe on them, but in truth theyre like "Albermarle County Virginia in 1993" frozen in amber forever.

@BringerOfFact @ExxAlerts Someone absolutely nails a tollbooth in New Hampshire every year or 2. And I am not sure how since there are only like 3 or 4 tollbooths in the entire state.

@ExxAlerts how can you possibly wreck your car like this at a toll booth.

JUST IN: 'Bob’s Burgers' actor Eugene Murman was rushed to the hospital in serious condition after a fiery crash. New Hampshire Gov. Kelley Ayotte's security detail, along with witnesses, helped pull Murman out of the car's window.

@davepl1968 I watched it live in my middle school library. Only the kids from a few classrooms were brought there to watch. I thought that was odd since a teacher from my school had advanced pretty far in the Teacher in Space Program and he had gone to Cape Canaveral to watch it himself.

99.9% of people who "experienced" the Challenger disaster saw it on replay and now remember it as live. Almost NO ONE was watching. Everyone thinks they were. It's a fascinating collective false memory.

@bostonradio The demise started when they added Opie and Anthony later in the day in addition to Stern. That meant at least 8 hours a day without music.

30 years ago today, April 1, 1996, what many assumed was an April Fool’s gag turned out to be real: Howard Stern took over morning drive on WBCN 104.1, replacing Boston icon Charles Laquidara. To make room, Laquidara shifted to mornings on sister station WZLX 100.7, where he stayed until his retirement in 2000. Many in the industry believe that day was the beginning of WBCN’s gradual demise. The station went off the air 13 years later.

@1oldtrucker @SpotterBrett That’s easy, the laps are scored but don’t count towards the race total. There are short track races/series that are “green flag laps only” for the race total but you can gain or lose spots on pit road.

@SpotterBrett How would you score position changes on pit road on a non-counting lap?

That would also fix the problem. Fans (especially in attendance spending hundreds if not thousands) deserve as many green flag laps as possible. Read the last sentence again.

@panamamanaplan @NoahGarfinkel It more than a “while” that he was in the mental institution. It took over 40 years before he was fully released and free.

@NoahGarfinkel It's also kind of wild that a guy shot the president (and several other guys) and he just got locked up in a mental institution for a while and then basically forgotten about. I can't really imagine that happening today.

I love how there are no conspiracy theories about Reagan getting shot. Everyone was just like, “Yeah the guy wanted to impress Jodie Foster, what are you gonna do?”

@merrydevo I remember several specific things that happened on a family trip to Florida when I was 3 along with many other things before I was 4.

People don’t remember being under 4 years old but they think they do. This is the most annoying part of talking to people that don’t have kids. They think they remember their childhoods but they don’t. That’s why they think everything was chill.

@AXSportsHQ @samobasq Maybe at NFL games some of the people might be volunteers because there are so few games, butch not the other major sports. Many of the people working concessions at those places are in unions.

@samobasq 1) Most of game day staff you’ll find behind a counter at a food stand are volunteers 2) these are 24oz beers. While $10 a beer is not ideal.. it’s still not crazy considering the time & place

Notice they cut the person selling the drink but didn’t cut the price of the drink to match

@realfromearth @bostonherald There is a rest stop on 95 Newton. And they have more than they actually need on the Mass Pike.

@bostonherald MA has dismal to zero rest stops for its highway travelers. On 95 nothing from Rhode Island to New Hampshire. They could take a lesson from the southern states , If they can get their heads out of asses to look afar.

A state Senator is calling for a financial audit of Massachusetts’ current highway service plaza contracts and for a review of the physical condition of the state’s dilapidated service plazas. bostonherald.com/2026/03/27/sta…

@RealJessica Why is “Mr America” here holding up that sign in London?

Truth.

@AlbertBreer Did Channel 25 still have people hanging around in the hopes the lines actually got long?

S/o to all the TSA people at Logan Airport. Dropped at the curb at 7:02 am. Checked a bag and was through security at 7:09 am.

@jeffisrael25 The neighborhood politicians were not going to let them build a new stadium in the Seaport. The Bruins had to jump through a million hoops to just build a new Garden in practically the same spot as the old Garden

remember when they nearly built a new stadium in the Seaport? instead we got an high end outdoor mall with half empty luxury apartments

making a 70,000 seat stadium 30 miles from a city sort of makes sense when it's in use 8-10 times a year, but it's really not great when you want the stadium to be a year-round destination.

@TravisRockhold But just last week Kenny was complaining because Larry Phillips was not in the hall of fame.( and blamed “Northeast media” in order to play to a certain crowd)He does this for engagement and doesn’t believe half the things he says

I was told I don't know what I'm talking about and new to the sport. What's the argument going to be now that Kenny says they shouldn't be in Cheers Kenny

@noble_elite4 @FWRobbins45 There was a rumor that NASCAR made a rule change requiring thick er front end tubing to prevent teams from using more expensive alloys before the fatalities happened. This made the cars too rigid and caused the deaths, so NASCAR quietly changed to rule back.

@FWRobbins45 The blame lies solely with car fabricators who built shitty cars. Hopefully they know who they are and have paid dearly for their sins.

So, I've had two people today tell me that the Gen 4 was a death machine and was eventually replaced due to Dale Earnhardt's death. Look, I know the media likes to lie and rewrite history, so I can see where the confusion comes from, but that was never the case with this car. Let me fill you kids in. We lost Adam Petty, Tony Roper, Kenny Irwin and Dale within what, a yearish of each other? You know what the sanctioning body did in the wake of these incidents? They mounted a kill switch (prior to Dale's accident) on the steering wheel, that's it. A ban on open face helmets was discussed, but it wasn't made compulsory until 2002. @NASCAR didn't make any significant strides in safety until the death of Blaise Alexander in October 2001 in an Arca race at Charlotte. I believe that was on a Friday night and NASCAR mandated head and neck restraints that weekend. Guess what, there hasn't been a fatal accident in their top three series since. The only accident that came close during the duration of the Gen 4lifespan was Jerry Nadeau in 2003 at Richmond which was largely due to the roll cage collapsing, and a lot of that blame needs to be placed on the team. The Busch series ran essentially the same cars until 2010, no fatal accidents after 2001 as well. Jeff Fuller survived one of the worst accidents I've ever seen in 2006 at Kentucky. Now, we've had serious injuries in the Next Gen (7), and the Gen 6. To paint the Gen 4 with broad strokes and claim it was inherently a death trap is just nonsensical. So, can we move past this already folks?

@MattWeaverRA One thing people forget when saying the hall of fame should be Cup only is there was a long period where it made zero financial sense for drivers like Jack Ingram, Richie Evans, LD Ottinger, Jerry Cook etc to pursue a full time Cup ride.

NASCAR and its adjacent communities are great for reasons beyond the Cup Series. Mike Stefanik, Philip Morris and Randy Lajoie contributed to the greatness of this culture in ways the Cup Series can't quantify. Sunday fans exist due to their Saturday contributions. That's fame.

@Betoni_ @MigClass I met him at one of the Fan Expo’s many years ago. Physically he didn’t appear much bigger than me. However his hands were absolutely huge.

@MigClass lmao. Why would they keep him listed at like 6'5'' for multiple fights even after he himself confirmed he aint that tall.

We'll never get another heavyweight who had to cut height just to make the division.