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Their goal: Taking homophobia out of sports
Patrick Burke is a recruiter for the Philadelpia Flyers and co-founder of an organization called You Can Play, which fights homophobia in sports.

The Boston-based group You Can Play hopes to make sports a friendlier place for gay athletes by fighting the acceptance of homophobic slurs.

Sports stars at the mercy of the market when selling their homes

Curt Schilling, Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, and Ray Allen all have had to slash the asking prices on their multimillion-dollar mansions in the western suburbs.

Jon Bernthal (left) plays an ex-con and Dwayne Johnson is a desperate father.

Friday preview | MOVIE REVIEW

‘Snitch’ an action flick with plenty of drama

Nobody is going to confuse this with “Les Misérables,” but “Snitch” gets a decent amount of drama out of the argument that there’s paying for a crime.

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Edward Markey holds firm on Dred Scott comments

On Tuesday, Markey said he would fight for an amendment to overturn Citizens United, the 2010 case that eliminated limits on campaign donations.

Xander Bogaerts is unique in a lot of ways. He is big for a shortstop, hits the ball a ton, speaks four languages, and has a great feel for the nuances of baseball.

Future on display for the Red Sox

Shortstop Xander Bogaerts and center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. showed great potential Tuesday during the team’s preseason game against BC.

Milan Lucic, Dougie Hamilton, Dennis Seidenberg, Nathan Horton and David Krejci celebrated a goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Bruins 4, Lightning 2

Bruins beat Lightning in Tampa

Good puck movement and staying aggressive helped the Bruins beat the Lightning, 4-2.

Gabriel E. Gomez sought Senate appointment

Gomez, a Republican businessman who is running in the Senate special election, lobbied Governor Patrick to appoint him to the seat after Kerry resigned.

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Danielle Coughlin reacted after time ran out giving her the win.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Scott Brown less than candid? Bqhatevwr

Mislabeled fish a national problem

Xavier L. Suarez

Why Cardinal O’Malley should be pope
Elk may be found at sites designed for hunters of exotic or unusual animals.

Captive hunting in Vermont lures amid criticism

Bulger checked for heart issue again
“Skin is the biggest organ with a very important function — it protects the entire body,” says Violet Mkhitaryan, of Violet Skin Boutique.

Violet Mkhitaryan and the nature of healthy skin
A cameraman caught the moments when Great White’s fireworks display ignited the fire.

From the archives , Feb. 22, 2003 | The station nightclub fire

In seconds, elation turned to horror
Clarissa Jones worked on signs at the Bird Street Community Center Wednesday in preparation for a jobs rally on Thursday.

Teen employment falls to 45-year low

events

The week ahead: Music
Models walking the runway during the Anna Sui Fall 2013 show as part of New York Fashion Week.

Fashion Week questions answered (truthfully)
A new development by Roseland Property on the waterfront in East Boston will eventually include more than 550 apartments and 70,000 square feet of retail and civic space.

East Boston waterfront’s turn for renewal

Sports

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Kevin Youkilis, who spent many years in the AL East with the Red Sox, returns this season as the third baseman of the Yankees.

Kevin Youkilis settled in with Yankees now

Youkilis, in Yankees fashion, is now clean-shaven. And he’s ready to move forward as an archrival to the Red Sox.

Metro

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Nathaniel Fujita of Wayland entered the courtroom on Feb. 14 during the second day of his murder trial.

In testimony, detective describes Fujita’s arrest

An hour before he allegedly killed his former girlfriend, Nathaniel Fujita chatted about football, according to testimony.

Columnists

After his team won just 69 games in 2012, GM Ben Cherington is happy to have another opportunity.

Dan Shaughnessy

Sox GM Ben Cherington merits blame too
Aqib Talib (right) and Alfonzo Dennard helped improve the Patriots’ secondary when they came on in the second half of last season.

Christopher L. Gasper

Now the Patriots must tag Aqib Talib
The FreedomPop (left) and Karma.

Tech Lab

Cheap access to the Internet is in the air

opinion | farah stockman

Land rushes — and the people left behind
Would Boston consider hosting the Olympic rings, which are headed to Sochi, Russia, next year?

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Should Boston try to host the Olympics?

Adrian Walker

Health center gets 2d chance

SCOT LEHIGH

The NRA’s sharp turn to the right

Kevin Cullen

Grounded, but uplifted
A small, unmanned aerial vehicle, during a demonstration at a Navy testing facility in Dahlgren, Va.

JOHN E. SUNUNU

For Obama, a license to kill
Rabbi David Hartman

JAMES CARROLL

Rabbi Hartman bridged the gap

Adrian Walker

Roxbury center on the right path
David Ortiz and Bobby Valentine talk last spring; this spring Ortiz ripped the now ex-Sox skipper.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox put blame on Valentine

Nation & World

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Police roped off the scene of a shooting and multi-vehicle crash on the Las Vegas Strip.

Las Vegas Strip shooting started from hotel altercation

Police said a crash after a “rolling gun battle” involved five vehicles. Three people were killed, and at least six were injured.

Politics

Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel testified on Jan. 31 during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination.

Hagel has enough support to be defense secretary

Chuck Hagel cleared the threshold when a Republican Senator from Alabama said he would vote for Hagel to become defense secretary.

Business

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Clarissa Jones worked on signs at the Bird Street Community Center Wednesday in preparation for a jobs rally on Thursday.

Teen employment falls to 45-year low

Teen employment in Massachusetts plunged as adults looking for any kind of work in a spotty recovery crowd young adults from the job market.

Arts

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Book Review

Jess Walter, author of five novels, collects 13 tales in his first story collection.

‘We Live in Water’ by Jess Walter

Walter’s first story collection is terrifically crafted, sometimes funny, and often heart-rendingly grim.

Style

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Christopher Muther works out with master trainer Albert Samano at the Boston Sports Club.

Why personal trainers often become a client’s best buddy

When we see our trainers more than we see our friends, how can they not end up our BFFs?

Magazine

The cover for the February 17 2013 issue

A trip to Rio de Janeiro, without leaving Boston
The cover for the February 10 2013 issue

Change on the Mystic
The cover for the February 3 2013 issue

South End remodel: Rear window
The cover for the January 27 2013 issue

New England traditional, with a twist

Opinion

“If [Scott Brown is] now trying to look serious and thoughtful, tweeting nonsense undercuts the effort.”

Joan Vennochi 

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“In 1925, Time Magazine reported on a doctor in Ann Arbor, Mich., who believed the average man’s hands were ‘contaminated with...secretions,’ and that people who insisted on shaking hands anyway were ‘purveyors of death.’ ”

Leon Neyfakh, on the risks of handshakes