Morning Updates: Ireland votes on gay marriage, Olympics shakeup, Hernandez’s new ink
Good morning, Boston! Here’s what you need to know for the day ahead.
New leadership atop Boston 2024: Celtics co-owner and Bain Capital executive Steve Pagliuca takes over Boston’s flailing Olympic bid from construction magnate John Fish. “[F]ormer colleagues say Pagliuca could help Boston’s bid by ruthlessly scrutinizing its finances, personnel, and operations as if he were a Bain Capital executive taking over a troubled company. The soft-spoken, rumpled former accountant is also expected to set a warmer tone as he replaces Fish, a hard-charging construction magnate who was sometimes testy with critics.’’ (The Boston Globe) Fish, meanwhile, returns to relative public anonymity. Here’s how it all went wrong for him. (Boston.com)
Ireland takes to the polls to vote on gay marriage: “If there was any doubt about the pace at which acceptance of gay rights is taking root in societies around the world, consider Ireland. On Friday, voters in this once deeply Roman Catholic country will decide whether the Constitution should be amended to add a tersely worded declaration: ‘Marriage may be contracted in accordance with law by two persons without distinction as to their sex.’’’ (The New York Times)
Aaron Hernandez sports new “Lifetime’’ neck tattoo: (Boston.com)
An open letter from the parents of Lingzi Lu, who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings: “Lingzi’s long-held dream was to come to study in America, to meet new friends, and to broaden her horizons. She was an optimist and a happy young woman who loved life, loved people and appreciated their different cultures. Lingzi was positively affected by the people, places and experiences she had in Boston and New England. You mattered to her and she loved you all for helping make her dream come true.’’ (The Boston Globe)
IndyCar racing is coming to Boston streets: “The proposed route for the Grand Prix of Boston will be an 11-turn, 2.25-mile temporary course, which will wind around the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Race organizer IndyCar Boston already has a website inviting visitors to ‘see America’s most beautiful city at 230 mph.’’’ (Boston.com)
Tom Brady’s marketing appeal is gone: “When the pollsters re-gauged the public’s trust in Brady last week, his [marketability] ranking had free-fallen to 3,027th, the bottom 8 percent, placing him among the likes of media firebrand Bill O’Reilly. … His weakest category was ‘appeal,’’ meaning likability and merchandising potential. Brady ranked 3,570th, among the bottom 3 percent, with 50 Cent, Britney Spears, and Buffalo Bills coach Rex Ryan.’’ (The Boston Globe)
The Goodbye: The musical lineup at Boston Calling this weekend
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