Morning Updates: Fenway may soon be free of chewing tobacco
Good morning, Boston. Fenway could soon be without dip-spit, John Hancock looks to add another building to the Boston skyline, and the rest of the news you need to know today.
Baseball tradition is feeling the pinch: “Fenway Park is steeped in tradition, but one controversial piece may soon be history — the wads of smokeless tobacco stuffed into players’ bulging cheeks or tucked under their lips. Mayor Martin J. Walsh on Wednesday is expected to announce plans to prohibit use of the smokeless products at the city’s baseball parks and other professional and amateur sports venues. … ‘A lot of times, young people will copy what their sports heroes do, and clearly there is a connection between chewing tobacco and cancer,’ Walsh said in an interview.’’ (The Boston Globe)
Tom Brady denies any deflation: “In the June 23 appeal, Brady defended his actions to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, explaining his practices surrounding the preparation of game balls, as well as his cell phone use. Questioned by his lawyer Jeffrey Kessler, Brady said he ‘never’ talked to equipment assistant John Jastremski about the inflation level of the footballs.’’ (Boston.com)
John Hancock sure can leave a mark: “John Hancock, the Boston life insurer that built two of the Back Bay’s most iconic towers decades ago, wants to add a third high-rise to the city’s fast-changing skyline. At 26 stories, the new Hancock tower would be smaller than its older siblings. But the $350 million project at 380 Stuart St. promises to make its own visual statement with its curved glass facade.’’ (The Boston Globe)
Young Bradley Cooper and Amy Poehler alert: “A hilariously absurd, newly surfaced video from 2001 features the stars of Wet Hot American Summer enthusiastically yelling about an actual summer camp’s Olympics-like color war. The short scene was made exclusively for campers and counselors at Camp Modin, the Jewish summer camp in Maine where film creator David Wain spent his childhood summers that inspired the original film.’’ (Boston.com)
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Ma and pa: “Pro tip: If you’re applying to Harvard, your best bet is to write a downer essay about your ‘mother’ and ‘father.’ AdmitSee, a one-year-old start-up that allows current college students to share their application materials with prospective students, recently analyzed 15,000 college essays from within its system. … Harvard students were much more likely to call the ’rents ‘mother’ and ‘father,’ but Stanford students were much more likely to call them ‘mom’ and ‘dad.’’’ (Boston.com)
The Goodbye: That was a hail of a storm yesterday afternoon.
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