07/30/2023
We are CLOSED today due to the BIG3. We look forward to seeing our visitors tomorrow for any of our walk-in Sports Museum Tours or our TD Garden Arena Tours!
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The Sports Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational institution housed in the TD Garden that has served Boston and New England for more than 37 years. At The Sports Museum, we celebrate the character of Boston sports -- the unique brand of teamwork, determination, responsibility, courage, fairness, and other qualities of character possessed by our teams and athletes that make Boston "The Great
est Sports City in America." Equally important, we use this distinctly rich heritage to help build character in kids so that they can stand strong in the face of drugs, violence, and other dangers. Our mission is to use sports to teach the values of leadership, respect, and cooperation to our youth. Over 20,000 students will participate this year in our educational programs that we deliver to that end, including Boston vs Bullies, Stand Strong, the Will McDonough Writing Contest and more. ALL bags must follow TD Garden Bag Policy here: https://www.tdgarden.com/policies
07/29/2023
in 1990, the Boston Red Sox set an MLB record with 12 doubles in a game. The final score was 13-3 giving the Sox the victory.โพ
What team did the Red Sox play against in this game?
07/29/2023
We are CLOSED today due to the BIG3. We look forward to seeing our visitors Monday for any of our walk-in Sports Museum Tours or our TD Garden Arena Tours!
07/28/2023
to UMass Football Hall of Famer, Steve Baylark. He played at UMass Amherst from 2003-2006. Baylark was inducted into the HOF in 2021. ๐
07/26/2023
in 1997, Mike Haynes was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The New England Patriots drafted Haynes in the 1976 NFL Draft. He played with the Pats through the 1982 season before finishing off the rest of his professional career in LA. ๐
Where did Haynes play college football?
07/26/2023
in 1946, Rudy York hit two grand slams for the Boston Red Sox against the St. Louis Browns. York started 202 games at first base in a Red Sox jersey. He returned to Boston in 1958 for six years and worked in a variety of different positions. โพ
What was the pitcher's name that York hit the two grand slams against?
07/25/2023
Update for tomorrow, Wednesday, July 26th Sports Museum Tours and TD Garden Arena Tours. ๐ฃ
The first TD Garden Arena Tour will leave at 1:00PM and then follow the schedule of 1:30PM, 2:30PM, 3:30PM, and 4:30PM.
The first Sports Museum Tour will leave at 12:30PM and then follow the schedule of 2:00PM, 3:00PM, 4:00PM, and 5:00PM.
This change is ONLY for Wednesday, July 26th and normal hours will resume on Thursday, July 27th!
07/25/2023
Today the Boston Bruins announced the retirement of Captain Patrice Bergeron.
"It is with a full heart and a lot of gratitude that today I am announcing my retirement as a professional hockey player." - Patrice Bergeron
THANK YOU, PATRICE! ๐ค๐
07/24/2023
to Boston Bruins Captain Patrice Bergeron! He was drafted by Boston in 2003. He has played in 19 NHL seasons, all of which have been in the B's sweater. ๐
Do you think Bergy will return for a 20th season? ๐ฅ
07/23/2023
in 1827, the first-ever United States swimming school opened in Boston, Massachusetts. It was started by Francis Lieber, a German-born philosopher and gymnast. However, due to a lack of support, the school lasted two years before it had to shut down.
07/22/2023
TWO MONTHS TO GO! ๐ด๐ด
Rodman Ride for Kids is just two months away. Check out our Rodman for Kids page to learn more or donate to our team!
https://bit.ly/3Y5HBo3
Or if you are interested in joining our team and fundraising for a great cause, please contact Rachel Locke at [email protected]
07/21/2023
Conner Henry! He was drafted 89th overall in the 1986 NBA Draft. Henry played for the Celtics during the 1987 season. ๐
Do you know how many total games he played with the Boston Celtics?
07/20/2023
in 1911, Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St. Louis Browns 5-0. Smoky Joe played for Boston from 1908 to 1915 and won two World Series during that time. โพ
Why was his nickname "Smoky Joe"?
07/19/2023
We are CLOSED today due to All Elite Wrestling. We look forward to seeing our visitors tomorrow for any of our walk-in Sports Museum Tours or our TD Garden Arena Tours!
07/18/2023
in 1975, Boston Red Sox player Jim Rice hit a home run over the center field wall at Fenway Park. Tom Yawkey said it was the longest shot he had ever seen at Fenway Park. The Sox won this game 9-3 over the Kansas City Royals. โพ
Do you remember this historic home run?
07/17/2023
to former Celtics wing Eric Williams! In 1995, the Boston Celtics drafted him 14th overall in the NBA Draft. Williams spent seven total seasons in a Celtics uniform from 1995 until 1997 and then he came back to Boston in 1999 until 2003. ๐
What college did Eric Williams play for when he was drafted? ๐
07/16/2023
LOOCH IS BACK IN BOSTON! ๐ค๐ป๐
Earlier this month, Milan Lucic signed a 1-year contract to return to the Boston Bruins. He was drafted by Boston in 2006 and won the Cup with the Bruins in 2011. ๐
What are your favorite memories of Lucic playing in the Bruins sweater? ๐
07/15/2023
Happy Birthday to Boston Red Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida โพ๐
07/15/2023
We are CLOSED today due to The Jim Irsay Collection. We look forward to seeing our visitors tomorrow for our walk-in Sports Museum Tours!
07/14/2023
in 1956, the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 4-0. Red Sox pitcher Mel Parnell pitched a no-hitter at Fenway Park. Parnell spent his entire MLB career wearing a Boston Red Sox uniform.โพ
How many seasons did Mel Parnell pitch for the Sox?
07/14/2023
We are CLOSED today due to TD Garden events. We look forward to seeing our visitors Sunday for our walk-in Sports Museum Tours!
07/13/2023
in 1999, the 70th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played at Fenway Park. Ted Williams threw the ceremonial first pitch before the start of the game. The American League defeated the National League with a score of 4-1. โพ
Do you know who won the MLB All-Star Game MVP? โญ
07/12/2023
to Massachusetts native and former BC Eagle Paul Zukauskas. He started all four years on the offensive line at Boston College from 1997 to 2000. In 2016, he was inducted into the Boston College Hall of Fame.๐
Boston College Athletics Boston College Football
07/12/2023
We are CLOSED today due to the Drake concert. We look forward to seeing our visitors tomorrow for our walk-in Sports Museum Tours!
07/11/2023
We are CLOSED today due to the Drake concert. We look forward to seeing our visitors Thursday for our walk-in Sports Museum Tours!
07/10/2023
Want to hear more about the different tours The Sports Museum has to offer? ๐ฃ
Listen to this clip from WBZ NewsRadio to hear Executive Director Rusty Sullivan give more detail about The Sports Museum Tour and TD Garden Arena Tour ๐ป
Visit our website for more information! ๐ https://www.sportsmuseum.org/visit/
07/10/2023
We are CLOSED today due to TD Garden events. We look forward to seeing our visitors Thursday for our walk-in Sports Museum Tours!
07/09/2023
in 1914, the Boston Red Sox purchased future Baseball Hall of Famer Babe Ruth's contract. โพ
07/08/2023
in 1941, Ted Williams hit a walk-off Home Run with 2 outs in the 9th inning โพ
07/07/2023
in 1978, the NBA approved the franchise swap of between the owners of the Boston Celtics and Buffalo Braves. ๐
07/06/2023
in 2015, the Boston Red Sox announced that Brock Holt would be representing Boston in the All-Star game on July 14th, 2015 โพโญ
07/05/2023
in 1914, the Boston Braves were in last place in the league but that same season the โMiracle Bravesโ turned their record around and won the 1914 World Series! ๐โพ
07/04/2023
Happy Fourth of July!๐
07/04/2023
We are CLOSED today due to TD Garden events. We look forward to seeing our visitors tomorrow for any of our walk-in Sports Museum Tours or our TD Garden Arena Tours!
07/03/2023
We are CLOSED today due to TD Garden events. We look forward to seeing our visitors Wednesday for any of our walk-in Sports Museum Tours or our TD Garden Arena Tours!
07/02/2023
Happy Birthday to Boston Celtics Derrick White! ๐๐๐
07/01/2023
to former Boston College Football player and All-American, Mike Cloud! ๐
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160,000 kids have been reached by Boston vs. Bullies. Letโs grow that number together during National Bullying Prevention Month. #Letswinthisonetogether #bostonvsbullies #nationalbullyingpreventionmonth #thesportsmuseum #bvb
21st Annual Tradition Gala
Join us at the TD Garden on Wednesday, December 7th for the 21st annual Tradition, a gala like no other! We will be honoring Johnny Damon, Bill Rogers, ML Carr, Mark Recchi and more to be announced soon. Come celebrate with us! To sponsor or purchase tickets, please visit our website! https://www.sportsmuseum.org/events/the-tradition/
October is Bullying Prevention Month
October is now here which means it is officially National Bullying Prevention Month! Stay tuned to see what we have planned with Boston vs. Bullies! #LetsWinThisOneTogether!
Boston vs. Bullies Academy for Internet Champions
Prepare your kids for the upcoming school year by having them play Boston vs. Bullies Academy for Internet Champions! Kids help characters from this online game decide how to respond to cyber safety and cyberbullying situations. The game takes approximately 10-15 minutes to play, and kids can download a certificate of completion once they are finished! Play the game here: https://game.sportsmuseum.org/
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At Home With TC
Sports Museum Executive Director Rusty Sullivan and Tom Caron finished their countdown of the Top 10 Boston Sports Championships of the 21st Century on Friday night on At Home With TC! Watch below as they talk about their top pick for #2 and what they think is the best championship of the 21st century. Thank you to Tom Caron and NESN for including The Sports Museum!
At Home With TC
The Top 10 Boston Sports Championships of the 21st Century countdown continued last night on At Home With TC with Tom Caron and Sports Museum Executive Director Rusty Sullivan! Watch below as they talk about their top picks for #5 and #6. Tune in tonight for their #4 choice and #3 choice of the best championships on NESN at 8PM
At Home With TC
Last night, Tom Caron and Sports Museum Executive Director Rusty Sullivan continued with their countdown of the Top 10 Boston Sports Championships of the 21st Century with their top choices for #8 and #7 on "At Home with TC"! Tune in tonight for their #6 choice and #5 choice of the best championships tonight on NESN at 8PM!
At Home with TC Featuring Rusty Sullivan
Did you catch At Home with TC on NESN with Tom Caron and Sports Museum Executive Director Rusty Sullivan last night? Tom and Rusty started the countdown of the Top 10 Boston Sports Championships of the 21st Century with their #10 and #9 picks last night! Take a look at the segment below. Tune in tonight for their picks for #8 and #7 of the best championships tonight on NESN at 8PM!
$200,000 guaranteed 50/50 pot for March 7th Bruins Game!
Have you bought your @Boston Bruins Foundation 50/50 raffle tickets to the $200,000 guaranteed pot yet? Looks like David Pastrลรกk is on the case and selling tickets to other Boston Bruins players on the way to practice! To buy tickets, go to ProAm5050.com
Sports Museum Curator Richard Johnson on Channel 7 News
Our Curator, Richard Johnson, was featured on 7News - WHDH Boston last week about our new 1916 World Series exhibit! Watch until the end as Richard predicted the Boston Red Sox would clinch the World Series in 5 games, and he was right!!
Join Our Boston vs. Bullies Team!
Today is The Sports Museum's Bullying Prevention Month Day! We strive to spread awareness about bullying prevention in schools and communities using the power and platform of Boston sports. Boston Red Sox player Brock Holt is on our Boston vs. Bullies Team! Have you joined our team yet? Visit www.bostonvsbullies.org to learn how to bring Boston vs. Bullies to a school in your community today! Let's Win This One Together! BIG shoutout to the Red Sox taking on the Houston Astros tonight, let's get another win!!
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The Sports Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational institution housed in the TD Garden that has served Boston and New England for more than 40 years. At The Sports Museum, we celebrate the character of Boston sports -- the unique brand of teamwork, determination, responsibility, courage, fairness, and other qualities of character possessed by our teams and athletes that make Boston "The Greatest Sports City in America." Equally important, we use this distinctly rich heritage to help build character in kids so that they can stand strong in the face of drugs, violence, and other dangers. Our mission is to use sports to teach the values of leadership, respect, and cooperation to our youth. Over 20,000 students will participate this year in our educational programs that we deliver to that end, including Boston vs Bullies, Stand Strong, the Will McDonough Writing Contest and more. ALL bags are PROHIBITED.
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Congratulations to The Sports Museum on winning a 2022 ISHY award for educational programming!
Our Stand Strong leadership group had a blast playing basketball on the parquet at the TD Garden tonight! Special thanks to The Sports Museum for setting up this super fun event! ๐โ๏ธโค๏ธ๐ค๐
Catch the replays of The Tradition on NESN! Chantรฉ Bonds accepts a Legacy Award at the The Sports Museum gala fundraiser for Boston vs. Bullies along with other greats.
December 29th at 9 pm on NESNHD
December 31st at 6 pm on NESNPLD
January 2nd at 11 pm on NESNHD
Presented by New Balance in association with TD Garden.
December 29th at 9 pm on NESNHD
December 31st at 6 pm on NESNPLD
January 2nd at 11 pm on NESNHD
Presented by New Balance in association with TD Garden.
Mark Recchi on playing with then-youngsters David Krejci and Zdeno Chara in 2011.
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As a Hockey Legacy Award winner, Boston Pride captain Jillian Dempsey discusses her philosophy, PPW - prove people wrong.
The Sports Museum | The Boston Pride
The Sports Museum | The Boston Pride
"After that game you would have thought we won the game. We gained so much confidence in that loss."
Lawyer Milloy on the Patriots 2001 regular season loss to the Rams.
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Lawyer Milloy on the Patriots 2001 regular season loss to the Rams.
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Members of the Veterans Legal Services team were thrilled to attend The Sports Museum's 21st Annual Tradition this past Wednesday, December 7! Thank you to our friends at Highland Street Foundation for inviting us out!
We're energized and inspired by the grit, tenacity, and barrier-breaking achievements of this year's incredible honorees: Johnny Damon (Boston Red Sox), Bill Rodgers (Boston Marathon), Chantรจ Bonds (Boston Renegades), Lawyer Milloy (New England Patriots), Jillian Dempsey (The Boston Pride), M.L. Carr (Boston Celtics), and Mark Recchi (Boston Bruins), as well as the diligent and passionate work of the organizers, presenters, vendors, and sponsors (New Balance) in putting together such a spectacular event and standing up to bullying in schools across Greater Boston.
(Pictured from L to R: Noel Rubio, Communications & Development Director, VLS; Julie Frohlich, Senior Staff Attorney, VLS; Anna Schleelein Richardson, Co-Executive Director & Chief Counsel, VLS; Clarence Richardson, Executive Director, MassNAELA; Todd Drager, Vice President of Commercial Lines Sales, Eastern Insurance Group LLC; Sarah Ellen Roxburgh, Co-Executive Director & Chief of Operations, VLS; and Wenyuan Shi, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Scientific Officer, The Forsyth Institute)
We're energized and inspired by the grit, tenacity, and barrier-breaking achievements of this year's incredible honorees: Johnny Damon (Boston Red Sox), Bill Rodgers (Boston Marathon), Chantรจ Bonds (Boston Renegades), Lawyer Milloy (New England Patriots), Jillian Dempsey (The Boston Pride), M.L. Carr (Boston Celtics), and Mark Recchi (Boston Bruins), as well as the diligent and passionate work of the organizers, presenters, vendors, and sponsors (New Balance) in putting together such a spectacular event and standing up to bullying in schools across Greater Boston.
(Pictured from L to R: Noel Rubio, Communications & Development Director, VLS; Julie Frohlich, Senior Staff Attorney, VLS; Anna Schleelein Richardson, Co-Executive Director & Chief Counsel, VLS; Clarence Richardson, Executive Director, MassNAELA; Todd Drager, Vice President of Commercial Lines Sales, Eastern Insurance Group LLC; Sarah Ellen Roxburgh, Co-Executive Director & Chief of Operations, VLS; and Wenyuan Shi, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Scientific Officer, The Forsyth Institute)
It was a fantastic celebration. Thank you The Sports Museum and TD Garden!
Some photos from The Tradition gala at TD Garden. The Boston Pride New England Patriots Boston Bruins Boston Red Sox Boston Celtics Bill Rodgers Boston Marathon The Sports Museum Boston vs. Bullies
Tonight, Jillian Dempsey will receive the Hockey Legacy Award at The Tradition, The Sports Museum's annual event honoring local athletes for their accomplishments and contributions of the community.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3VGrFqg
Read more: https://bit.ly/3VGrFqg
We are enjoying this The Boston Globe article about Chantรฉ Bonds as we look forward to tonight's gala event The Tradition when Chantรฉ will be honored with the Football Legacy Award! The gala will benefit The Sports Museum's anti-bullying campaign Boston vs. Bullies. Read the article to find out more!
We kicked off our Stand Strong program last night with a friendly fun game of bowling at South Boston Candlepin. Stand Strong is a 12-week interactive character development program focusing on the core values of Teamwork, Courage, Fairness, Determination, and Responsibility โค๏ธ๐ค๐ The Sports Museum
Touring TD Garden with LITs! ๐๐๐ฅ
The 10th grade cohort had an awesome field trip to The Sports Museum over the weekend to kick off their December career focus on athletics. Next up โ a community night panel with folks who've pursued a variety of professions in the sports world!
The 10th grade cohort had an awesome field trip to The Sports Museum over the weekend to kick off their December career focus on athletics. Next up โ a community night panel with folks who've pursued a variety of professions in the sports world!
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