Thomas Friedman in the New York Times

Having gone through a brutal attack in 2001, New York and its citizens have been quick to rush to the side of their neighbors a few hours up the Atlantic coast. It’s particularly touching to see this considering the largely antagonistic relationship NYC and Boston typically enjoy: as a Midwest transplant who came to college in New York during the thickest part of the modern Red Sox-Yankees rivalry, it was impossible for me to miss. Now New York Times stalwart (and fellow East Coast resident) Thomas Friedman writes on the need to keep our chins up — as Bostonians, and Americans: Read the full article

It’s Stanford week — we’re just days from arguably the most exciting collection of distance races in America, at the Payton Jordan Invitational.