Now that I have completed my ascent to that third rung on the generational ladder, I feel a keener appreciation for the lifelong reach of my grandfathers’ influence.

In honor of the 2013 home opener, Mark Sagor takes stock of some of the more colorful members of Red Sox nation.

Love is a drug. No, really it is. Though it lives in the brain, dopamine (a.k.a. romantic love), is doing the heart’s bidding.

The assault highlighted the nation’s struggle to come to terms with the murder of its most prominent civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

After more than four decades of marriage, Mark Sagor has some ideas about compromise, communication and most importantly — figuring out who’s making dinner.