He’s a Boston native with plenty of hometown pride, and Matt- Damon wrote an essay about the Boston Marathon just weeks before the horrific bombing attack earlier this week.
The “Good Will Hunting” star remembers his own experience with the historic annual event and credits the marathon with helping him bond with his father, an avid runner himself.
Damon shared, “Boston is a sports town. Admittedly, there are those who suggest that we natives take our sports a bit too seriously, but rarely do these critics hail from Boston. Some of my most vivid childhood sports memories took form in the early 1980s at Fenway Park, the Boston Garden, and by the side of the road near the fire station on Commonwealth Avenue in Newton.”
“On the third Monday in April, Comm. Ave. transforms into a sporting spectacle like no other, overwrought with nerves and excitement as enervated runners...
The “Good Will Hunting” star remembers his own experience with the historic annual event and credits the marathon with helping him bond with his father, an avid runner himself.
Damon shared, “Boston is a sports town. Admittedly, there are those who suggest that we natives take our sports a bit too seriously, but rarely do these critics hail from Boston. Some of my most vivid childhood sports memories took form in the early 1980s at Fenway Park, the Boston Garden, and by the side of the road near the fire station on Commonwealth Avenue in Newton.”
“On the third Monday in April, Comm. Ave. transforms into a sporting spectacle like no other, overwrought with nerves and excitement as enervated runners...
- 4/17/2013
- GossipCenter
Matt Damon has always been honest about his love for his hometown of Boston. Whether it's through film or through his words about his beloved Red Sox, Damon and childhood friend Ben Affleck rave about their city any chance they get.
Which could explain why Damon wrote a touching essay about his memories of the Boston Marathon for the local paper weeks before the heartbreaking attack took place on April 15. In the piece, published on March 31, the 42-year-old actor shares his thoughts on Marathon Monday and how it's impacted the life of his family and friends.
He writes in the Boston Globe:
On the third Monday in April, Comm. Ave. transforms into a sporting spectacle like no other, overwrought with nerves and excitement as enervated runners from around the world confront the historic Heartbreak Hill(s). I’ll never forget standing there in the crowd with my brother, Kyle, as...
Which could explain why Damon wrote a touching essay about his memories of the Boston Marathon for the local paper weeks before the heartbreaking attack took place on April 15. In the piece, published on March 31, the 42-year-old actor shares his thoughts on Marathon Monday and how it's impacted the life of his family and friends.
He writes in the Boston Globe:
On the third Monday in April, Comm. Ave. transforms into a sporting spectacle like no other, overwrought with nerves and excitement as enervated runners from around the world confront the historic Heartbreak Hill(s). I’ll never forget standing there in the crowd with my brother, Kyle, as...
- 4/17/2013
- by Leigh Blickley
- Huffington Post
Matt Damon 's devotion to the Boston area is well known. The actor wrote a piece for the Boston Globe last month, reflecting on the city's famed marathon that both his father and brother ran multiple times. And since Monday's events, the piece is even more poignant. "I'll never forget standing there in the crowd with my brother, Kyle, as we looked first for Bill Rodgers, and then, in the very same race as some of the most talented runners on earth, our smiling (and grimacing) 40-year-old dad," Damon wrote. After going further into his father's race, the actor said, "The word 'Boston' is itself a hallmark in the international running community, forging a bond by...
- 4/17/2013
- E! Online
Before yesterday’s Boston Marathon took a tragic turn when explosions near the finish line claimed the lives of at least three people and injured over 170 more, Matt Damon published an essay reminiscing about watching his father and his brother run the marathon.
The Massachusetts-born actor called the race “a sporting spectacle like no other, overwrought with nerves and excitement” in an excerpt of the essay, which was posted on the Boston Globe’s website on April 14, one day before the bombings in Boston. The full essay is in a book published earlier this month that marked the 125th anniversary of the Boston Athletic Association,...
The Massachusetts-born actor called the race “a sporting spectacle like no other, overwrought with nerves and excitement” in an excerpt of the essay, which was posted on the Boston Globe’s website on April 14, one day before the bombings in Boston. The full essay is in a book published earlier this month that marked the 125th anniversary of the Boston Athletic Association,...
- 4/16/2013
- by Emily Rome
- EW.com - PopWatch
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