Hell Freezes Over

Although the official victory parade won't be held until Saturday, Red Sox players couldn't wait to get home to Boston and revel in their lifting of baseball's most famous curse. The team flew back from St. Louis after completing its four-game World Series sweep of the Cardinals, bringing with them Boston's first major league championship since 1918. They were off the team bus early Thursday at Fenway Park, greeted by rapturous fans who thought this day would never come. But with Bosox fans having lived so long with the curse -- making it the centerpiece of their lives in some cases -- the question remains: What now?
-- Tony Long