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Dorchester heights

McBride ascends to local hero status by defeating Tyson

By John Powers
Globe Staff / June 19, 2005

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The new Boston Strongboy, wearing a green Red Sox jersey, is sitting in a window seat at the Greenhills Irish Bakery in Dorchester's Adams Village, fantasizing about a triumphant return to his hometown in County Monaghan. (Full article: 1477 words)

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