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Boston Pops gearing up for major July 4th celebration: ‘You only turn 250 once’ – Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

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June 30, 2026

Boston Pops gearing up for major July 4th celebration: ‘You only turn 250 once’ – Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

BOSTON (WHDH) – The Boston Pops are preparing for their Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular this weekend with half a million people expected to celebrate the United States’ 250th birthday on the Charles River Esplanade.

The President and CEO of Boston Symphony Orchestra said an even bigger celebration is being prepared at the hatch-shell this year.

“Everything is bigger. You only turn 250 once!” said Chad Smith, President and CEO of Boston Symphony. “We recognize that Massachusetts has been a center of revolution, not just in the Revolutionary War, but through the last 250 years. That spirit, sense of innovation, the sense of pushing our country forward is going to be on display as well.”

Organizers are bringing in lighting, sound equipment, extra stages, and of course – the fireworks.

“Planning to bring in new details and amplify the experience on the Fourth of July with a bigger firework show. They’re going to have drones for the first time, amazing talent,” said Kate Fox, Executive Director at the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism.

This year’s spectacular is being hosted by actress Jane Lynch, and will feature performances by country star Lainey Wilson, Chance the Rapper, Trombone Shorty, and Broadway star Megan Hilty.

“We’re going to have remarkable artists that represent the vast diversity and breadth of American music,” Smith said.

The Boston Pops have been performing on the Esplanade for the Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular for 52 years, and organizers said this year’s show will highlight the history of Massachusetts.

“The history of the Pops is so closely tied to the Massachusetts story on the Fourth of July,” Fox said.

The fireworks show will begin at 9:15 p.m., and will be set to live music from the Pops.

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2 injured after SUV slams into Dorchester building

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August 16, 2026

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2 injured after SUV slams into Dorchester building

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Every TCU player drafted by the Boston Celtics

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August 15, 2026

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Every TCU player drafted by the Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics have built their teams in a number of ways over the decades, but few if any methods have born more fruit than through the NBA draft. The best players to suit up for the Celtics have, by and large, come to Boston either through being taken directly in the annual event, or via trades made that night.

And it is not just the top stars who have been picked up by the Celtics via the draft. Countless members of the storied ball club’s alumni have been taken by the team via that annual event, and some schools are better represented than others. We can see blue blood programs and some very small schools both delivering top talent to Boston’s rosters over the years, so we decided to take a look at which players came from which schools overall.

So without further ado, let’s take a look at every player who has been drafted by the Celtics out of TCU.

Dick O’Neal – center

Draft year and position: 2nd round (8th pick, 16th overall), 1957 NBA Draft

Seasons at TCU: 3

Seasons played with Celtics: did not make the team

Gary Turner – forward

Draft year and position: 3rd round (8th pick, 28th overall), 1966 NBA Draft

Seasons at TCU: 3

Seasons played with Celtics: did not make the team

Desmond Bane – guard

Draft year and position: 1st round (30th pick, 30th overall), 2020 NBA Draft

Seasons at TCU: 4

Seasons played with Celtics: did not make the team

All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.

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‘Blue Bloods’ Showrunner Rejects Bill O’Reilly Calling ‘Boston Blue’ Woke

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August 15, 2026

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‘Blue Bloods’ Showrunner Rejects Bill O’Reilly Calling ‘Boston Blue’ Woke

Although the Reagans might not be in the same city anymore, Blue Bloods showrunner Kevin Wade supports the direction of the CBS spin-off.

In a recent conversation with Bill O’Reilly, the Golden Globe nominee rejected the No Spin News host’s take that the offshoot is a “woke version” of the original, noting that he’s “happy for them.”

O’Reilly argued, “Boston Blue is woke. I mean, they got every ethnicity in the world coming in there. I don’t know who’s who, I can’t keep track of where these people are from and what they’re doing. Whereas Blue Bloods was Irish Catholic traditional down the line.

“So, do you think that the suits in Hollywood said, ‘Enough of this traditional stuff. It might be working, but we can make a woke version of this and make just as as much money’?” he asked.

Wade praised Donnie Wahlberg for doing “a terrific job” in reprising his role as Danny Reagan, adding, “And I’m going to be on the side of my colleagues here and go, anytime something is providing jobs for actors and the huge amount of people that are employed as crew, I’m happy for them, and I root for it.”

With Blue Bloods, Wade also didn’t see there being “a political agenda,” because although the show “was perceived as a maybe a right-leaning show—it was certainly about a family of white Roman Catholic Brooklyn cops, and cops and law enforcement in general tend to lean to the right.

“If we had a little secret sauce, it was that when we built a soapbox for one side, we tried to make sure to build a soapbox of equal dimensions for the other side of an issue,” explained Wade. “We had to take on a lot of issues, and we chose to take on a lot of issues during the run of the show. I think that if there was a reason for its success … it was that people didn’t feel preached to. They didn’t feel like we were telling them what to think, or how to think, or what side was the right side.”

Following Blue Bloods‘ 2024 finale, Wahlberg reprised his role as Det. Danny Reagan in the spin-off Boston Blue, which premiered last October, with the role of Danny’s Sean recast with Mika Amonsen after Andrew Terraciano played him in the parent series.

Also starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Ernie Hudson, Maggie Lawson, Gloria Reuben and Marcus Scribner, Boston Blue received an early renewal for Season 2 in December, set to return on Oct. 9.

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