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Everything came full circle for Larry Lucchino this past week.
Lucchino, the former President/CEO of the Boston Red Sox and current Chairman/Principal Owner of the WooSox, received the Boston Red Sox Jimmy Fund Award on Tuesday night at Fenway Park as part of the WEEI NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon.
The honor is presented annually by the Red Sox to those who demonstrate longstanding commitment to the lifesaving mission of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund.
“It was a way of pulling together a lot of different strands in my life,” said Lucchino, who is also a Chairman of the Jimmy Fund and Trustee of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. “The Jimmy Fund is a way to be connected to Boston and to feel like I’m a part of Boston, and Boston is forever a part of me.”
A three-time cancer survivor and a long-time advocate for cancer research at Dana-Farber, Lucchino’s love for baseball and the Jimmy Fund have been intertwined since he joined the Red Sox in 2002. His role at the Jimmy Fund allows him to connect with adult and pediatric patients at Dana-Farber and also learn from doctors and researchers about the progress being made.
With ties now to the Worcester Red Sox, Lucchino and WooSox President Dr. Charles Steinberg are hoping to use that connection with Dana-Farber to expand research out at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.
“Boston and the Jimmy Fund are inextricably linked,” Steinberg said. “But we’re the outpost for the Red Sox here in Central Mass. and Larry carries the Jimmy Fund flag and we can increase what we do here.”
“We’re eager to do more with them,” Lucchino said.
Prior to the Red Sox game on Tuesday, Lucchino found himself at Fenway Park as the guest of honor during the 21st WEEI NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon. The two-day event raised $4,070,760 this year and is close to $70 million in over two decades.
The 77-year-old was joined out on the infield by the Dana-Farber doctor who treated Lucchino for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1985, a few members of the current Red Sox brass and former Red Sox player David Ortiz.
“Larry and Ortiz go way back,” Steinberg said. “That’s a heck of a relationship.”
Then, Lucchino tossed out the ceremonial first pitch. It was a different perspective for the longtime baseball executive — but one he enjoyed with all his worlds coming together.
“It meant a lot more than I realized,” Lucchino said.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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