Boston mayor wants to boost city's high school athletic programs

From The Boston Globe: Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, aiming to curb chronic failings in the city’s high school athletic programs, says he will create a nonprofit charitable foundation spearheaded by former athletes and business leaders to transform the troubled sports system into a source of urban pride. The plan calls for the foundation to raise nearly $4 million over the next 18 months and provide substantial long-term funding.