Apr 20 2018
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The Boston Globe has placed columnist Kevin Cullen on “administrative leave” while it conducts a review of his work,…
Apr 19 2018
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Despite miserable weather, 95 percent of of the 27,042 common folk who started Monday’s Boston Marathon eventually…
Apr 19 2018
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On Monday, Des Linden became the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in 33 years. For the 34-year-old…
Apr 17 2018
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The men’s and women’s races at Monday’s Boston Marathon were won by two of the unlikeliest people. Desi Linden was…
Apr 16 2018
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You will read, and in fact are reading right now, that Desi Linden and Yuki Kawauchi’s times (2:39:54 and 2:15:58)…
Apr 16 2018
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Here’s Shalane Flanagan, defending New York City Marathon champion and one of the best American runners of all time,…
May 18 2017
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It was about 4 p.m. in Iten, Kenya when Edna Kiplagat got hold of me on Skype. The connection was poor, so she tried…
Apr 18 2017
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Adidas blasted out a marketing email today, lauding runners who participated in the race on Monday: “Congrats, you…
Apr 17 2017
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Fifty years ago, women were considered too frail to run marathons, and were thus not allowed to run in the Boston…
Apr 17 2017
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Marcel Hug won his third consecutive Boston Marathon men’s wheelchair push-rim title today, but it was a close…
Apr 17 2017
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In the spring of 1991, Bob Elliott had a problem. He and his friend George were trying to sell a canoe cart George…
Apr 18 2016
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I couldn’t get worked up about Monday’s Boston Marathon. After all, any American who might have been on TV ran the…
May 15 2015
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A federal jury in Boston today decided that the crimes of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were serious…
Apr 22 2015
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At today’s death penalty trial of noted bad person Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, prosecutors presented a video to jurors…
Apr 20 2015
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Kenyan Caroline Rotich battled with Mare Dibaba over the last quarter mile to reach the finish steps ahead of the…
Apr 20 2015
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Everyone knows someone who’s run the marathon. Today’s big-city races—in places like Boston, New York, Berlin, and…
Apr 15 2015
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As soon as the jury found Aaron Hernandez guilty of murder this morning, I braced for all the bad ideas that were…
Apr 10 2015
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Earlier today, a reader sent us a complaint regarding the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the two men who set off…
Sep 8 2014
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It seems like just a few months ago that we watched Meb win the Boston Marathon, mostly because it was only a few…
May 5 2014
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Kara Goucher, America's Marathoning Mom and one of the more dynamic personalities in the sport, has announced today…