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The best signs spotted along the 128th Boston Marathon route
"You're faster than the T!" Hundreds of thousands of spectators took to the streets from Hopkinton to Boston to cheer runners along all 26.2 miles of the 2024 Boston Marathon — and they brought their best signs with them. Take a look at some of the funniest and most...
Boston Marathon winner fights for $100,000 prize money after 10 years
NEW YORK - Thousands of people filled the streets in Boston on Monday to watch the competitive and highly anticipated Boston Marathon, but here in New York, one runner in Riverdale has been patiently waiting for her cash out after winning that race 10 years ago.There are simple pleasures in life Bronx resident Buzunesh Deba never takes for granted."This life is beautiful, it's different," said Deba in her first TV interview.But for the last 10 years, there's been one thing weighing on her mind."She took my chance. I lose so many things," said Deba.The Boston Marathon in 2014 changed the...
Grabbing gold: The 16 high school boys indoor track & field All-Star team for 2023-24
After combing over statistics and results, and with the guidance of local athletic directors and coaches, we at the Daily News selected All-Stars for boys and girls basketball, boys and girls hockey, boys and girls swimming, boys and girls track and field, gymnastics, skiing and wrestling. Although the sports and...
In Newton Hills, history-making stories of the Boston Marathon run deep
NEWTON, Mass. — When people think about theBoston Marathon, many things come to mind: the runners, the electric cheers, and then there are the Newton Hills. There are four Newton hills from mile 16 to 21, at the start of the second hill in the Newton Firehouse, home of the Newton Firefighter’s Fund. The fund, which receives 10 Boston Marathon bibs, raises money for children of fallen firefighters all over the state of Massachusetts.
Two 75-year-olds are oldest Boston Marathon runners from New Hampshire
HOPKINTON, Mass. — Two 75-year-old men will be the oldest from New Hampshire to run the 128th Boston Marathon. Dick Correa of Newbury and Bob Kennedy of Durham will be running. Correa has run 18 Boston Marathons while fundraising on the Dana Farber Team. He has raised $350,000. >>...
Local influencer Davis Clarke breaks 3 hours in Boston Marathon, pushes himself… maybe a little too far?
No such thing, according to Clarke. It was a bad day to be Davis Clarke’s running shorts. Fresh off a GQ interview (and a profile on Boston.com), the “locked in” Boston influencer known for his infectious positivity made headlines for, umm, a different reason on Marathon Monday.
'I've never had a delay like that': High school softball game hits unexpected hindrance
KINGSTON -- Technically it wasn't a rain delay, but water doesn't only get in the way when it tumbles out of the sky. Sometimes it bubbles up from the ground at inopportune times. For example, just before the start of the fourth inning of Wednesday's Silver Lake High softball game against Lincoln-Sudbury. The showdown...
Boston Marathon athletes' stories: Running ‘helps me to grow and heal'
Some 30,000 people made their way through the Scream Tunnel, up Heartbreak Hill and down Kenmore Square on Marathon Monday in Boston. Among them was Caleb McCoy, who said at the Boston Marathon finish line that running has opened doors for him amid a 15-year struggle with addiction. "Eleven years...
Henry Richard, brother of Martin Richard, completes third Boston Marathon
BOSTON — Henry Richard, the older brother of Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard, completed his third consecutive Boston Marathon on Monday. Now 21, Henry Richard was just 10 years old when his 8-year-old brother was killed in the 2013 marathon bombing. "It just feels so good when it's...
Sean McDonald's daughter and her fifth-grade class wish Sean well at Boston Marathon
Who wouldn't be inspired by the energy of these fifth-graders from Hooksett Memorial School? Go, Sean, go!. To submit your "Good Morning, New Hampshire!" videos, learn more here. You can submit them to our u local Facebook group or through our u local upload form.
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