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Rick Hoyt, who pioneered duo wheelchair road racing to ‘motivate people and inspire them,’ dies at 61

"He was my motor, I was his heart," Mr. Hoyt said of his years-long teaming with his late father, Dick, who pushed his wheelchair in 32 Boston Marathons.

Boston Marathon legend Rick Hoyt dies at 61
Rick Hoyt, who for years completed the Boston Marathon in a wheelchair famously pushed by his father, died Monday morning, a little more than two years after his dad’s death, the family said.

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R.I. trail named for ‘Tarzan’ Brown, the Narragansett Indian who won two Boston Marathons
The Nature Conservancy in Rhode Island names a three-mile loop for Brown in the 1,100-acre Carter Preserve in Charlestown, R.I.

Boston Marathon

Who were the most-tracked runners in the 2023 Boston Marathon?

The Boston Athletic Association shared data from its tracking app, which was launched about a week before the race.

Five months ago, she was about to be taken off life support after a traumatic brain injury. This week she finished the Boston Marathon.

As Rachel Foster embarked on a grueling rehabilitation, she set her sights on a seemingly impossible goal — to run the Boston Marathon in April.

BAA says it ‘did not deliver’ on promise of inclusive Marathon after police interaction with racially diverse run clubs

Members were cheering near Heartbreak Hill when a large group of Newton police officers blocked the spectators from interacting with runners.

Marathon incident between police and spectators highlights running’s diversity problem, some say

Many spectators and runners say they felt disturbed by the BAA’s decision to call police on a festive gathering of Black people engaging with runners the same way as many others.
Bombing Remembrance

Family and friends of Martin Richard run the race in his memory

‘The hope feels stronger today’: Boston Marathon bombing survivors, families, responders, reflect at finish line memorial 10 years later

He captured the image that told the story of the Boston Marathon bombing. Ten years later, he finally met the subject.

One Boston Day: How the city is marking 10 years since the Marathon bombings

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‘Eli would have wanted me to be there’: Cheri Blauwet returned to the Marathon finish line weeks after her husband died
The physician and Paralympian is mourning her husband, an advocate for athletes with disabilities who died two weeks ago. But she knew it was important to still show up for race day.

Members of racially diverse running clubs say police singled them out at Boston Marathon
Newton Police said in a statement that they showed up after the Boston Athletic Association called them multiple times following reports that spectators were impeding runners.

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Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema finishes another Boston Marathon
Sinema is one of the few notable participants who didn't make it known publicly she was running until after the race — just as she did for 2022.

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A bald eagle suit, a ‘running moon,’ and an assist at the finish line: Stories you may have missed from the Boston Marathon
Marathon Monday is chaos. Runners gasp toward the finish. Boylston Street is littered with plastic blankets and discarded water bottles. The cheers, the signs, the celebrations — it’s easy to miss the little moments. Here’s a collection of what Globe reporters saw on the course.

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After fading on Heartbreak Hill, Eliud Kipchoge explains what went wrong during the Boston Marathon
The question now is where he goes from here, and Kipchoge said he “absolutely” wants another shot at Boston.

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A bald eagle suit, a ‘running-moon,’ an assist at the finish line: 16 stories you may have missed from the Boston Marathon
Marathon Monday is chaos. It’s easy to miss the little moments.

At the Boston Marathon, non-binary runners finally had their day. It meant the world.

The famous road race took another step in the name of inclusion by allowing participants to register as non-binary. Danny Riordan jumped at the chance.

Ten years after tragedy, the Boston Marathon reminded us all about triumph. See our updates from the day.

Rain was no match for the energy and enthusiasm from Hopkinton to Boylston Street. Here's how the day unfolded.

These two women ran the Boston Marathon, but their husbands missed it. There was a good reason.

Kourtney Turner's husband was at work. Naomi Krejci's husband had something to do later that night.

Ten years after terror, Marathon Monday is still Boston’s pageant

Under a gray sky and through intermittent rain, thousands of exuberant spectators shouted and cheered for hours Monday along the Boston Marathon route.

Amid the throngs of participants on Monday were some notable names. Here’s how the celebrities did in the Marathon.

Zdeno Chara, the 6-foot-9, 250 pound Bruins legend, came barreling down the 26.2 mile course. He maintained an eight-minute pace through much of the race, and finished in under 3:40.

Complete list of Boston Marathon finishers

Check out the complete list of finishers for the 127th Boston Marathon.

A grad student and a Greater Boston Track Club member won the ‘Fastest Bostonian’ awards at the 2023 Boston Marathon

Allston’s Danielle Bishop also made history on Monday as the first non-binary competitor in the Boston Marathon.

Doug Flutie missed six weeks of training. He still finished the Boston Marathon — and raised thousands for charity.

The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism raised over $350,000 and had 25 people run for the cause, which is an official charity of the Boston Marathon.

Two of sport’s best — Eliud Kipchoge and Shohei Ohtani — were in town, but rain fell on their parade

The great marathoner was no match for our hills, and the great ballplayer was foiled by weather that limited him to two innings on the mound.

What’s harder: Running the Marathon or playing an NHL game? Zdeno Chara can’t decide.

The former Bruins captain ran his first marathon in support of both the Hoyt Foundation and the Thomas E. Smith Foundation.

‘Today was a tough day for me’: Eliud Kipchoge reflects on his sixth-place finish at the Boston Marathon

Kipchoge finished with the slowest time of his career at 2:09:23 and ended up sixth, nearly three-and-a-half minutes behind winner Evans Chebet.

Here are 25 photos from a soggy, chilly, yet strangely enjoyable Boston Marathon

More than 30,000 participants took to the 26.2-mile course winding from Hopkinton to Boylston Street. These are the best photos from a soggy Marathon Monday.

Red Sox

Garrett Whitlock returns and so does his killer changeup as the Red Sox down the Diamondbacks

He focused on his changeup in two rehabilitation starts, trying to get the downward movement back in the pitch. It worked.

Milwaukee’s Willy Adames out of hospital, on concussion list after being struck by foul liner in dugout

“I think he was actually in better spirits than I was last night," said Brian Anderson, who hit the liner that caught Adames in the head or face. He kept telling me, ‘Don’t worry about me, don’t worry about me.’ "

Nevada bill proposes up to $380 million for new Oakland Athletics ballpark in Las Vegas

To fund a potential 30,000-seat, $1.5 billion retractable roof stadium on the Las Vegas Strip, funding would come primarily from both transferable tax credits from the state and county bonds.

Patriots

Jim Irsay to mix rock ‘n’ roll with Patriots-Colts nostalgia in July concert at TD Garden

The Colts owner is renting out TD Garden for a free all-star music concert and music exhibit July 15.

Arizona Cardinals release three-time All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins

The Cardinals made the move after they failed to find a trading partner for Hopkins, who would have counted close to $31 million against their cap this season.

Foot injury could keep Jimmy Garoppolo out of Raiders practices until July

Garoppolo sustained the injury late last season with the 49ers, but said after signing with the Raiders in March that he wasn’t concerned about being available.

Bruins

Ty Dellandrea scores twice as Dallas Stars stay alive with victory in Vegas

The Stars, attempting to become the fifth team in NHL history win a series after being down 3-0, escaped elimination again and head to Dallas for Game 6 on Monday night.

The Maple Leafs won a playoff round, but that’s still not nearly good enough in Toronto. So, what comes next?

It is undeniably an intense market, full of passion and anger, much of the latter fueled by the 56-year Stanley Cup drought.

Overtime goal gives Stars first victory and sends Western Conference finals back to Vegas for Game 5

Jason Robertson scored twice for his first career multi-goal playoff game for Dallas, which played without suspended captain Jamie Benn.

Celtics

Celtics outlast Heat, 104-103, to force winner-take-all Game 7 in Eastern Conference finals

Jimmy Butler nearly willed Miami to a victory, but this series is going to seven for the second straight year.

Watch: Derrick White hits game-winner to send Celtics-Heat to a Game 7 — and his dad tweeted through it

”I’m just happy. We ain’t done yet,” White said after his buzzer-beating tip-in won Game 6 in Miami.

The Celtics are a win away from history. But Derrick White has already made some of his own.

The Celtics were so close to flying back to Boston having again lost another game they should have won, an emotionally taxing season ending sour. Instead, the unsung White made the mishaps and setbacks just footnotes.