
Olympic champ Jepchirchir wins 50th women’s Boston Marathon
BOSTON Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir capped the celebration of a half-century of women in the Boston Marathon with a finish to top them all.

Perfect spring weather greets Boston Marathon’s April retun
BOSTON The daffodils have sprouted, the fall foliage has all been raked away, and the Boston Marathon is back in the spring where it belongs.

COVID outbreaks at UVa, BC scuttle Fenway, Military bowls
BOSTON The Fenway Bowl and Military Bowl were both canceled due to the pandemic on Sunday as coronavirus outbreaks at Virginia and Boston College forced them to call off their postseason plans.

Sox slam Astros
BOSTON Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez walked off the mound with a six-run lead and a message for Carlos Correa and the rest of the Houston Astros:

E-Rod to start Game 3 for Red Sox against Astros’ Urquidy
BOSTON The Red Sox insist Eduardo Rodriguez isn t the same pitcher who gave up 12 runs in two starts against the Astros in the regular season.

Kenyans Kipruto, Kipyogei sweep in Boston Marathon return
BOSTON (AP) Kenya s Benson Kipruto won the pandemic-delayed Boston Marathon on Monday when the race returned from a 30-month absence with a smaller, socially distanced feel and moved from the spring

Ground Rule Trouble: Red Sox bounce Rays in 13 on odd call
BOSTON Kevin Kiermaier s line drive sailed over right fielder Hunter Renfroe s head and bounced off the short wall in front of the Boston bullpen and back onto the warning track. It ricocheted off R


Bogaerts, Red Sox dent Cole, beat Yankees in AL wild-card game
BOSTON Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Schwarber homered off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole, and Nathan Eovaldi took a shutout into the sixth inning to help the Boston Red Sox beat New York 6-2 Tuesday night in t


Yankees sweep, beat Red Sox 6-3 to take AL wild-card lead
BOSTON Yankees manager Aaron Boone watched two of his Gold Glove fielders drop easy popups to hand the Red Sox the lead.

Red Sox 2B, 2008 AL MVP Dustin Pedroia retires
BOSTON Dustin Pedroia, the undersized and over-achieving second baseman who spurred the Boston Red Sox to a pair of World Series victories with his grit and a third, after a knee injury effectively

Racial injustice themes fill empty stadiums
Jason Myers kicked the ball through the end zone to open Seattle s season at Atlanta. No one else on the field moved.

Keselowski wins in New Hampshire for 3d win since shutdown
LOUDON, N.H. Brad Keselowski won at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday for his third victory of the NASCAR season and 33rd of his career.

Ivy League suspends fall sports due to coronavirus pandemic
The Ivy League on Wednesday became the first Division I conference to suspend all fall sports, including football, leaving open the possibility of moving some seasons to the spring if the coronavirus

Patriots hope winning still in fashion for new QB Newton
One is a man of a million fedoras.

Good MLB views, if fans know where to look
BOSTON Tucked under the center field seats at Fenway Park, down some stairs from Lansdowne Street in an area previously used as the visiting team s batting cage, is a sports bar that is preparing to

Boston Marathon canceled for first time in 124-year history
BOSTON Organizers canceled the Boston Marathon on Thursday for the first time in its history, bowing to the social distancing requirements of the coronavirus outbreak and ending a 124-year run that

From Hopkinton to Boston, marathon absence is seen and felt
HOPKINTON, Mass. It All Starts Here.

Astros, Red Sox look ahead in wake of sign-stealing scandal
Players from two teams at the center of baseball s sign-stealing scandal faced their fans on Saturday for the first time since the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox ousted their managers amid the fall