Hellen Obiri claims back-to-back Boston Marathon titles, leading Kenyan women's podium sweep

BOSTON (AP) — Hellen Obiri's legs were carrying her closer to Boston, but her mind was thinking about Paris. “I'm not giving up. I'm not going to let this one go," the two-Olympic medalist recalled thinking still miles away from arriving at the Boston Marathon finish line. ...

Ethiopia's Sisay Lemma wins Boston Marathon in runaway. Kenya's Hellen Obiri repeats in women's race

BOSTON (AP) — Sisay Lemma scorched the first half of the Boston Marathon course on Monday, setting a record pace to build a lead of more than half of a mile. Then the weather heated up, and the 34-year-old Ethiopian slowed down. After running alone for most of the...

Hug earns 7th Boston Marathon wheelchair title and Rainbow-Cooper wins her 1st women's crown

BOSTON (AP) — Marcel Hug of Switzerland overcame a crash and captured his seventh men’s wheelchair Boston Marathon title, setting in a new course record Monday of 1 hour, 15 minutes, 33 seconds. It bests his previous course mark of 1:17:06 set last year and was just seven...

22-year-old Eden Rainbow-Cooper of Britain wins the women's wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon

BOSTON (AP) — 22-year-old Eden Rainbow-Cooper of Britain wins the women's wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon.

For Boston Marathon's last 100 years, it all starts in Hopkinton

HOPKINTON, Mass. (AP) — Workers zip in and out of the tents that dot the Hopkinton Town Common, flags flutter from the gazebo, and crews assemble the platform where the starter will fire the gun to send the Boston Marathon field on its way. On race day, this otherwise sleepy New England town...