Boston Marathon

The woman who won the 2021 Boston Marathon is set to have her victory rescinded after she was found to have taken a banned substance.

Nonbinary athletes will be able to run in next year’s Boston Marathon without having to register as members of the men’s or women’s divisions. Race organizers announced the change on Monday as registration opened for the 127th running of the prestigious race next April 17. The Boston Athletic Association says it’s been working to expand opportunities for nonbinary people —...

An amputee athlete from Arizona has set an unofficial world record, running 102 marathons in 102 days.

A pair of familiar faces made it to top of the winner’s stand in the wheelchair division of the 126th Boston Marathon.

An Arizona woman who lost a leg to a rare cancer is closing in on what would be a new world record — at least 102 marathons in 102 days.

The Boston Athletic Association announced Wednesday that runners from Russia and Belarus who had previously qualified will no longer be allowed to compete in events due to the invasion of Ukraine.

The Supreme Court sounded ready Wednesday to reinstate the death penalty for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. In more than 90 minutes of arguments, the court’s six conservative justices seemed likely to embrace the Biden administration’s argument that a federal appeals court mistakenly threw out Tsarnaev’s death sentence for his role in the bombing that killed three people near the finish line...

There have been plenty of national headlines this week about flight delays and cancellations with Southwest Airlines, but for one local veteran, that situation dashed his dreams of running in both the Chicago and Boston Marathons. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup shares his story.

There have been plenty of national headlines this week about flight delays and cancellations with Southwest Airlines, but for one local veteran, that situation dashed his dreams of running in both the Chicago and Boston Marathons.

Monday’s Boston Marathon was different from its predecessors. For one, due to the pandemic, it was the first-ever fall marathon in the race’s 125-year history. And it was also smaller, with staggered starts to allow for more social distancing. But blind runner Christopher Lancaster said after his run that it still sounds the same. “Just having the crowds here...

The Boston Marathon is normally held in April, but on this October day the weather felt similar. NBC Boston’s Eli Rosenberg moved through the crowd and talked to fans and loved ones, and one man who had completed the 26.2 mile race.

Just one day after winning the Bank of America Chicago Marathon wheelchair races, both Daniel Romanchuk and Tatyana McFadden came up just short of pulling off an incredible double-victory in New England, with both racers capturing second place in the Boston Marathon.

It’s been more than 900 days since runners could compete in-person in the world’s longest-running long run: the Boston Marathon. But race day looks a lot different than it did in April 2019.

After falling just short of wins in 2018 and 2019, Tatyana McFadden has reclaimed her spot at the top of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon podium.

The Biden administration will try to persuade the Supreme Court this week to reinstate the death penalty for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev by arguing that a jury had no need to examine evidence that the government itself relied on at an earlier phase of the case. Tsarnaev’s guilt in the deaths of three people in the shocking...

A local marine is putting his athletic skills to the ultimate test this weekend: running back-to-back marathons.

A local Marine is putting his athletic skills to the test by running two marathons, beginning with the Bank of American Chicago Marathon Sunday. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup has the inspiring story.

With the Chicago Marathon on Sunday and the Boston Marathon on Monday, LX News Host Nik Z left the studio on foot for this interview with Mike Brown, who has run 7 marathons. Brown couldn’t help but laugh as Nik asked his questions and quickly got a stitch in his side.

What do the Boston Marathon, student loans and coffee have in common? A lot more than you may think. In this episode of “Connect the Dots,” NBC Boston’s Rob Michaelson takes a deep dive into the science of caffeine and how coffee gets Boston Marathon runners… moving. He also explores the theory that cutting back on a daily latte can...

Some of the world’s best elite runners will race at the 2021 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 10, organizers announced Tuesday, joining previously announced headliners Galen Rupp and Sara Hall at the start line.