Bostons

BOSTON — Out of all the runners in the first wave of the Boston Marathon on Monday, there was one lean, muscular marathoner with skinny ankles from Northern California for whom all the nervous energy had profound significance. Markelle…

The Boston Marathon is a little more than a week away, and that means lots of runners are fretting over those final climbs, especially the notorious Heartbreak Hill at mile 20.The dirty secret about Boston, though, is that the course also…

Jaylen Brown (l.) and Ime UdokaPhoto: Getty ImagesI almost wrote about the Celtics on Tuesday because I heard about these projections that had them with heavy title odds, but when I went to FiveThirtyEight to try to find them, it felt like…

The city of Boston has had a somewhat dubious reputation when it comes to diversity, but on Tuesday, the election of Michelle Wu—a lawyer, City Council member, and the daughter of Taiwanese immigrants—as mayor sent a meaningful message…

The Red Sox' hunt for the postseason has just taken a heavy hit. MLB.com reported on Friday that ace Chris Sale, just five starts into his return from Tommy John surgery, tested positive for the coronavirus. Due to the positive test,…