Chris Mehmel, who runs with a prosthesis, recalls how chance encounter on Heartbreak Hill led to a generous gift.

BOSTON — Bill Rodgers has won the Boston Marathon four times. He shares why the sport has a special meaning for him.

Jackie Robinson, who’s the subject of a new movie, was given a tryout by the Red Sox a year before he broke baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

BOSTON — On Monday, the last American male to win the Boston Marathon, Greg Meyer, will run the course again.

BOSTON — Josh Bailey scored twice and the New York Islanders added another big win in their surge toward the playoffs.

BOSTON — Chris Davis hit his sixth homer and Adam Jones drove in two runs, including a tiebreaking double, to lead the Baltimore Orioles past the Boston Red Sox 3-2 on Thursday night.

PITTSBURGH — Lowell saw its breakthrough season – in which it rose above some of its league rivals – end in frustrating fashion.

NEWARK, N.J. — Gregory Campbell scored twice in a three-goal first period and the Bruins regained first place in the Northeast Division with a 5-4 victory.

BOSTON — Comfortable and in control, Deron Williams was more than the Boston Celtics could handle.

BOSTON — It didn’t take new closer Joel Hanrahan long to learn how Red Sox fans react to a blown save. They boo.

BOSTON — With an official attendance figure of 30,862, the Red Sox sellout streak at Fenway Park ended Wednesday night a few thousand short of the ballpark’s 37,500 capacity.

ATLANTA — Relentless Louisville rallied from another 12-point deficit to beat Michigan 82-76 in the NCAA championship game Monday night.

BOSTON — The Bruins are now one point behind Montreal for first place in the Northeast Division.

HOPKINTON, Mass. — The bronze likeness shows Dick Hoyt pushing his son Rick, who is a quadraplegic and has cerebral palsy, in a wheelchair, as he has done in the race for so many years.