65. Runners exalt the marathon as a public test of private will, when months or years of solitary training, early mornings, lost weekends, rain and pain mature into triumph or surrender. That’s one reason the race-day crowds matter, the friends who come to cheer and stomp and flap their...
2013: 'MARATHON TERROR' On April 15, 2015, a series of explosions rocked the Boston Marathon while the nation watched in horror as the news media played images of runners attacked near the finish line. A headline in The Boston Globe captured the public sentiment as authorities spent the next...
The comedy duo famed for their rapid-fire comedy and “Who’s On First?” routine had long reigned supreme on radio and the big screen. But in the early ’50s,their box office muscle was slipping. They found a new life on television with their own show, which ran for two seasons. A...