To protest the company’s decision to suspend a reporter.
Boston Herald Guild Members Boycotting Twitter After Reporter Suspended
It would be so easy to make cracks about Herald’s level of journalism here but I’ll refrain.
Category: Boston,
21,000 drug convictions may be throw out after chemist’s tampering
This would be the largest dismissal of criminal convictions in U.S. history, according to the ACLU
21,000 drug convictions may be throw out after chemist’s tampering – CBS News
hmmmm
Watch Kathrine Switzer cross the Boston Marathon finish line 50 years after being the first registered female contestant to complete the race
Kathrine Switzer once again crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon wearing bib No. 261
Watch Kathrine Switzer cross the Boston Marathon finish line 50 years after making history
Last one.
Because Boston sports.
Boston Marathon 2017 – How Kathrine Switzer helped change the culture in women’s sports
Fifty years ago, Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon. Now, as she is set to race there again, No. 261 is a source of inspiration for women worldwide.
Boston Marathon 2017 – How Kathrine Switzer helped change the culture in women’s sports
Sue me, can’t get enough this story.
Intro – 4/16/13-The Colbert Report
What the Boston Marathon terrorists really don’t get is that they attacked an unshakable group of people who run 26 miles until their nipples are raw on their day off. (2:08)
Intro – 4/16/13-The Colbert Report – Video Clip | Comedy Central
Because seeing it again made me smile.
Meb Keflezighi stopped to embrace Martin Richard’s family after final Boston Marathon
“I just told them to be strong. We think about them often.”
Meb Keflezighi stopped to embrace Martin Richard’s family after final Boston Marathon
Meb! Meb! Meb!
“I remember I was at the airport and somebody comes [up] and goes, ‘whenever you come to Boston, you should never buy a beer.’ ” – Meb Keflezighi
Awww, he knows us.
Meb! Meb! Meb!
First Woman to Run in Boston Marathon Is Doing It Again — 50 Years Later
“The marathon was a man’s race in those days; women were considered too fragile to run it,” she wrote in an essay for The New York Times 10 years ago. “But I had trained hard and was confident of my strength. Still, it took a body block from my boyfriend to knock the official off the course.” Switzer recovered to finish in 4 hours 20 minutes.
…“In 1967, few would have believed that marathon running would someday attract millions of women, become a glamour event in the Olympics and on the streets of major cities, help transform views of women’s physical ability and help redefine their economic roles in traditional cultures,” Switzer wrote.
Over the years, Switzer has competed in more than 30 marathons, winning New York in 1974 in 3:07:29, and has worked as a television commentator. She is the founder of 261 Fearless, a running club for women. The name comes from the number she wore in 1967.
…Of her legacy as a pioneer, she wrote in The Times: “We learned that women are not deficient in endurance and stamina, and that running requires no fancy facilities or equipment. Women’s marathoning has created a global legacy.”
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