Eighteen years of writing for the Boston globe and living in Newton, Mass., has given columnist Leigh Montville a special perspective on the Boston Marathon. Not only has he written about...

The indoor rowing championships take all you've got

The Giants' Carl Hubbell won 24 straight in 1936 and '37

Guest celebs are spelling Harry Caray in the Cubs booth

PRO BASKETBALL—With one week left in the regular season, all of the Eastern Conference playoff berths were locked up, but one still remained unclaimed in the Western. In the Pacific Division,...

JEFF STANLEYBRIDGEWATER, N.J.Stanley, a sophomore at Princeton, won the national men's amateur squash singles championship in Philadelphia on Feb. 16. Two weeks later he won the U.S....

Another view of the Leonard-Hagler decision

THE CAMPANIS AFFAIR

•Terri McCormick, the mother of 76er center Tim McCormick, after hearing that her son was going to bring teammate Charles Barkley home for dinner in two weeks: "I'd better start cooking now."

Augusta's own Larry Mize sank this 140-foot chip shot to win a Masters playoff over the snakebit Greg Norman

GAME 6Thanks to Peter Gammons for an exhilarating recapitulation of the sixth game of the 1986 World Series (Game 6, April 6). I read every word and turned every page as if the outcome were...

The Atlanta Hawks have the size and subs to contend for the NBA title

Sugar Ray Leonard couldn't help exulting over his upset of Marvelous Marvin Hagler

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Andrew D. Bernstein, Dennis Brodeur, Capital Cities/ABC Inc., John Collier, Scott Cunningham, Foto Pronto, Steven Green, John D. Hanlon, V.J. Lovero, Richard Mackson, Buck Miller, Ronald C. Modra,...

There's one poor trucker who is probably still perplexed by the scene he encountered about this time last spring. He was hammering along U.S. 17 where it crosses the roiling currents of the...

Flyer fists couldn't stop the Rangers from pulling even

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THE QUOTE OF THE WEEK"It's really disgusting, isn't it, coming in here with a white uniform. It makes you feel like you're not playing a regular role. I'll probably get through the season with...

Miloslav Mecir preys on the game's top players

From its start in Hopkinton (below) to the finish 26.2 miles later, the Boston Marathon is special to those who live and toil along its course