On Monday, in that critical stretch of the Boston Marathon known as Heartbreak Hill, I’m sure he will be there. At least his spirit will be. The spirit of one of the race’s greats. What a name he had.

The life-size bronze statue is now on display at the Artists Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, and it will be placed on a ...

Anyone vaguely familiar with the Boston Marathon knows about “Heartbreak Hill.” It’s the most notorious make-or-break incline in any marathon, a 91-foot climb that can seem like a mini-Everest as ...

The scene was poignant: Indigenous people who, as children, had been plucked from their communities and shipped to American Indian boarding schools greeted each other and talked about how much they’d ...

The Boston Athletic Association honored 1936 Boston Marathon winner Ellison ‘Tarzan’ Brown. Brown’s family shared memories of the runner and explained how they ...

Ellison "Tarzan" Brown, a Native American from Rhode Island, won the Boston Marathon in 1936 and 1939. The name "Heartbreak Hill" comes from the 1936 Boston Marathon when Brown overtook Johnny Kelley ...