Marathons
CHICAGO - As Joan Benoit Samuelson took her victory lap at the Los Angeles Olympics, her mother just had to ask: "Now, can you quit?"
The answer remains a resounding no 26 years later.
CHICAGO - Two defending champions will highlight the deepest field of elite runners to date when the 33rd Chicago Marathon begins on Sunday.
PORTLAND, Maine - Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson says she will run next month's Chicago marathon, with hopes of qualifying for the 2012 Olympic trials.
NEW YORK - U.S. marathon record-holder Deena Kastor is pregnant with her first child and will miss the New York City Marathon this fall.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jason Kendall hit a game-ending single with two outs in the 10th inning to give the Kansas City Royals a 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday, the teams' third extra-inning game in less than 24 hours.
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- Air chaos costs London Marathon $230,940
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- London Marathon champion affected by flight ban
- Volcano forces European soccer teams to scramble
- Cheruiyot _ not that one! _ wins Boston Marathon
- Ethiopian Erkesso runs off with Boston women's win
- Van Dyk wins Boston Marathon men's wheelchair
- Tsuchida takes 4th straight women's wheelchair
- Van Dyk wins record 9th Boston Marathon
- 26,000 runners heading for Boston in Marathon
- They're off: Wheelchair racers start in Boston
- The Marathon run turns 2,500 in Greece, and Boston
- Volcano takes a kick at European soccer, cycling
- Boston Marathon runners thwarted by volcano
- Iceland volcano casts a cloud over European sports
- Iceland volcano casts a cloud over European sports
- This could be the year for US in Boston Marathon
- 4-time Boston Marathon champ Ndereba pulls out
- Ailing Robert Cheruiyot to miss Boston Marathon
- Houston event ousts group critical of race sponsor
- Toroitich, Rotich win Las Vegas Marathon
- Kebede wins Fukuoka International Marathon
- Wanjiru, Mikitenko to defend London titles
- Thanksgiving Day kicks off with slew of parades
- Abitova wins Yokohama Women's Marathon
- Man of Iron wins Breeders' Cup Marathon
- Keflezighi ends 27-year US drought at NYC Marathon
