122nd Boston Marathon

?I?ve never run in anything like that?

Rain. Cold. Wind. The runners who took on the challenge of completing the 26.2-mile course weren?t helped by Mother Nature.

Boston04/16/18 The Boston Marathon finish line. Mens winner mens winner Yuki Kawauchi and women winnerDesiree Linden.Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(sports)

Desiree Linden and Yuki Kawauchi persevere to take titles

Linden and Kawauchi recorded the slowest winning times in 40 years.

TARA SULLIVAN

/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tara_Sullivan-18695.tif A day dripping with emotion for Desiree Linden

Linden, passed down the stretch in 2011, gutted out a victory Monday.

CHAD FINN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tlumacki_bostonmarathonfinishline_sports964-18826.jpg This wasn?t the finish Shalane Flanagan wanted

In what she insisted was her last competitive Boston Marathon, the Marblehead native finished seventh.

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It was a surprising finish for Rachel Hyland, who was attempting Boston for a second time.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_1430JX.jpg Sarah Sellers was runner-up. Who the heck is she?

The under-the-radar 26-year-old works as an anesthesiology nurse in Arizona.

KEVIN CULLEN

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Army veterans Tom Davis and Alfredo ?Freddie? De Los Santos, who each lost a leg in combat, finished first and second in the handcycle division.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tlumacki_bostonmarathonfinishline_sports768.jpg It was a significant payday for top finishers

The fastest man and woman each took home six-figure checks.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/compositeofwinnersglobestaff.jpg A look at Monday?s winners

From the wheelchair division to the elite runners, here?s who picked up a laurel wreath Monday.

Stanley Cup Playoffs: Maple Leafs 4, Bruins 2

Toronto, Ontario - 4/16/2018 - (2nd period) Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews (34) scored his first goal of the playoffs for the 3-2 lead over the Boston Bruins which was appreciated by actress and Maple Leafs fan Elizabeth Moss, second from left, of Mad Men and The handmaiden's Tale fame. The Toronto Maple Leafs host the Boston Bruins in Game 3 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Kevin P. Dupont , Topic: 17Maple Leafs-Bruins, LOID: 8.4.1612772118.

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Desperation of Leafs and their fans sounds all too familiar

Like Boston in the bad old days, Toronto has long had a knack for coming up short.

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The pictures, posted by the library on a blog item, will set your mind racing, if you?re a film fan.

News Analysis

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/0b4970aca0e948e7a8faf87ad8b2dee6-0b4970aca0e948e7a8faf87ad8b2dee6-0.jpg A deeper look at key moments in James Comey?s ?20/20? interview

ABC News aired an hourlong interview on Sunday with James Comey, the FBI director fired by President Trump last year.

BOLD TYPES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/17/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/200_jess_tocco.jpg An early Pence ally wants to build Rasky?s national lobbying practice

Jess Tocco is methodically working on the effort, state by state.

Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper hits a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Monday, April 16, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Watch Bryce Harper hit a home run with a shattered bat

The Nationals slugger?s bat split into two, yet he still mashed a 406-foot home run.

Cohen?s claim about Hannity is latest bombshell in Trump saga

Fox News host Sean Hannity said he is not a client of Michael Cohen, adding Cohen ?has never represented me.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/17/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/fc651c18-0b60-11e8-95a5-c396801049ef.jpg ?Not all of my choices were good,? Trump says of Cabinet picks

The president promised to surround himself with top-quality associates. Instead, his top deputies have courted controversy and scandal.

Cambridge Police Commissioner Branville G. Bard Jr. at a press conference on Monday defended his officers? actions during a skirmish with a Harvard student Friday night.

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Cambridge commissioner backs officers in black student?s arrest

Branville Bard urged the public to not cast judgment on the officers? actions based on ?20-20 hindsight.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_danafarber1_splt.jpg Teaching hospitals say they?ll reach out to minorities

Dana-Farber and Mass. General will try to hire more black and Latino doctors. The pledge comes after a Spotlight Team report on race relations in Boston.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/turner101717BIZXXspinrazaday2main70-6408.jpg Companies going to court more often over trade secrets

A fight between two area pharmaceutical companies isn?t an unusual one. Such cases more than tripled nationwide between 2004 and 2014.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/939ec202f7c54fe1a6a34729493767e8-aae0c7f13fca4a70bd9aff67cfb118b6-0.jpg Lung cancer patients live longer with immune therapy

The findings should change medical practice immediately, cancer experts say.

Poet Frank Bidart posed for a portrait in his Cambridge home in August.

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Pulitzer winner: ?I still can?t believe it?s happened?

Frank Bidart, a Wellesley College professor and one of America?s most respected poets, won for his book ?Half-Light: Collected Poems 1965-2016.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/3beac1097ea84ff9acaf60bd586bc8eb-3beac1097ea84ff9acaf60bd586bc8eb-15107.jpg Lawyers for man suspected in deaths blame ?tabloid media?

Nathan Carman is at the center of separate investigations into his wealthy grandfather?s killing and his mother?s disappearance.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/170324callcenters0394[1]-6432.jpg Wayfair at forefront of Supreme Court online tax case

Wayfair didn?t seek the national spotlight. But that?s where the online home-goods retailer ended up.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_officerkilledoncape_metro371.jpg Yarmouth church to hold tonight?s wake for slain officer

St. Pius X Church will host Sean Gannon?s wake from 4 to 8 p.m.

Debuting Love Letters: The Podcast

LATEST EPISODE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/10/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/17169_LL_Podcast_HP_Episode_4_Tease[1]-7368-U849351311183S--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg The Love Letters podcast: Ditch the ex?s T-shirt, or wear it?

After a breakup, is it better to hold onto relics from the relationship, or to dump them?

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Opinion & Ideas

Renée Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/graham-3738.jpg It?s not just Starbucks: White fear is an American problem

For black people, this video has been viral forever.

A new chapter in the story of a terrier who found adventure in Milton

One day, in the friendly little town of Milton, a mysterious visitor arrived out of the blue. No one could say where, exactly, the little dog had come from. But before long, they began spotting it all over town . . .

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Real Estate

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As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, March 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers in March: Multiple nor?easters, St. Patrick?s Day, and protesting gun violence.

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