Boston Marathon legend Bill Rodgers is marking 50 years since his first win on Boylston Street in 1975. In the aftermath of that victory, Rodgers would go on to win both the Boston and New York City ...

BOSTON (AP) — Bob Hall and Bill Rodgers were teammates training for the 1975 Boston Marathon — Rodgers on his feet, and Hall in his wheelchair. Rodgers would go on to win that year, the first of the ...

It was the fall of 1963, and President John F. Kennedy spoke to the nation about the importance of physical fitness. Bill Rodgers was in 10th grade, just 15 years old. That’s when it started. Rodgers ...

THERE WILL BE TWO GRAND MARSHALS AT THIS YEAR’S BOSTON MARATHON. TWO MEN WHO CHANGED THEIR SPORT TOGETHER. BOB HALL WAS THE FIRST WHEELCHAIR ATHLETE EVER TO COMPLETE THAT RACE. 50 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH ...

BOSTON -- Bob Hall and Bill Rodgers were teammates training for the 1975 Boston Marathon -- Rodgers on his feet, and Hall in his wheelchair. Rodgers would go on to win that year, the first of the four ...

Boston Marathon Great Bill Rodgers talks at a press conference in 2005 with wheelchair winner Bob Hall to his left. (AP photo) BOSTON (AP) — Bob Hall and Bill Rodgers were teammates training for the ...

Bill Rodgers has two nicknames: "King of the Roads" and "Boston Billy." In his prime, the late 1970s and early 1980s, Rodgers won four Boston and four New York City marathons—a record that may never ...

In the B.K. (Before Kenyans) Era of American road running, Bill Rodgers, also known as “Boston Billy” — the blond elfish Bambi-striding anchor of Bill Squires GBTC (Greater Boston Track Club) — was ...