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A crowd scientist is helping the Boston Marathon manage a growing field of 30,000-plus runners

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BOSTON (AP) — Running the Boston Marathon is tough enough without having to jostle your way from Hopkinton to Copley Square.
So race organizers this year turned to an expert in crowd science to help them manage the field of more than 32,000 as it travels the 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometers) through eight Massachusetts cities ... (full story)

Guardians catcher Austin Hedges gets engaged on the field following game

CLEVELAND (AP) — Austin Hedges scored the first run of the game for the Guardians but had a bigger moment after the final out.
Hedges proposed to his girlfriend, Lexi Dickinson, on the field April 19 following Cleveland's 8-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. She happily accepted.
“I’ve had the ring since ... (full story)

Statin’s negative side effects possibly understood

Statins have had a pretty good track record for helping individuals in lowering their cholesterol levels to offset the potential for a stroke/heart attack due to blood vessel blockages.
And they do that by blocking a specific liver enzyme that’s needed by the body to produce cholesterol.
This then reduces one’s ... (full story)

Don't miss it! Cycling's golden era delivers weekly brilliance and once-in-a-lifetime rivalries

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PARIS (AP) — Think of the golden age of men's tennis, when Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray dominated the tour with unprecedented consistency, delighting fans weekly.
Something remarkably similar and just as spectacular is unfolding in cycling today.
The sport is being blessed with a generati ... (full story)

Knox & Coschocton counties gravel riding

With spring well under way I’ve already dusted off and tuned up my gravel and mt. bikes so I can get back out there for another season of two-wheeled exploration.
And it’s funny, because despite my several decades of gravel exploration, I still don’t tire of the anxious anticipation I get when I enter another n ... (full story)