Rutto Wins 2nd Straight Chicago Marathon
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CHICAGO - Evans Rutto of Kenya won his second straight Chicago Marathon on Sunday, finishing in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 16 seconds, and making him 3-for-3 at the 26.2-mile distance.    Daniel Njenga of Kenya was second in 2:07:44 and Toshinari Takaoka of Japan was third in 2:07:50...
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Tadahito Iguchi hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 19th inning Sunday and the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 6-5 in a 6-hour, 19-minute marathon &amp;#151; the longest by innings in U.S. Cellular Field history.
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Italy&#39;s Stefano Baldini surged ahead with two miles to go and won the Olympic marathon Sunday while American Meb Keflezighi finished a surprising second in a
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NEW YORK - South Africa&#39;s Hendrik Ramaala won the men&#39;s title at the New York Marathon yesterday in an unofficial time of 2hr 9min 24sec.
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Paula Radcliffe covered herself in a Union Jack after winning the New York City Marathon. No tears. No anguish. No failure to finish.
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Gete Wami of Ethiopia is running the Berlin Marathon on Sept. 30, then the New York City Marathon five weeks later. Such a turnaround is mostly unheard of in distance running.
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OAKMONT, Pennsylvania  - Argentina's Angel Cabrera held his nerve to become the second South American to win a major title with a one-shot victory at the U.S. Open on Sunday.
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Marcos Baghdatis won his second career title Sunday by beating defending champion Ivan Ljubicic 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4 at the Zagreb Open.
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Julius Sugut, a lanky Kenyan farmer known as the "nearly man" after finishing runner-up in several marathons over the past two seasons, finally won in the Bombay International Marathon.
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The New York Yankees beat the slumping Chicago White Sox for the second straight time on Wednesday, riding Chien-Ming Wang's complete game to a comfortable 5-1 victory.
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Alonzo Mourning put New Jersey ahead for good in the second overtime period Friday night and the Nets went on to defeat Chicago, 111-106.
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Tadahito Iguchi's bases-loaded, two-run single off Octavio Dotel in the 10th proves the difference as Chicago tops Kansas City.
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Paula Radcliffe wins the New York Marathon in her first race since the Olympics.
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ATHENS - Mizuki Noguchi pulled away around the 27-kilometer mark and held on in sweltering heat to win the women&#39;s marathon gold medal at the Athens Olympics on Sunday, giving Japan its 13th gold of the Games, its best haul in 32 years.
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A sea of runners race through Millenium Park in downtown during Chicago the annual Chicago Marathon, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh).
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Maybe this will make up for her Olympic heartbreak. Britain's Paula Radcliffe surged ahead in the final feet Sunday to win the tightest New York City Marathon in history in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 10 seconds - less than three months after pulling out of the Athens Games just a few miles from the finish in a fit of tears.
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Tuomu Ruutu scored with 1:48 left to give Chicago a 2-1 victory over visiting Dallas last night in Denis Savard's first game as the Blackhawks' coach.