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Boston Marathon

Description: Runners at starting line and on course of Boston Marathon. Press conferences on John Hancock as new sponsor. Laurel wreath, Bill Rodgers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/19/1985

Boston Marathon

Description: Boston Marathon finish line. Wheelchair finisher. Bill Rodgers on Hereford Street. Man running in a tutu.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/21/1980

Boston Marathon finish line

Description: Mass of spectators gathered at Prudential Center finish line of Boston Marathon. David Ives watches. Cloudy, cold day. Airplanes fly around trailing message banners. First wheelchair finisher George Murray rolls in with police escort. Press photographers truck. Bill Rodgers wins a close race in 2:10:15. Randy Thomas and Kevin Ryan cross line. Rodgers climbs up to platform for Gov. Michael Dukakis, Mayor Kevin White and Will Cloney to congratulate him with laurel wreath and medal. He is then surrounded by press horde and police. More top runners cross. Bob Hall places third in wheelchair division. Other runners cross the finish line.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/17/1978

Boston Marathon start line

Description: Short interviews with runners at start line of Boston Marathon in Hopkinton on why they entered: John Dorice of Michigan, Raul Romero and Mitch Feingold of San Diego, Dusty Burke of Houston. Several helicopters circle overhead. Shots of legs and track shoes. Runners packed together awaiting start. John (The Elder) Kelley, wearing Cape Cod Track Club shirt, at start line. Mass of spectators, some up in trees; many wear parkas on this chilly day.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/17/1978

Boston Park League baseball

Description: Amateur baseball players exhibit their dedication to the Boston Park League. Game in progress. Spectators on bleachers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/16/1990

Boston Red Sox ticket sales

Description: Brief interview with Boston Red Sox Ticket Manager regarding resumption of ticket sales following the end of the 1981 Major League Baseball Strike. Shots of signs and game schedules, fans at ticket window.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/31/1981

Boston marathon

Description: Start of Boston marathon. Bill Rodgers crosses finish line with police escort. Shots of runners and moving feet clad in running shoes.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/17/1978

Boston marathon start

Description: Runners at the start line of the Boston marathon.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/16/1984

Boxing

Description: Interiors scenes in the Somerville Boxing Club. Trainers working with boxers. Two boxers sparring in the ring. Callie Crossley interviews boxers and trainers on the alleged dangers of boxing compared to other sports and the American Medical Association's proposal to ban amateur and professional boxing.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/12/1984

Brain damage from boxing

Description: Reviewing opinions on the dangers of boxing and risk of brain damage. Scenes of bowers training and sparring in the ring at Connolly's Gym. Interview with doctor Francis Rocket on the danger of brain damage. Interview with Boxing Commissioner James McCarin, using Muhammad Ali as an example of a boxer affected by brain damage from the sport. Footage of Ali, he slurs his speech. Boxing can also cause blindness. Interview with eye doctor Edward Ryan. Gym owner Jim Connolly defends boxing in comparison to other more dangerous sports like hockey and football.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/31/1986