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Your coverage of the Boston Marathon results Tuesday disturbed me. Shattering the women's world marathon record by nearly three minutes is no small feat--surely Joan Benoit deserved more than a sub-headline and just two paragraphs buried in the middle of your story. A few personal quotes or some biographical details about her, as you had for Greg Meyer, the men's winner, would have made your article more complete. I hope in the future your sports department will be more professionally objective in coverage of women's athletics. Sara G. Shields...
There was 27-year-old Greg Meyer running the least six miles by himself, coming on so-close to a course record on route to his 2:08:54 championship run And there was native Bostonian Joan Benoit shattering the women's world marathon record with a time...
Price reportedly decreed that no competing soft drinks should be served at company functions. Whenever possible, he went on, even the blue color associated with Coke's archrival, Pepsi, should be avoided as a decorative accent at Columbia-sponsored activities. Peter Benoit, Columbia's national publicity manager, says that moviegoers are unlikely to be seeing an actor sipping a Pepsi in Columbia films either...
Rosie Ruiz of New York won the women's bracket in 2:31.00 to break Joan Benoit's record-setting run of last year by more than four minutes, but she is currently under investigation for missing checkpoints during...
...sophomore and winner of this event last year, Jennings finished the course in 16:20, 50 seconds ahead of her nearest rival and 27 seconds ahead of the record set last week by Bowdoin's Joan Benoit...