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Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
2025 Boston Marathon: How to track your favorite athletes in real time
2025 Boston Marathon: How to track your favorite athletes in real time Tens of thousands of athletes and runners will make the 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton to Boston on Monday in the 129th edition of the race. There will also be even more people cheering on their, family, friends, celebrities, and favorite elite athletes. Advertisement The official Boston Athletic Association Racing app is available for those who want to keep tabs on their favorite runner in real-time. The B.A.A. Racing app is available for download in the Apple and Android stores. The app features live tracking for all B.A.A. events, interactive course maps, athlete leaderboards, fundraising totals, social media integrations, info pages, and more. Race app users can track as many runners as they would like. Runners can also be tracked through the BAA website with searchable results and live leaderboards, among other features. The B.A.A. also offers a spectator guide that highlights the best places along the route to watch the race including Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Newton, and Brookline. Advertisement The course starts in Hopkinton and ends on Boylston Street in Boston. View the course map below: Download the FREE Boston 25 News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Boston 25 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch Boston 25 News NOW
CBS News
04-04-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Red Sox debut new Wally-themed home run celebration in Fenway Park opener
The Boston Red Sox had a power surge early in Friday's home opener at Fenway Park, which let the team show off its new home run celebration for the 2025 season. Two years ago it was a laundry cart ride in the dugout. Last year, players donned Alex Cora's medal from the B.A.A. 5K after going yard. The Red Sox are channeling their inner-mascot to celebrate a long ball in 2025, and fans got to see it right off the bat Friday afternoon at Fenway Park. Boston batters didn't mess around in the bottom of the first inning against St. Louis Cardinals starter Erick Fedde. Trevor Story launched a three-run homer well over the Green Monster in left field, and Wilyer Abreu followed with a solo shot 392 feet to right field. The two big swings gave the Red Sox a 5-0 lead at the time. Waiting for both players when they got back to the dugout was a replica Wally head, which they put on before walking down the dugout and receiving high-fives from teammates. It's a ridiculously fun way to celebrate a homer, and it received fairly universal praise from baseball fans on social media. If you're a fan of the Wally-themed celebration, you can thank Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran. He received credit on the team's X account for coming up with the idea -- with an assist from Wally and Tessie. "Thanks to Jarren for commissioning the home run Wally head!" the team posted to X shortly after Boston's back-to-back jacks. "They're going to freak out when everybody puts this on, yeah?'" Durran said in the short clip. With a lineup full of pop, the Red Sox should send plenty of balls into the stands (or out of Fenway Park) this season. We just hope someone has come up with a way to wash the Wally head once we hit the hot summer days in Boston.
