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Thousands participate in 36th annual Jimmy Fund Walk in Boston

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October 7, 2024

Thousands participate in 36th annual Jimmy Fund Walk in Boston

Thousands of people came together on a beautiful Sunday for the 36th annual Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk, hoping to raise $9.5 million for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

The fundraising walk has raised more than $176 million in its 35-year history and supports all forms of adult and pediatric care and cancer research at Dana-Farber, one of the world’s leading centers of cancer research and treatment. Last year’s walk broke fundraising records by raising more than $9.4 million.

An estimated 8,500 walkers, including patients, survivors, family members, caregivers and Dana-Farber faculty and staff, were expected to walk up to 26.2 miles along the historic Boston Marathon course.

The Jimmy Fund Walk is the only organized walk permitted to use the famed course and gives participants a choice between four distance options: 5K (~3.2 miles from Dana-Farber’s Longwood Medical Campus); 10K (~7 miles from Newton); Half Marathon (~13.4 miles from Wellesley) or Marathon (~27 miles from Hopkinton).

Meet Opry, a 1.5-year-old golden retriever who’s the newest staff member at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund Clinic in Boston.

Hundreds of volunteers lined the route to provide refreshments throughout the day. There were also posters of inspiring DFCI patients — called Jimmy Fund Walk Heroes — that appeared along the course to provide motivation to walkers.

Additionally, buildings around Boston were set to be lit up to show their support for the walk, including City Hall, TD Garden, the Prudential Tower, 888 Boylston, W Boston, the Hub on Causeway Office Tower, and Boston Harbor Hotel & Rowe’s Wharf.

Due to ongoing construction, all four routes concluded at the Jimmy Fund Walk Finish Line by the corner of Charles and Beacon Street, where there were was a celebration with food, entertainment, and more.

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Pro-Palestinian demonstration temporarily shuts down part of Boston’s Storrow Drive

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October 6, 2024

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Pro-Palestinian demonstration temporarily shuts down part of Boston’s Storrow Drive

Pro-Palestinian rally halts traffic on Storrow Drive in Boston

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By SAMANTHA CHANEY

BOSTON – Boston’s Storrow Drive was temporarily shut down Sunday afternoon as pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied in the road, stopping traffic.

The protest comes just one day before Oct. 7, one year since the Hamas attack in Israel.

Protesters began their rally on Boston Common before moving to Charles Street and then on to Storrow Drive for half an hour. They ended their demonstration outside the Israeli Consulate in Boston, where hundreds called for an end to violence in the Middle East.

“We wanted to do something that people can really feel it and see it because this is about giving a vision of what happened to people in Gaza and now in Lebanon,” said one demonstrator. “When you are going aimlessly, changing places, trying to be safe.”

Police said the demonstration was peaceful and no arrests were made in connection with the rally.

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By the Numbers: Breaking Down Virginia’s Win Over Boston College

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October 6, 2024

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By the Numbers: Breaking Down Virginia’s Win Over Boston College

For the first time since the epic 2019 campaign, Virginia football is 4-1 overall and 2-0 in ACC play. The Cavaliers posted their second-straight ACC victory, something they haven’t done since 2021, by coming back from down 14 points with a big fourth quarter rally to defeat Boston College 24-14 on Saturday afternoon in Charlottesville.

That marked the second time Virginia has come back to win after trailing by more than 14 points, as the Cavaliers also overcame a 14-point deficit in their big win at Wake Forest in week 2. Saturday was the first time UVA has erased a two-touchdown deficit at home since coming back from down 17-0 to beat Old Dominion in 2019.

The Hoos have fashioned themselves as comeback kids so far this season, boasting a 2-0 record when trailing after the first quarter and 2-0 when trailing at the half. While the UVA offense put together some big scoring drives to fuel the rally at Wake Forest, the Virginia defense was the key this time around, holding Thomas Castellanos and the Eagles scoreless for the final 43 minutes (and change) of the game, allowing the Cavaliers to score the final 24 points of the contest.

18 of those points came in the fourth quarter, the most Virginia has scored in the fourth quarter since the win at Louisville in 2021. The UVA defense forced three turnovers in the fourth quarter, including a fumble recovery and 40-yard return for a touchdown by Jonas Sanker. And while their overall offensive numbers seem pedestrian, the Cavaliers kept themselves in the game offensively by not turning the ball over for the second-straight game, the first time UVA has accomplished that feat since 2019.

See the chart below for a breakdown of the stats from Virginia’s win over Boston College:

Virginia	Stat	Boston College
339 Advertisement	Total Offense	319
121	Rushing Offense	65 Advertisement
3.3	Yards Per Rush	2.2
218	Passing Offense Advertisement	254
61	Completion %	73
12.8 Advertisement	Yards Per Completion	11.5
3/5	Red Zone Attempts	1/1 Advertisement
9	Red Zone Points	7
7/16	3rd Downs Advertisement	6/13
1/2	4th Downs	1/2
29:32 Advertisement	Possession Time	30:28
5-28	Penalties-Yards	8-85 Advertisement
0	Turnovers	3
3	Sacks By Advertisement	2
5	Tackles For Loss	6
4 Advertisement	Big Plays (20+ Yards)	5

Here are some key individual stats from the game along with some more notes:

We usually start with the offense in this section, but this time it seems fitting to begin with the defense.

Jonas Sanker found the end zone for his first-career touchdown, returning a fumble 40 yards to the house to give UVA the 24-14 lead late in the fourth. That marked the first time the Cavaliers have had a fumble recovery go for a touchdown since Eli Hanback jumped on a fumble in the end zone to all but secure Virginia’s win over Virginia Tech in the 2019 regular season finale.

Chico Bennett Jr. posted his first career interception and became the first Cavalier defensive linemen with a pick since David Dean did so against Virginia Tech in 2014. Bennett caught a pass that was initially tipped by Anthony Britton, who was making his first career start.

Kendren Smith made his third-career interception and first in a Virginia uniform. Kam Robinson led the Cavaliers with eight total tackles, marking the first time this season that someone other than Antonio Clary (seven tackles) led Virginia in tackles. Robinson was one of three Virginia players to record sacks in the game, joining James Jackson and Kam Butler.

Three different Virginia players completed a pass in the game. Anthony Colandrea went 15/26 (58%) for 179 yards and a touchdown. When Colandrea left the field for one play after taking a big hit, Tony Muskett came in and completed his only pass, a 10-yard strike to JR Wilson. Malachi Fields also completed a 29-yard pass to Kobe Pace on a trick play, the longest completed pass by a non-quarterback since Perry Jones threw a 36-yard completion to Tim Smith vs. Louisiana Tech in 2012.

Fields was Virginia’s leading receiver, tallying four catches for 63 yards and the go-ahead 30-yard touchdown from Colandrea in the fourth quarter. Fields has recorded at least one reception in his last 20 games. Andre Greene Jr. had four catches for 25 yards and JR Wilson, who made his season debut after missing the first four games with an injury, had four receptions for 44 yards.

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