BOSTON (AP) — Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia ran alone for most of the Boston Marathon to win in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 17 seconds.

Hellen Obiri repeated as the women’s winner.

She outsprinted Sharon Lokedi down Boylston Street to win by eight seconds.

Switzerland’s Marcel Hug righted himself after crashing into a barrier when he took a turn too fast and still coasted to his seventh win in the men’s wheelchair race.

Eden Rainbow-Cooper won the women’s wheelchair race.

Nearly 30,000 runners left Hopkinton for the 128th Boston Marathon.

The sleepy New England town celebrated its 100th anniversary as the course’s starting line.

NBA PLAY-IN GAMES ARE SET

By The Associated Press

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are back in the play-in tournament. So is Stephen Curry, as he and Golden State will be fighting for their season.

And Jimmy Butler returns as well, after this round last year was the first step on Miami’s way to the NBA Finals.

The postseason gets underway Tuesday with a pair of Western Conference matchups.

The Lakers visit New Orleans and Golden State goes to Sacramento.

The Eastern Conference takes the stage Wednesday, when Philadelphia plays host to Miami and Atlanta visits Chicago.

SCHEFFLER WANTS TO KEEP WINNING

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler is a Masters champion for the second time in three years. And all he wants to do is to keep winning.

He manages expectations because he never looks too far behind or too far ahead.

It’s alarming how far he has come in such a short time.

It was only two years and two months ago when Scheffler was still trying to win for the first time on the PGA Tour.

And it was only two months ago that he was being questioned for his putting.

He is now No. 1 in the world by a margin not seen since peak Tiger Woods.

PARIS PREPARES FOR ’24 OLYMPICS

PARIS (AP) — April 17 marks the 100 days countdown to the Paris Olympics ambitious opening ceremony.

The first Games in a century in France’s capital will be judged not only for the sporting spectacle.

Another yardstick will be their impact on disadvantaged Paris suburbs away from iconic city-center landmarks hosting much of the action.

By promising socially positive and also less polluting and less wasteful Olympics, the city synonymous with romance aims to rekindle love for the Games.

The idea that the July 26-Aug. 11 Olympics should benefit disadvantaged communities was built into the city’s preparations from the outset.