WBUR TODAY: New sports hero (statue) in town
❤️ Donate Friday, March 27, 2026 🌥️ Clouds gradually clearing, with a high near 48. Good Morning Boston, It's Friday, the last day of our spring fundraiser. Boston stepped up in a big way after WBUR lost our federal funding last year. But we still have some work to do — $113,000 to be more specific — to reach our spring goal. We'll end the fundraiser as soon as we hit that mark. Make a gift this morning so we can get back to more of the coverage you rely on. Now, to local news: Make room, Orr , Russell, Williams and Brady : There's a new statue of a Boston sports icon in town — or, rather, 26.2 miles from it. As WBUR's Kevin Vu reports, local leaders are holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning in Hopkinton for the newly installed statue of Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to (unofficially) run the Boston Marathon. The bronze, life-size statue is located on the route, less than 100 yards from the starting line,...