Rick Hoyt, who became a fixture in Boston while being pushed by his father, retires from the marathon.

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports Rick Hoyt, 59, cited his health as the reason he would no longer participate. His father, Dick, died in March.https://nyti.ms/3oRw5x5

Goalball Teammates Set Paralympic Record for Longevity

By BY GWEN KNAPP AND CHANG W. LEE from NYT Sports Asya Miller and Lisa Czechowski, who have won three Paralympic medals as teammates, first competed together at the Sydney Games in 2000.https://nyti.ms/3zBIeZE

Goalball Teammates Set Paralympic Record for Longevity

By BY GWEN KNAPP AND CHANG W. LEE from NYT Sports Asya Miller and Lisa Czechowski, who have won three Paralympic medals as teammates, first competed together at the Sydney Games in 2000.https://nyti.ms/3gPcKaO

Why Lia Coryell, the Paralympic Archer, Is Still Here

By BY BEN SHPIGEL from NYT Sports She often questioned whether life with a debilitating disease was worth living. But then she found a purpose, and it goes way beyond shooting arrows at targets.https://nyti.ms/3yndomc

Why Lia Coryell, the Paralympic Archer, Is Still Here

By BY BEN SHPIGEL from NYT Sports She often questioned whether life with a debilitating disease was worth living. But then she found a purpose, and it goes way beyond shooting arrows at targets.https://nyti.ms/3DhArCf

Nothing Got in the Way of These Paralympians

By BY ERICA ACKERBERG AND AMY PADNANI from NYT Sports With the Paralympics underway in Tokyo, we’re remembering the lives of athletes with a variety of disabilities around the world who found freedom in their sports.https://nyti.ms/3klSlLF

Paralympics to Open With Empty Stands but a Bigger Stage

By BY GWEN KNAPP from NYT Sports Television exposure and new interest from sponsors are raising hopes that the Games can build on their momentum.https://nyti.ms/3gteOoV

Nick Springer, Paralympic Gold Medalist, Dies at 35

By BY RICHARD SANDOMIR from NYT Sports A quadruple amputee, he was a relentless defender on the United States’ wheelchair rugby team, which won a gold medal at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.https://nyti.ms/3tQQIJi

Dick Hoyt, Who Ran Marathons While Pushing His Son, Dies at 80

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports He finished more than a thousand road races with his son Rick, who was in a wheelchair. They were best known for competing in the Boston Marathon.https://nyti.ms/3rZAyMQ

Running Blind, and Running Free

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports A blind runner issued a challenge to technologists last year to find a way for him to run safely without a guide. They did.https://nyti.ms/3azeh2t

Travis Roy, Who Inspired Millions After a Hockey Tragedy, Dies at 45

By BY AZI PAYBARAH from NYT Sports After an awkward fall 11 seconds into his first Boston University game left him a quadriplegic, he dedicated his life to advocacy for similarly disabled people.https://nyti.ms/35L1A0K

Black Former N.F.L. Players Say Racial Bias Skews Concussion Payouts

By BY KEN BELSON from NYT Sports The players say doctors use two scales — one for Black athletes, one for white — to determine eligibility for dementia claims.https://nyti.ms/3j5yRbY

Angela Madsen, Paralympian Rower, Dies on Solo Pacific Voyage at 60

By BY KATHARINE Q. SEELYE from NYT Sports With her legs paralyzed, she found freedom rowing across oceans. “It’s hopeless, it’s majestic, it’s exhilarating,” she said.https://nyti.ms/2ZrzUKT

U.S.T.A. Reinstates U.S. Open Wheelchair Tournament

By Unknown Author from NYT Sports The tournament’s original framework released last week eliminated the competition, a decision many wheelchair players said had been made without consulting them.https://nyti.ms/2CzrhGs

Margaret Maughan, Medal-Winning Wheelchair Athlete, Dies at 91

By BY KATHARINE Q. SEELYE from NYT Sports Paralyzed from the waist down, she won gold in archery and swimming at the first Paralympic Games in 1960 and became an advocate of sports as therapy.https://nyti.ms/3eniftM

The ‘Disabled List’ in Baseball Gets Deactivated

By VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports The term “disabled list” goes back more than 100 years. But after objections from advocates for disabled people, Major League Baseball will now use the phrase “injured list.”https://nyti.ms/2E03KwK