{
  "id": 2276440,
  "title": "Boulevard Race returns Sept. 20 with $25 entry fee, new 'Spokane rising' shirt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/boulevard-race-returns-sept-20-with-25-entry-fee-new-spokane-rising",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-21T02:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/boulevard-race-returns-sept-20-020100626.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The annual Boulevard Race will take place on September 20, featuring 13 DJs, bagpipes, beads, and doughnuts. The race will have a new shirt design, showcasing Spokane across the top with a rising sun. Jon Neill, the race director, praised the Great PNW and their printing team for completing the design in time for the announcement. To accommodate the recent Spokane wildfires, the entry fee has been reduced from $30 to $25, with the lower rate remaining in effect until the shirts sell out. The race, organized by the Community Cancer Fund, has raised $150,000 for the Andrew Rypien Pediatric Oncology Endowment and aims to reach 5,000 participants, up from 3,500 last year. The 4-mile race will be held on Sunday, September 20, at 10 a.m., through the University District.",
  "summary": "Aug. 20—A 4-mile Spokane road race featuring 13 DJs, bagpipes, beads and doughnuts unveiled its new shirt design Thursday. The Boulevard Race shirt puts \"Spokane\" across the top beneath a rising sun. Jon Neill, the director of the race, credited the Great PNW and its in-house Bison printing team with turning it around in time for Thursday's announcement. \"(There's nothing) more fitting than to ...",
  "key_points": [
    "Boulevard Race scheduled for September 20",
    "New shirt design features Spokane and rising sun",
    "Entry fee reduced to $25 due to wildfires"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The reduced entry fee and new shirt design aim to draw more participants to the Boulevard Race, now targeting 5,000 runners after last year's 3,500.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}