plain-spoken man loping along the course in a Bubba Gump hat, pale yellow shirt, red shorts, and striped crew socks—Forrest Gump. It was Lyszczak’s second year running Boston dressed as the ...

Up and down University Boulevard, through The Strip and past Bryant-Denny Stadium, "Forrest" runs by in red shorts, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. cap, and lush, flowing locks that may not be real.

For, in Carter’s backyard, shellacked by California sunlight, stood the familiar bench from “Forrest Gump.” In the 1994 classic, Tom Hanks ruminates about fate, resilience and providence ...