What had been rumored for days among those closest to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was confirmed today by the Iditarod Trail Committee, the musher with doped dogs in Nome at […]
Dallas Seavey
Musher protest
UPDATE: Almost 90 veteran, Iditarod mushers – some active, some retired – have now signed onto a statement calling on the Iditarod Trail Committee to reveal the name of a musher […]
Iditarod down
In the wake of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race’s first, publicly revealed doping case, the International Federation of Sleddog Sports has moved to distance itself from the globe’s premier sled-dog […]
Arctic Not?
As the Alaska Dispatch News – Alaska’s largest news organization – was collapsing into bankruptcy in August, owner Alice Rogoff left with her favorite plaything, a website she told friends would […]
No honor
Update: This story was updated to include Joar Leifseth Ulsom’s statement that he didn’t dope his dogs or any others. Just when you think things can’t get much worse for the Iditarod […]
Urine science
News analysis Do the dominate mushers in Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race know more about the 1,000-mile, ultramarathon’s first, high-profile, sled-dog doping case than has been publicly revealed? The question has […]
Idit-a-dope
The small and insular world of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was exploding Wednesday amid suggestions a saboteur might have been stalking the Nome finish line this March. There was […]
Fix the news
Commentary If you’re reading this and you have a social media account of some sort, you hold the power to change the news. So if you think journalism is broken […]
High on Iditarod
Update: This story has been updated with Iditarod doping protocols. Someone among the top-20 finishers in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race found a way to perk their dogs […]
Seavey’s problem
This is story has been updated Three-time and defending Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Mitch Seavey of Sterling appears to have used a prohibited substance on his dogs for […]
