Iditarod musher declares innocence Two years after being booted from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race amid allegations of sexual misconduct, disgraced former champ Brent Sass from Eureka has offered his first […]
Bad boyfriend
Shrinking or sinking?
Can an ever smaller Iditarod survive? Fifteen years ago, I wrote a book titled “Graveyard of Dreams: Dashed Hopes and Shattered Aspirations Along Alaska’s Iditarod Trail” that the Iditarod refused to sell […]
Trouble again
Musher now banned on two continents Banned first by the now defunct Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race that once ran for 1,000 miles through the frozen heart of Alaska to Whitehorse, […]
Iditarod climax
Dallas Seavey grabs 6th win A controversial, 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ended somewhat predictably today with Dallas Seavey from Talkeetna, the musher with access to the biggest pool of Alaska […]
Bad decisions
Iditarod dog allowed to suffer for hours? Fans of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race were today arguing about whether it was fair The Last Great Race imposed a two-hour time penalty […]
Canine road kill
Machines are our friends until…. Outrage has followed the deaths of three more Alaska sled dogs hit by a motorized vehicle on the Denali Highway, but in many ways, the tragic […]
Rundown and dead
Update: Alaska State Troopers say they have now cited a 28-year-old Healy man on charges of “negligent driving” in connection with this collision. They say Austin Gibbs was charged after “a […]
Winner Wærner
Update: Wærner seals the deal for the QRILL Pet Mushing Team with a victory of more than five and half hours over three-time champ Mitch Seavey. Only months ago, the Iditarod […]
Dopey dogs
Alaska’s biggest sporting events have yet to hit the trail and already there is a doping controversy. This time it involves the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race from Fairbanks to […]
Peace on drugs
End of the trail, the Iditarod finish line in Nome/NPS photo The doping manual for the 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is now out. Gone is the “strict liability” rule that […]
