Last Great Race again abandons historic trail So now it has come down to this: 20 miles of bad trail is enough to send the event that bills itself as the “Last […]
Iditarod lost
A quiet champ
Iditarod loses one of the good ones Nineteen-eighty-three Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champ Rick Mackey, who died this week at the age of 71, was the quiet man in the Mackey […]
Idit-a-fix
Evolution is a necessary part of survival With 10 percent of the teams in the 2024 Iditarod Sled Dog Race connected to the Seavey sled-dog dynasty for which 2024 champ Dallas […]
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 […]
Iditarod hellstorm
Update: This story has been updated to report a second dog death, which Iditarod was late to report on Sunday, and a 2024 death rate now significantly worse than the 10-year […]
Rabid fans
Who fuels Iditarod behavior? The greatest threat facing the survival of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race today is not the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA); […]
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 […]
Taking responsibility
Newsgroups claim credit for Sass dismissal Fans of 2022 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Brent Sass mad at the Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) and threatening to boycott the race because it […]
Iditarod collision
An Alaska moose with the hair on its back up and looking for a fight/Craig Medred photo Moose dead, one dog seriously injured The 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has only […]
Paper heroes
A hidden cost of journalistic fandom? With accusations of sexual assault swirling around a former champion of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race only days before the start of Alaska’s “Last Great […]
