Iditarod faces its future With the departure of the ‘thought leader’ who promised to boost the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race by leveraging media like Michael Jordan and others did to become […]
Still great?
Iditarod record
Expedition musher trounces the field Update: And the wealthy geezer from Norway has become the first musher in history to break the Iditarod’s eight-day barrier, though the Iditarod standings don’t report […]
Yukon convergence
Iditarod races hit Ruby The winter, crossroad community of Ruby, Alaska – where the Iditarod Trail meets the frozen Yukon River – was a busy place today with Norway’s dynamic, […]
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 […]
Iditarod lost
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 […]
Dopes or doping?
Rookie musher disqualified for drug ideal for sabotage After decades of running an anti-doping program that never publicly revealed an Alaska musher doping dogs, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race says […]
It begins
Likely winner as unclear as future A resurgent Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a throwback to the Alaska of long ago, launched Saturday on the downtown streets of Anchorage normally devoted to […]
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 […]
Iditarod disaster
Worst lead-in to an Iditarod start in history A week away from the start of Alaska’s self-proclaimed “Last Great Race,” what began as an Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race trainwreck has […]
Troublesome secrets
Iditarod’s #metoo problem Update #2: The Alaska Department of Law this morning (2/22/2024) withdrew the charges against Eddie Burke Jr.. A department spokesman said a statement as to why would be forthcoming. […]
