Billionaire musher hangs tough Billionaire “Expedition Musher” Kjelle Røkke put down his marker as one of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race’s top dogs in 2026 by leading the field of 36 […]
Top dog
Dog saved
Iditarod PR badly, badly botched The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, an event that claims to be “all about the dogs,” this week disqualified a musher who was all about the dogs, […]
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. […]
Playing favorites?
A news analysis UPDATE: The “official” standings for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race are now posted online and show Mille Porsild finishing in Nome at 13:05:00 on March 16 with Michelle Phillips […]
Dog care victims
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which publicly proclaims itself to be “All About the Dogs,” has quietly penalized two top female mushers for being all about the dogs. One of […]
Good-bye Gold Loop
The “Gold Loop Trail” especially planned for the pandemic-plagued Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race of 2021 is no more thanks to another body blow from Mother Nature. Iditarod Race Marshall Mark Nordman […]
Mean mother
With more dog mushers needing rescue on Friday and some competitors in the muscle-powered Iditarod Trail Invitational (ITI) pulled off the route, 2020 will go down as the year Mother Nature bit […]
New age-old
Update: This story was revised on March 26, 2019 to reflect the findings of a gross necropsy on the dog that died in the Iditarod. When Richie Beattie’s dog Oshi died […]
End of an era
The sizzle and fizzle of Stan Hooley’s Iditarod legacy
A tale of trouble
Never before has the 49th state’s biggest sporting stumbled toward its early March start surrounded by so much controversy and disarray. With CBS Sports nationally headlining that “Alaska’s Iditarod sled dog […]
