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 […]
Shrinking or sinking?
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, […]
$5.5 billion musher
New ‘spirit of the Iditarod’ Got a few hundred thousand dollars lying around that you’d like to spend? If so, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has a deal for you. Welcome […]
Iditarod downer
Feel good story torpedoed While reality TV star Jessie “Moose Killer” Holmes and his wolf pack were charging toward a first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race victory on Wednesday, race organizers were […]
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 […]
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 […]
Burke out, again
Iditarod musher DQed, reinstated, now bowing out The crazy lead-in to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race set to start in downtown Anchorage on Saturday took another strange turn today when 2023 […]
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 […]
Iditarod cuts Sass
Update: This story has been updated with Brent Sass’s statement that false accusations have been made to try to destroy his career. Disqualification unexplained, rumors abound Former Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race […]
Reckless deaths
Charges brought in dog deaths A professional snowmachine rider from Minnesota has been charged with reckless driving in connection with the death of three sled dogs and injuries to more in […]
