The New England Patriots' three star receivers couldn't make the big plays when they needed them. Neither could their superstar quarterback.

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MADRID -- Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title Monday and banned for two years after sport's highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping.

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Overflow on parts of the trail in the Yukon Quest sled dog race from Fairbanks to Whitehorse have mushers up to their knees in water.

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If a sound could define Sundays Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, it would be the clunking of mushers ice-covered boots walking through the checkpoints. Multiple spots of trail between Two R... ...

Mile 101 seems like a lonely place for a checkpoint, but that hasnt kept a handful of volunteers from returning for 10-plus years. Checkpoint manager Peter Kamper has spent 16 years working the are... ...

The old saying goes if you are not the lead dog, the view never changes. Musher Mark Ibsen counters that hed rather be on the sled so he doesnt have to run 12 mph. While preparing his dogs for a p... ...

UAA skiers dominated racing for a second day at Alyeska Ski Resort, with Alex Parker and Niko Harmanen winning state giant slalom championships Sunday in the final race of the…

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Dori Hollingsworth posted the fastest time for the third straight day to win the Raven Electric 10-dog championship at Tozier Track.

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Anchorage's Kikkan Randall continued to struggle from the aftereffects of the stomach flu, skiing to 25th place Sunday in a World Cup skiathlon in Rybinsk, Russia. She was one of…

Past the clever and impressive costumes, the mothers and daughters skiing sweetly together and the temptation of a silent auction, the deeper reason for the Alaska Ski for Women unfolded…

Hannah Boyer of Fairbanks and Jack Novak of Anchorage took the 10-kilometer titles and Anchorage skiers Lydia Blanchet and Thomas O'Harra claimed the 5-K titles Sunday in the final Besh…

Rachel Steer, who made her name for herself as an Olympic biathlete, was unarmed but still dangerous Sunday at the Alaska Ski for Women.

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Musher Brent Sass had the early lead Sunday on day two of the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Sass, of Fairbanks, was the first musher to leave the…

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Frozen boots weren't enough to dampen race leader Brent Sass' lead coming into checkpoint Mile 101. A clear night, moderate temperatures and brilliant aurora led the Fairbanks musher to the checkp... ...

For starters, lets get one thing straight: In the world of sled dog racing, no one says mush anymore when instructing the animals to get going across the snow. At Saturdays third annual running ... ...

Youd think most mushers prepping for the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race would be a little nervous before the start. Youd probably be right. This is the first race Ive ever been ... ...

The Circle District Historical Society Museum in Central, Alaska, houses several lovely old dog sleds, including some that would be familiar to most Alaskans basket sleds with runners. But one differ... ...

Anchorage skiers won five out of six age-group races Saturday in Fairbanks in the fifth Conoco Phillips Besh Cup race of the season.

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Next up for the UAA men's basketball team: A chance to avenge its last loss -- and a chance to claim first place in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

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Betty Osborn has been the secretary of the Golden Oldies senior bowling league for 20 years and the sport is a big part of her life, just as it is…

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Freshmen Sariaye Jensen and Morgan Cook delivered solid all-around performances Saturday to lead the UAA gymnastics team in a tri-meet at the University of Denver.

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Sled dogs enjoyed quicker conditions Saturday on the second day of the three-day Raven Electric 10-dog championships at Tozier Track, where packed trails made for faster runs than those recorded…

Dimond scored three goals in the second period to rally for a 5-3 victory over South in the championship game of the Cook Inlet Conference boys hockey tournament Saturday at…

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Jay Hakkinen of Kasilof was one of three Americans in the top 25 in a World Cup biathlon race Saturday in Oslo, Norway.

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UAA racers flexed their muscles Saturday in the Alyeska Cup giant slalom in Girdwood.

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Kikkan Randall skipped a World Cup cross-country race for the first time all season to recover from the flu, Holly Brooks raced for the first time in nearly a month…

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The top-ranked Dimond boys wrapped up a three-game road trip to Fairbanks by posting a 49-29 win against the Lathrop Malemutes Saturday afternoon at Lathrop.

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The Dimond Lynx outshot and outrebounded Wasilla to knock off the top-ranked Warriors 54-47 in the championship game of the Dimond Lady Lynx Prep Shootout, a 16-team girls basketball tournament…

Perfect conditions -- plentiful snow, blue skies, temperatures in the teens, negligible wind -- welcomed skiers on the first day of the UAA Invitational at Kincaid Park.

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When Service senior Jacob Lunsford won his first state wrestling championship Saturday, he did so emphatically with a pin in the closing seconds of the 138-pound final against Wasilla's Nate…

The eighth-ranked UAA women's basketball team needed a second-half comeback Saturday night to avoid a second straight loss on the road.

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Sophomore center Matt Bailey, held to just three goals in his first 20 games this season, scored twice Saturday night to lift UAA to a 3-2 Western Collegiate Hockey Association…

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What little separates the ECHL-leading Alaska Aces and the second-place overall Las Vegas Wranglers is thinner than a skate blade, as illustrated by the three-game series that wrapped with the…

Dogsled racers and fans converged on Marmora last weekend in search of a rare but coveted substance: snow. Mushers have been frustrated by this winter's wacky weather, with several races cancelled ... ...

Four-time champion Lance Mackey is on the hunt for his fifth win Saturday as the 2012 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race started today in downtown Fairbanks.

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The Annamaet Challenge Series Race #5 will be held this Sunday, Feb. 5th. We will once again use post entry rules for sign-ups with no additional post entry fee. In Challenge Series races post entries... ...

It may look like four-time Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race champion Lance Mackey is on the hunt for his fifth win, but not if you ask him. His goal? To start the race conservatively, rampin... ...

Julie saw right away that I was not on the approaching dog sled. She was at home waiting for my return from an eight-day trapline run. Her dogs had announced that my team was approaching, and when ... ...

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Laumua "Hamo'' Lesu won the heavyweight main event at Thursday Night at the Fights, stopping Shawn "Smiley'' Smally with a second-round knockout at the Egan Center.

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Battling relentless snow that made for slow conditions Friday at Tozier Track, Dori Hollingsworth mushed to the first-day victory in the Raven Electric 10-dog championships.

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Gabrielle Markel and Kevin Kelly prevailed as course conditions deteriorated but won in very different ways Friday to claim state slalom championships at the Alyeska Cup race series in Girdwood.

Fueled by Henry Yawit's hat trick, Service beat Chugiak 5-1 Friday at the McDonald Center to claim third place in the Cook Inlet Conference boys hockey championships. By doing so,

Hans Karlberg was money from long range Friday for Grace Christian, drilling four 3-pointers in the first quarter and finishing with six in his team's 61-45 victory over Cordova.

The top-ranked Wasilla Warriors made their free throws Friday to march into the championship game of the Dimond Lady Lynx Prep Shootout basketball tournament.

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Annie Rush scored a goal and an assist and Dimond-West racked its second straight tournament shutout Friday to grab the Cook Inlet Conference girls hockey championship.

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Nobody was more relieved to arrive at the state wrestling tournament than Caleb Pempek, a member of the defending state champion Wasilla team who totaled his truck Friday morning on…

And your final score Friday night from Sullivan Arena: J.T. Brown 4, UAA 1. The Seawolves sought to halt their longest losing streak this season, but Minnesota-Duluth's dynamic sophomore winger…

The special teams that have generally served the Alaska Aces so well this season proved their downfall Friday night in a 2-1 ECHL road loss to the Las Vegas Wranglers.

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Blayne Bud Streeper from Fort Nelson, British Columbia, is the winner of the 2012 International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR) with an overall time of 19:52.42. This is the fourth first-p... ...

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced today that they had closed a criminal investigation relating to cyclist Lance Armstrong, nearly two years after a grand jury began probing allegations of…

Iditarod officials plan to snip one of the most dangerous sections of the Last Great Race from this year's trail. For the first time, the race route will include a short detour bypassing the notorious... ...

Don't come to Anchorage's biggest Super Bowl party expecting to find beer, guacamole and big-screen TVs -- although you might find people there dressed as some of those things. The…

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After opening the Dimond Lady Lynx Prep Shootout with a 34-point win Wednesday, defending tournament champion Wasilla kept things rolling with a 73-33 win over Ketchikan on Thursday at Dimond…

Before this year's Yukon Quest start banquet, Allen Moore asked his wife, 2000 Yukon Quest champion Aliy Zirkle, if she could help him out a little. Last year he drew…

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The Seawolves put on a second-half show on Seattle Pacific's home court to make things close Thursday, but the Falcons did what they always do when UAA visits during the…

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Presumably, UAA and Minnesota-Duluth won't be caught napping this weekend at Sullivan Arena.

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The UAA men's basketball team knew Thursday night's game at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex was an important one against a tough Great Northwest Athletic Conference rival that already owned…

Wasilla will begin its defense of the Class 4A state wrestling title today at Bartlett High, where the best wrestlers from the state's largest schools will begin preliminary matches at…

Dimond wrapped up a sweep of the Cook Inlet Conference regular-season bowling team titles by winning its final matches of the season Thursday at Center Bowl.

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Dimond and South, which played an overtime thriller the last time they clashed, both won semifinals Thursday night to advance to Saturday night's championship showdown in the Cook Inlet Conference's…

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Jay Hakkinen of Kasilof was among three American men to score World Cup biathlon points Thursday in a sprint race in Oslo, Norway.

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Gabrielle Markel and Alex Erickson, a pair of Junior 1 racers for Alyeska Ski Club, won Thursday's weather-challenged slalom, the first of four races in the Alyeska Cup series in…

Kikkan Randall of Anchorage once again helped the U.S. Ski Team make history, although this time she wasn't the leader of the American squad on a cold and windy day…

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Jordan Kremyr's game-winning goal midway through the third period Thursday night earned the ECHL-leading Alaska Aces a 4-2 road victory against the Las Vegas Wranglers and snapped the Aces' season-worst,

Iditarod officials plan to snip one of the most dangerous sections of the Last Great Race from this year's trail. For the first time, the race route will include a…

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Aaron Peck from Grand Prairie, Alberta, posted the fastest time on Day Six of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR) with a time of 2:59:01. Running 12 dogs, Peck averaged 13.4 ... ...

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It's no longer "Colorado's Best Kept Secret." With the lack of snow in so many areas across the nation, the Grand Mesa has earned it's reputation as the quintessential winter playground of Colorado. ... ...

Before this years Yukon Quest start banquet, Allen Moore asked his wife, 2000 Yukon Quest champion Aliy Zirkle, if she could help him out a little. Last year he drew second to last, not his ideal choi... ...

An annual sled dog race in New Hampshire has been postponed as organizers wait for more snow. The Laconia Sled Dog Derby had been scheduled for the weekend of Feb. 10-12. The Citizen reports (ht... ...

Hardly any snow has fallen in the region this season, making life difficult for skiers and sledders. It's no picnic for dogs, either. South Jersey sled dogs depend on freezing weather to do what they... ...

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Backed by 20 points from Amu Aukusitino and 14 from Adam Klie, the Service boys basketball team used a second-half rally to beat Juneau 67-60 in a nonconference game at…

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The Service-East girls hockey team delivered a shocking result Wednesday, and it did it in stunning fashion. Fourth-seeded Service-East beat top-seeded South-Bartlett, 2-1, in the semifinals of the Cook Inlet…

The wins have piled up lately for the UAA men's and women's basketball teams, but for the success to continue the Seawolves will have to hurdle significant challenges this week…

Late free throws by Zach Lukan, Louis Page and Wade Ellis powered South to a thrilling 63-60 Cook Inlet Conference boys basketball victory Tuesday over East.

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Streeper Fastest in IPSSSDR Day Five Stage, Maintains Overall Lead Jackson, Wyoming February 1, 2012 Running 10 dogs, averaging 12.5 miles per hour, Blayne Buddy Streeper, from Fort Nelson, B.C.,... ...

Jason Weitzel is not about the spectacle of dog racing. He chose to run this years 2012 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race because its a quieter event. But the Two Rivers musher is stepping ou... ...

Cook County resident Odin Jorgenson won the Gunflint Mail Run sled dog race on Tuesday. The 120-mile race from Devil Track Lake to Gunflint Lake and back was organized after the annual 290-mile Joh... ...

The brittle cold of Dead Dog Flats is enough to make my parka crinkle as I ladle out the hot mixture of fat and tripe, chicken protein and kibble. One by one the dogs emerge from their houses and, by ... ...

They were high school sweethearts who also had this tremendous passion for animals, especially dogs. To that extent, they have extended their lives to the far west in Canada, Henderson Corner, clos... ...

Northland mushers can dust off their harnesses and start getting their dogs back in shape for the debut of a new sled dog race in Duluth. Thanks to one of the cancelled John Beargease marathon's bi... ...

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The Alaska Quake weren't able to figure out the San Diego Sol on Sunday, losing for the second straight day to the fourth-ranked team in the American Basketball Association.

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UAA senior Hanna Johansson was instrumental in two big home wins for the Seawolves last week, and her 40 points and 27 rebounds helped her earn Co-Player of the week…

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Snowboarders from Alaska are experiencing plenty of recent success, with Rosina Mancari and Allison Stassel both notching impressive finishes in snowboardcross events last weekend, and Ryan Stassel set to compete…

Five Dimond players scored in double figures Tuesday, with Ione Fischer and Sierra Afoa notching double-doubles in a 90-32 blowout of host Eagle River in a Cook Inlet Conference girls…

Ryden Hines' 29 points and 12 rebounds paced Dimond in a 69-44 Cook Inlet Conference boys basketball win over host Eagle River on Tuesday.

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Josh Smith became a hometown hockey hero Tuesday night in Eagle River when he scored 39 seconds into double overtime to give Chugiak High a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over East…

Hear ye, hear ye! Its time for the 2012 Yukon Quest, the epic 1,000-mile test of strength, willpower, and bootie warmth for 24 brave dog teams and their mushers. The race kicks off at 11am on Saturday... ...

Two sled dog races over the weekend battled subzero temperatures but managed to wrap up in fine fashion, with Cim Smyth winning the Tustumena 200 and Anjanette Steer breaking the tape in the Northern ... ...

Opportunities rarely come more splendid than the ones the Alaska Aces were afforded in overtime Tuesday night on the road against the Ontario Reign. Mark them down as opportunities squandered…

Streeper Posts Fastest IPSSSDR Day Four Time to Maintain Overall Lead Jackson, Wyoming January 31, 2012 Blayne Buddy Streeper from Fort Nelson, British Columbia, posted the fastest time on Day Fo... ...

The 2012 100-mile course of the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Races winner is Jenny Greger, a 16 year-old from Bozeman, Mont. Greger edged out Eagle Cap Extreme veteran Dee Ogden by 42 minutes with a ... ...

The 28th running of the Tustumena 200 sled dog race came to a close Monday morning when the final musher crossed the finish line in Kasilof. Bill Piccolo finished at 7:41 a.m. Monday, earning him t... ...

Sheep Mountains Anjanette Steer won the inaugural Northern Lights 300 on Sunday. Steer followed her team through the finish line at the Happy Trails Kennel in Big Lake at 12:50 p.m. to win the race. ... ...

This years Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race will be a learning experience for rookies Joar Leifseth Ulsom, Nikolay Ettyne and Michael Telpin in more ways than one. The three are racing as pa... ...

For the eighteenth year, the Kearney Dog Sled Races will take place in the beautiful Ontario Near-North tourist region of the Almaguin Highlands, just north of Muskoka, Ontario. This very popular annu... ...

Colleen Wallin grew up in Inver Grove Heights and moved to Two Harbors 22 years ago, where she trains and runs sled dogs with her husband. Monday afternoon, she was among the more than a dozen mushers... ...

What do you do when Minnesotas best-known sled dog race is derailed because Mother Nature doesnt hold up her end of the bargain? You improvise. Read more here: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/e... ...

Blayne Buddy Streeper won the third stage of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race on Monday, finishing the 38-mile run from Pinedale to Cora in 3 hours, 21 minutes and 51 seconds. Th... ...

While the top of Mt. Shasta is spectacularly blanketed in white, the trails below 6,000 feet on the north side of Mt. Shasta turned to mud by Jan. 25. The Siskiyou Sled Dog Races, which were schedu... ...

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The Alaska Ski for Women 4-K ski race will take place this Sunday at Kincaid Park. Funds raised go toward local charities to fight domestic abuse.

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Regular-season Cook Inlet Conference boys hockey champion Dimond predictably cruised past Bartlett in the opening round of the conference tournament Monday to seize a berth in the state championships, but…

The Grand Mesa Summit Challenge returned to the Valley this weekend. It's one of the highest dog sled races in North America, elevated at 10,300 feet. People from all over Colorado attended the rac... ...

Once Cim Smyth figured out a way to win the battle of the sexes, he found a way to come from behind, beat Jeff King and claim the title of the Tustumena 200 sled dog race Sunday on the Kenai Peninsula... ...

More than 100 dogs have been put to the test at the International Dog Sledding tournament in Belarus. The Siberian Huskies battled through below freezing temperatures to navigate around a four-kilo... ...

The Alaska Dog Mushers Association announced Sunday the prize money for this years championship limited class sled dog races. There are three limited class races in the championship series the Feb... ...

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Gabrielle Markel, a Junior 1 skier for Alyeska Ski Club, placed 28th in the slalom and a pair of Junior 2 skiers had top-40 results Sunday on the final day…

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Christian Taveau covered an eight-mile course at Tozier Track in 23 minutes, 28 seconds, on Sunday to claim the eight-dog class in the Norma Rasmussen Memorial point race sponsored by…

Dylan Watts and Becca Rorabaugh, who both ski on the APU Nordic Team, claimed the men's and women's 30-kilometer victories, respectively, in Sunday's Pia's Classic at Kincaid Park.

Girdwood's Keegan Messing slipped to seventh place after Sunday's freeskate at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif.

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It wasn't the mushers, or even the dogs, who had objections to almost 50 below zero temperatures. It was their trucks.

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If recent history holds, the top three seeds in the Cook Inlet Conference boys hockey tournament and the top seed in the girls tournament shouldn't have much trouble in their…

A tumble on the final jump cost Wasilla's Gregory Peck a gold medal Sunday at the Winter X Games, but Peck slid across the finish line in time to pocket…

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The Alaska Aces have been saddled with a three-game ECHL losing streak for just the second time this hockey season. The Stockton Thunder completed a three-game sweep of the visiting…

Cim Smyth came from behind to win the Tustumena 200 sled dog race today on the Kenai Peninsula, while up north in the Valley, Anjanette Steer claimed the Northern Lights…

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The frosted tips of Pam Rhodes bangs protruded from a small opening on her snug ski mask. A bitter cold didnt stop her and Steve Young from leaving Homer to witness their first sled dog race. The ... ...

It wasnt the mushers, or even the dogs, who had objections to almost 50 below zero temperatures on Saturday. It was their trucks. Read more: http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/17330467/article... ...

15 sleighs took part in the competitions. 4 dogs are carrying every sleigh. Such races are usually won by fast husky dogs, but big Malamutes also show good speed. Read more here: http://www.tvr.by/... ...

Almost 42,000 soldiers have been injured in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. The Wounded Warriors Project, a non-profit organization, has made it their mission to honor our A... ...

For many of the competitors in this years International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race, mushing is all in the family. And that goes for more than the lineage of the furry athletes. Of the 22 compe... ...

Jeff King and Dan Kaduce turned the Tustumena 200 into a dog fight Saturday night, their teams separated by one minute upon arrival at the halfway point at Freddie's Roadhouse in Ninilchik. King, driv... ...

The San Diego Sol showed why they are one of the American Basketball Association's top teams with a 130-91 win over the Alaska Quake on Saturday at Begich Middle School.

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A seemingly endless parade of Service wrestlers made their way to the championship mat Saturday at the Cook Inlet Conference tournament, where the Cougars participated in 11 of 14 finals…

The UAA women's basketball team won its fifth game in a row Saturday, crushing Central Washington 80-48 in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference game at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex.

The UAA men's basketball team will return home today as road scholars. The Seawolves downed Central Washington 82-65 behind Taylor Rohde's 31 points to claim their fourth straight victory, all…

UAA gets big credit for staging a comeback in dire circumstances Saturday night. And big demerits for putting itself in straits that required rallying.

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If you had seen her Saturday at Moose's Tooth, eating pizza and drinking beer, you probably never would have guessed that 5-foot-2 Angela Candage-Parra had just come from a gym…

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Janice Tower continued her dominance while Josh Chelf, a relative newcomer to bike racing, edged veteran racers John Lackey and Jamey Stull to claim victory Saturday in the third race…

On a fast track, in sub-zero temperatures, Alea Robinson guided her seven-dog team to first place in the eight-mile division of Junior Alaskan Sled Dog and Racing Association's points race…

All four Alaska women finished the first slalom of the Western Region Elite FIS Tech Series at Snowbird, Utah, on Saturday, despite a difficult course that knocked out more than…

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Callan Chythlook-Sifsof grabbed eighth place in women's snowboardcross Saturday at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo.

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Soldotna's Bree Mucha and Grace Christian's Daniel Serventi each claimed individual victories Friday at the Region III cross-country ski meet at Colony High, where the Grace Christian girls and Soldotna…

Chugiak's Isaac Lammers and South's Marion Woods were winners Saturday at a prep skiathlon at Kincaid Park. The Service boys claimed a team victory in the event, and Woods' win…

Annie Rush's third-period goal was a game-winner Saturday, giving the Dimond-West girls hockey team a 2-1 win over Chugiak-Eagle River in a Cook Inlet Conference game at the McDonald Center.

Five different players notched goals for South on Saturday, and the Wolverines slipped past Service 5-3 in a Cook Inlet Conference boys hockey game at Ben Boeke Arena.

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Kyla Dinkel's double-double and Alyssa Hutchins' 21 points spearheaded Wasilla's 52-29 romp over Kenai in a Saturday game at Wasilla.

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Jared Turner led 10 Colony scorers Saturday to propel the Knights to a 79-33 boys basketball victory over visiting Skyview.

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The Alaska Aces on Saturday night suffered a slight they have not endured in three months -- a second consecutive loss in regulation.

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His moves on the mat are so fluid and without hesitation, it's difficult to tell West High wrestler Paul Tandy is blind, his disability only becoming evident when the whistle…

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As mushers approached the starting line of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race on Town Square on Friday night, their dogs barks culminated in a frenzied crescendo. The dogs werent t... ...

Chukotka mushers Nikolay Ettyne and Mikhail Telpin together with Joar Ulsom are the Beringia team in the Yukon Quest. Here is the message from Camilla Porsild, their leader in organizer in Alaska. She... ...

When Service wrestler Stephen Ellis is preparing for a match, he walks around the gym like a predator stalking his prey, occasionally stopping to bounce on the balls of his…

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For the second day in a row, Gabrielle Markel of the Alyeska Ski Club led a group of Alaska skiers at the Western Region Elite FIS Tech Series in Park…

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Alex Jackstadt scored four goals, three of them in a row, and assisted on two others in East's 9-1 rout of West in Cook Inlet Conference hockey action Friday at…

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Keegan Messing of Girdwood skated to fifth place in the men's short program Friday night at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif.

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Anetelea Opetaia earned a three-round decision over Corderoe Gonzales in the main event at Thursday Night at the Fights.

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The Alaska Quake put their five-game winning streak on the line tonight in a game against the San Diego Sol, the fourth-ranked team in the 90-team American Basketball Association. Tipoff…

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Alaska surrendered a season-high three power-play goals and fell 6-3 to the Stockton Thunder in California.

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Kelly Rypkema knocked down six 3-pointers in the first half en route to a game-high 29 points that lifted Bartlett past Eagle River 59-51 in a Cook Inlet Conference game…

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Five players hit double figures Friday to lead Dimond to a narrow 71-67 victory over Service in a Cook Inlet Conference basketball game at Dimond.

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The Seawolves did not lack scoring chances Friday night, but they lacked scoring. No. 15-ranked Denver, though, showed UAA how to make the most of opportunities and generated a 4-2…

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Going into Thursday's Eagle Cap Extreme Dog Sled Race, 16 registered teams underwent final vet checks in Joseph and Enterprise, with dogs, mushers and fans alike already eagerly anticipating the trail... ...

A north-east musher has been forced to pull out of husky racings biggest event after his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. Wattie McDonald, of Craiggie Smithy, near Stonehaven, had been due to... ...

It was a difficult decision but it had to be made, says John Birrell of the Bootleg Sled Dog Races. "We are sad to say the Fourth Annual Bootleg Sled Dog Races are officially cancelled for 2012. Th... ...

In its 10th year the organizers of the Winter Games are trying to make this the biggest and best games yet. The 2012 Winter Games features three sled dog races on both Jan. 28 and 29, at Sunrise Park... ...

Some day, someone somewhere is going to open an assisted living facility for aging mushers and their dogs. When that happens, you can bet Ill be among the first to sign up for a room. Read more ... ...

While extreme snow and difficult terrain hampered Grand Fork's annual Rail Trail 200 Dog Sled Race -- Friday, Jan. 20 to Sunday, Jan. 22 -- two mushers came out on top. Steve Mullen of Clearwater, ... ...

A dog sled race considered one of the toughest on the European continent is under way in the northeastern Czech Republic. Almost 100 mushers from eight countries with some 500 dogs are competing in... ...

Running the dogs from Pete Kaisers dog yard, Bethel racer and Bogus 150 rookie Jen Peeks claimed first and a place in history by beating two time champion Lewis Pavila of Kwethluk by about 12 minutes ... ...

The "snow dancers" have evidently done their part. With three feet or more of new snow over these past two weekends, and more on the way, the sixth annual Grand Mesa Summit Challenge (formerly known a... ...

It was a bit of a blur the Mail Run weekend that is for organizers, volunteers, participants and competitors it was four days of virtually non-stop activity. But it was activity of the good-natured... ...

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Alexa Lindamood's 256 game led all bowlers and lifted the East girls to victory Thursday night during Cook Inlet Conference competition at Eagle River Bowl.

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Gabrielle Markel of the Alyeska Ski Club led a group of Alaska skiers on the first day of racing in the Western Region elite FIS tech series in Utah on…

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Tyler Thompson and Aaron Dunlap scored back-to-back goals in each of the first two periods Thursday to power Dimond past Service 8-4 in a Cook Inlet Conference hockey game at…

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Hanna Johansson dominated the boards to help the UAA women's basketball team dominate Northwest Nazarene 79-39 Thursday in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference game at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex.

Wasilla's powerhouse girls basketball team trounced Bartlett 68-19 behind a 16-point, 11-rebound performance by Alysha Devine and a 16-point effort by Alyssa Hutchins.

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In a barnburner between the state's two top-ranked boys basketball teams, Bartlett escaped from Wasilla with a 78-72 overtime victory Thursday night in Wasilla.

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The start of the high school football season may seem a long way off, but Jason Brewer and Daniel Esparza are have already started preparing for next fall. Both men…

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On an otherwise unrewarding road trip to start the second half of the season -- four games, four losses -- one thing UAA did splendidly was kill penalties.

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UAA's Hanna Johansson and Haley Holmstead both claim there is plenty of room for the women's basketball team to improve, but it was tough to find much fault in Thursday…

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Sure, winning the Cook Inlet Conference regular-season championship was mildly fulfilling -- and going 14-0-0 in league added to the modest hockey happiness -- but the Dimond boys seek the…

Lights-out shooting by sophomore Kyle Fossman carried the UAA men's basketball team to its third straight victory Thursday night, an 81-64 win in Nampa, Idaho, over Northwest Nazarene.

Iditarod highlights from the 1973 race, including winner, Red Lantern winner and other stats. Check back each day leading up to the 2012 Iditarod as we count down the last…

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Iditarod highlights from the 1974 race, including winner, Red Lantern winner and other stats. Check back each day leading up to the 2012 Iditarod as we count down the last…

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Iditarod highlights from the 1975 race, including winner, Red Lantern winner and other stats. Check back each day leading up to the 2012 Iditarod as we count down the last…

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What's happening in sports and recreation around Anchorage…

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Three players reached double figures in points for the Service girls basketball team Wednesday, and the Cougars defeated host South 51-41 in a Cook Inlet Conference game.

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Eagle River's Chris Parker hit a shot at the buzzer Wednesday, but the Wolves fell one point short in a 45-44 loss to visiting Palmer in a nonconference boys basketball…

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UAA's basketball teams will try to expand on recent success as they embark on the second half of Great Northwest Athletic Conference play this week, facing opponents they've already beaten…

Chugiak's Josh Smith notched a goal and three assists Wednesday, helping the Mustangs to a 6-1 Cook Inlet Conference win over West in a boys hockey game at Ben Boeke…

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This weekend promises up-close views of the fast-paced, howling excitement of sled dog racing. The Tustumena 200, a 200-mile race beginning and ending in Kasilof, has been altered so the 50-mile ma... ...

Volunteers are the staple for dog mushing check points along the trail, which includes Homer at McNeil Canyon School this weekend for the first time. For Kasilof resident James Banks, being a volun... ...