by Beth Bragg | Oct 7, 2024 | Cover Story, Healthy Futures
A musher, a UFC fighter and a ninja warrior walk into a bar. OK, not a bar per se, more of a theater pub. The Bear Tooth Theatrepub, to be precise. On Thursday, Oct. 24, seven athletes and adventurers will gather on stage for AK Sports Shorts, an evening of...
by Beth Bragg | Aug 10, 2024 | Cover Story, Olympics
Forty years after she became Alaska’s first Olympic medalist, Kris Thorsness is back at the Summer Olympics. She’s 64 and her memories remain crisp of the day she became a gold medalist as a member of the U.S. women’s-8 rowing crew at the 1984 Los Angeles Games....
by Beth Bragg | Aug 7, 2024 | Cover Story, Olympics
Homer cyclist Kristen Faulkner of Homer captured another Olympic championship Wednesday morning in Paris to become Alaska’s first two-time gold medalist. Faulkner rode on the triumphant American team in the women’s team pursuit at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines...
by Beth Bragg | Aug 4, 2024 | Cover Story, Olympics
From Homer to Harvard to Silicon Valley to Paris to the top of the Olympic podium, Kristen Faulkner’s ride to glory has been exhilarating and eye-popping. Faulkner, 31, became an Olympic champion Sunday morning thanks to a late breakaway that turned into a solo ride...
by Beth Bragg | Aug 4, 2024 | Cover Story, Olympics
Alaska is a winter-sports mecca. So how come we have more medals from the Summer Olympics than we do from the Winter Olympics? It’s not even close: With three medals claimed so far by Alaska athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Team Summer leads Team Winter in the...
