The Last Frontier's all-time best bowler, the grandfather of modern Alaska adventure and a Bush basketball star are headed to the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame. Sean Rash, Dick Griffith and Butch Lincoln will highlight the Class of 2026 inductions that will also include...
Dick Griffith, the grandfather of modern Alaska adventure, died in his sleep this week. He was 98. In his 50s, a thick shock of white hair crowned Dick's head. Many of us in our 20s hoped one day to be like him: Clint Eastwood in tennis shoes and a backpack. But by...
Fairbanks endurance athlete Tracie Curry was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after crushing the women's ski record in the 306-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational race from Knik to McGrath. She finished in 5 days, 22 hours, 8 minutes to slice more than a full day off the...
Anchorage swimmer Jordan Iverson was selected as our Alaska Athlete of the Week after crossing the English Channel last week to become the first known Alaskan to complete the Triple Crown of open-water marathon swimming. Iverson has now swam the 20.5-mile English...
For marathon swimmer Jordan Iverson of Anchorage, there’s no single way to mentally endure a 10-hour open-water swim. Sometimes she lets her mind wander. Sometimes she focuses on her form. And sometimes she plays with numbers. “I enjoy doing long division math in my...
For more than two weeks, Tyson Flaharty and Miron Golfman endured cold temperatures, high winds, plenty of bike pushing and a scary sea ice crossing while biking the Iditarod Trail Invitational. Their intentional tie after 16 days, 5 hours and 10 minutes was a...
An all-star lineup of Alaska athletes and adventurers shared some of their stories last week at the Anchorage Museum, wowing a sold-out crowd for the December installment of Trail Tales with cliffhangers, crevasse-hangers and paddle-hangers. Clint Helander of...
Sixteen-year-old Coby Marvin is half the age of Lars Arneson. And Marvin, understandably, is not nearly as accomplished as Arneson, a three-time overall winner of the Alaska Mountain Runners Grand Prix who has been racking up wins on trails and mountains for years. At...
A mother who resumed her track career while still breastfeeding, a musher who rescued a rival in the middle of nowhere and a runner who halted his race to help a teammate are among the finalists for the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame's Trajan Langdon Award. The award...
From the Iditarod Trail Invitational to the Lavaman Triathlon to the White Mountains 100, Alaskas excelled in multi-discipline events this past month. Here’s a round-up: The Iditarod Trail Invitational wrapped up on Monday when Takao Katada walked across Nome’s Burled...
Kinsey Loan struggled to stay warm as she pushed her fat bike with two flat tires on the Yentna River with the temperature around 25 below zero. Her rookie run in the Iditarod Trail Invitational, a 300-plus mile human-powered event from Knik to McGrath, had barely...