Girl power on the ice, and on the mat. A basketball star who’s true to her school, and a cycling phenom who keeps schooling the competition. And an Alaska Winter Stars hat trick. Six people and one team are the winners of the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s 2026...
A barrier-breaking Kenai girls hockey team. A man who turned Sitka High into a baseball powerhouse. A Cantwell musher who ran the Iditarod months after her cancer diagnosis. Each is among a wide range of finalists for Alaska Sports Hall of Fame awards that honor those...
Three kinds of skiers, two wrestlers and a one-man wrecking crew are the finalists for the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s Pride of Alaska youth-division awards. The awards are presented annually to one boy and one girl selected as the top athletes from the past year....
The men vying for the 2026 Pride of Alaska Award as Alaska’s top adult athlete are a colorful bunch. Colorful as in gold, silver and bronze. The three finalists comprise a podium of excellence — Olympic gold-medal hockey player Jeremy Swayman of Anchorage, Olympic...
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...
A capacity crowd filled the Anchorage Museum on Thursday night, united by inspiration, words of wisdom and merriment in celebrating the lasting impact of Alaska’s current and former athletes. Nine people and two moments were recognized at the 17th annual Alaska Sports...
The blockbuster lineup of Mario Chalmers, Brandon Dubinsky and Alev Kelter will headline Thursday night’s Alaska Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The 7 p.m. ceremony is free and open to the public, and a capacity crowd is expected at the Anchorage Museum....
A Summer Olympics champion and a Winter X Games champion are among the seven winners of the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s 2025 Directors' Awards. Kristen Faulkner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, received the Pride of...
The six finalists for the 2025 Pride of Alaska men's and women's athlete of the year awards hit heights that left Alaskans bursting with pride. Three of them made history at the Summer Olympics, including two who left Paris with medals. One won a particularly long and...
Six teenagers representing seven sports are vying for the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s athlete of the year honors, all of them state champions and some of them national champions. One of them — Dimond quarterback Cayden Pili — resurrected a nearly dormant football...
Nine Alaskans — ranging from an 80-year-old runner from Anchorage to teenagers from Wrangell, Homer and Nome — are the finalists for three of the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s prestigious Directors Awards. Three youths and three adults are in the running for the Trajan...