by Doyle Woody | Apr 18, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
Drake Glover won’t get the postseason possession he undoubtedly wanted most – the President’s Cup as champion of the Southern Professional Hockey League – but he bagged a considerable consolation prize Wednesday. The 28-year-old forward from Anchorage, who led the...
by Van Williams | Apr 17, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
Linked by Alaska and connected by generational talent, the basketball careers of Alissa Pili and Ruthy Hebard have run parallel to each other for years. Both were three-time Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year selections and 2,000-point scorers in high school. Both...
by Van Williams | Apr 15, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
Alissa Pili’s day started at the Empire State Building and ended on Cloud 9 after she was selected eighth in Monday’s WNBA Draft in New York City. The two-time All-American out of the University of Utah became the fifth Alaskan to be drafted, the third to go in the...
by Arielle Himelbloom | Apr 15, 2024 | Cover Story, Running, Track and Field, UAA
Fairbanks’ Eliyah Dominique has been on fire this season. The Lane Community College freshman capped the weekend with three wins and currently leads the NWAC in the 200 and 400, with times of 21.90 and 48.80 seconds respectively, in addition to the 4×100. He also...
by Doyle Woody | Apr 15, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
Drake Glover of Anchorage won the Southern Professional Hockey League’s goal-scoring title with 33 markers to help lift his Birmingham Bulls to the President’s Cup as regular-season champions. The former Seawolves forward kept it up in the playoffs last week. His team...
by Van Williams | Apr 14, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
Let him cook. It took until the final game of the 82-game regular season, but the Charlotte Hornets finally fit 21-year-old JT Thor of Anchorage with a chef’s hat. Given space to operate on Sunday, he used that leeway to leverage his breakthrough NBA performance with...