by Beth Bragg | Feb 23, 2026 | Cover Story, Olympics
Three Alaskans helped show the world that women are more than capable of racing 50 kilometers on cross-country skis Sunday on the final day of the Winter Olympics. For the first time in history, women raced 50 kilometers instead of 30 kilometers at the Olympics, part...
by Beth Bragg | Feb 21, 2026 | Cover Story, Olympics
Sometime overnight, Anchorage goaltender Jeremy Swayman will become an Olympic medalist. Whether he collects gold or silver depends on the outcome of the gold-medal men’s hockey match between Canada and the United States. Face-off is at 4:10 a.m. Alaska time....
by Beth Bragg | Feb 21, 2026 | Cover Story, Olympics
Hunter Wonders hurt everywhere. The Anchorage skier was one of 43 survivors of Saturday’s punishing 50-kilometer men’s classic race at the Winter Olympics, where Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo cemented his status as the greatest Winter Olympian in history. Wonders,...
by Beth Bragg | Feb 21, 2026 | Cover Story, Olympics
One of the enduring moments from the Milan Olympics will be the sight of super-skier Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway blazing up a steep hill on cross-country skis almost as if he was sprinting on a track oval. Another will be the sight of Anchorage’s Gus Schumacher...
by Beth Bragg | Feb 18, 2026 | Cover Story, Olympics
On the day Ben Ogden became the first American man in 50 years to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing, Gus Schumacher made a prediction. “Drought over. Here comes the rain!” he wrote on Instagram. Eight days later, the American men had another medal. On a...
by Beth Bragg | Feb 17, 2026 | Cover Story, Olympics
A few days ago on Instagram, Anchorage biathlete Maxime Germain lamented that his racing has been terrible at the Winter Olympics but his knitting projects are coming along nicely. Well, now he has a yarn to tell. Germain was part of a historic fifth-place finish for...
