Pete Kaiser won his eighth Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race on Sunday with a patient, efficient run that brought him to the Bethel finish line 41 minutes ahead of Willow’s Matthew Failor on Sunday morning. With one more win, Kaiser can match Jeff King for the most wins at...
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Alaska’s Comeback Kid, Lance Mackey dies at 52 after second bout of lung cancer
Alaska lost a legend Wednesday with the passing of Lance Mackey. Known as the Comeback Kid, Mackey beat cancer and overcame odds and adversity throughout his life to have one of the most decorated careers in sled dog racing history. Through many ups and downs, Mackey...
Eureka musher Brent Sass perseveres for first Iditarod title
Led by 6-year-old lead dogs Slater and Morello, “old-school” musher Brent Sass of Eureka fulfilled his dream by winning the 50th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday morning. “We did it,” Sass said. “I’m happy for this dog team. Super, super, super proud. I asked a...
Brent Sass seizes Iditarod lead at midpoint with long run to Cripple
The gamble for Brent Sass wasn’t forging on Wednesday to the abandoned mining outpost of Cripple for his 24-hour break in the 50th Iditarod. The gamble was doing so in a single 77-mile push from Ophir instead of taking extra rest like Dallas Seavey and others. It...
A half century of Iditarod: The ‘Last Great Race’ celebrates a milestone
Martin Buser is signed up for his 39th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which at 1,000 miles and perhaps an average of 10 days at a time, means he has invested more than a year of his life standing on the back of sled runners mushing across the historic trail. This is...
Mushing roundup: Will Rhodes dethrones Nic Petit at Willow 300
Will Rhodes dethroned four-time defending champion Nic Petit by a mere seven minutes on Wednesday after coming from behind to pass him at the Willow 300. “Saw us, caught us, left us. Congrats Will!” Petit summarized on Facebook. According to live tracking at...
Kusko 300 Champ Peter Kaiser named Alaska Athlete of the Week
Pete Kaiser of Bethel was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after taking home the title in the Kuskokwim 300 sled dog race. It was Kaiser’s sixth Kuskokwim 300 win in the last eight years. He arrived at the Bethel finish line with the sixth fastest time in race...
Bethel’s Pete Kaiser earns his sixth Kusko 300 title
Pete Kaiser is a hard guy to beat on his home trails — but Matt Failor, Richie Diehl and several local mushers sure made the Bethel native work for his sixth Kuskokwim 300 title on Sunday morning. Kaiser arrived at the Bethel finish line with 11 of his 12 starting...
Brent Sass seizes first Copper Basin 300 with sizzling sub-zero run
Led by huskies Slater and Morello, Brent Sass slid across the Glennallen finish line Monday afternoon to claim his first Copper Basin 300 title. His face was mostly hidden by a fur-ruffed parka, although the temperature was a “balmy” minus 4 degrees, a relative heat...
Halfway home, lead pack locked in tight race as finish nears in frigid Copper Basin 300
More than halfway through a frigid Copper Basin 300, Brent Sass, Joar Ulsom and Paige Drobny were locked in a tight race Sunday evening in the first major mushing race of the season. Temperatures at Saturday morning’s start in Glennallen were about minus 35 Fahrenheit...
Iditarod champion Seavey wins men’s Pride of Alaska Award
Dallas Seavey’s five titles in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race are tied for the most of all-time. When it comes to the Pride of Alaska Award, though, he’s in a class all by himself. Seavey became the first two-time men’s Pride of Alaska Award winner after a vote by...