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Lance Mackey Wins Iditarod

By oddJoe ⋅ March 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Lance Mackey has done the near impossible, winning his second consecutive Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race. All hail the victor! I can’t wait for the coverage to begin on VERSUS next week when March Madness gets into full swing and I’ve totally forgotten about this. (Good planning you VERSUS frigtards!)
Not only has Mackey repeated as […]

Meet The Mushers 2008: Heather Siirtola

By oddJoe ⋅ February 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

A few people have asked me if I consider the Iditarod to be an extreme sport (or maybe it’s Xtreme Sport). I would say it is not because it does not involve indie pop music, people saying “dude,” or misspelling words to make it seem more “extreme.” (There are no sled dogz.) But I will […]

Meet The Mushers 2008: Rohn Buser

By oddJoe ⋅ February 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

So what do you do with your life when your dad is Martin Buser, world famous dog team leader and four-time Iditarod champion? Well, I suppose you could move to the lower 48 and try to blend in with the crowd, maybe take up the accounting trade or open a fruit stand. But how likely […]

Meet The Mushers 2008: Zoya DeNure

By oddJoe ⋅ February 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Most people who take part in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race have some kind of experience surviving in the outdoors, whether through previous adventures, living off the land in alaska, or military service. But rookie Zoya DeNure has something no one else has: runway experience.
Oh, you don’t think that the fashion runway can prepare […]

Meet The Mushers 2008: Rod Whaley

By oddJoe ⋅ February 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Can a good old boy from Tennessee overcome 1,100 miles of frozen Alaskan wilderness to finish the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race? When it’s master sergeant Rod Whaley, he can.
Whaley is a 24-year veteran of the National Guard, so he has the skills to survive in the harshest conditions. He’s a master-sergeant so he commands […]

Meet The Mushers 2008: Lance Mackey

By GibbyZee ⋅ February 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

As promised, here is the first of our however-many part series highlighting the competitors in this year’s running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. We begin with last year’s champion Lance Mackey.
The 2007 season was a good one for Mackey as he became the first person ever to win both the Yukon Quest and […]

North (Again) To Alaska

By GibbyZee ⋅ February 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Super Bowl is over and March Madness doesn’t begin for another month. The NBA and the NHL are still jockeying for playoff positions. We are surely sailing in the Horse Latitudes for sports fans, no?
One word: Iditarod.
Yes, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is set to begin its 36th running in about three weeks, […]

So long little doggie: The Iditarod is finally over

By oddJoe ⋅ March 21, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

After almost two and a half weeks of mushing, Ellen Halverson finally claimed the Red Lantern and brought the 2007 Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race to a close. Halverson, a native of North Dakota now living in Wasilla, Alaska, crossed the finish line in Nome at 2:56 local time this morning, making her total […]

Canine caning gets Ramy Brooks disqualified

By oddJoe ⋅ March 19, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

It appears that Ramy Brooks pulled a Bobby Knight during the final stages of the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race, beating his dogs when they refused to run. Unlike coach Knight, though, Broooks got himself disqualified from the race.
Witnesses told race officials that Brooks struck each member of his team with a stake used for […]

Smidt takes over in run for Red Lantern

By GibbyZee ⋅ March 18, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

We interrupt your regular programing of March Madness coverage to bring you an exciting update from the Iditarod trail.
Ellen Halverson, a strong candidate to win the Red Lantern award, has moved up from last place in the Last Great Race. She managed to pass fellow rookie Donald Smidt sometime during the night on the […]

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