
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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