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NCAA Hoops, The Iditarod And More

By oddJoe ⋅ March 17, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

If this was a really cool sports blog, we’d probably have a complete wrap up of all the college basketball games from yesterday. We would probably offer our expert analysis on Oregon’s chances after nearly losing to Miami of Ohio, or we’d roast #6 seed Notre Dame for falling to the mighty Eagles of Winthrop. […]

Lance Mackey: Doer of the impossible

By oddJoe ⋅ March 14, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Meet your 2007 Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race champion Lance Mackey, who crossed the finish line in Nome at 8:08 local time last night, a full two hours ahead of second-place finisher Paul Gebhardt. The Mackey rocket sled finished the grueling 1,150-mile race in just nine days, five hours, eight minutes, and 41 seconds. For […]

I hear there’s some big news in college basketball

By GibbyZee ⋅ March 11, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Yes, the college basketball tournament is finally upon us. CBS insists on calling it March Madness, even though it apparently hurts the feelings of the mentally ill. Mental illness is no laughing matter, you know. But I’m not here to battle for political correctness, because I think March Madness is an appropriate moniker for the […]

Buser gets well deserved meal

By oddJoe ⋅ March 10, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Martin Buser’s probably never had a meal this good, nor this deserved. The four-time Iditarod champion was the first musher to reach the Yukon River checkpoint, earning him a gourmet meal and a prize of $3,500. Said the veteran musher: “Pretty awesome.” Pretty awesome indeed, considering the couple mishaps Buser has suffered so far on […]

All Hail Lance Mackey

By oddJoe ⋅ March 8, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

After riding a rocket sled to win the Yukon Quest in record time a week or so ago, Lance Mackey was the first to reach the ghost town of Iditarod today, the halfway point of the 1,150 mile dog sled race to Nome.
Mackey picked up $3,000 in gold nuggets for setting the pace so far […]

Since you asked . . . the Iditarod is on

By oddJoe ⋅ March 6, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

In this week’s edition of “Since you asked,” the experts here at oddsnark will attempt to answer some reader questions about the Iditarod dog sled race which got off to its 35th running this past weekend.
Q: Is the Iditarod really “The Last Great Race”?
A: Well, let’s see. The teams race across 1,150 miles of open […]

Mackey rides rocket sled to win Quest

By oddJoe ⋅ February 24, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Top musher Lance Mackey arrived in Fairbanks, Alaska this past week to claim his third-consecutive victory in the Yukon Quest dog sled race. Even more impressive, Mackey completed the 1,600 kilometer race in 10 days and two and a half hours, shattering the previous record by 13 hours. (What, did he have a heat shield […]

It’s never too early to start thinking about dog sleds

By oddJoe ⋅ January 11, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

The holidays are over, college football is done, and the NFL playoffs are in full swing. That can only mean one thing: The Iditarod is just around the corner!
That’s right, boys and girls, The Last Great Race is in full-on preparation mode with 96 mushers already signed on to brave the elements and attempt to […]

Getting All Caught Up (Cause We’re Lazy Like That)

By oddJoe ⋅ June 15, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

You may have noticed some inactivity around these parts, but any rumors about oddsnark hanging around with Chris Henry getting underage girls liquored up are patently untrue! So here’s a quick look at some things you’ve already heard about and read about that we’ve been too, uh, busy to post on:
Ben Roethlisberger learned first […]

King Wins!

By oddJoe ⋅ March 15, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Three-time Iditarod champion Jeff King became four-time Iditarod champion Jeff King today as he crossed the finish line in Nome after nine days, 11 hours, and 11 minutes. He reached the town on the Bering Sea coast shortly after 1am local time, coving the final 77-mile leg from Safety in just over three hours. For […]