Someone Get That Fat Lady A Coat

We’re all well aware of the old axiom “It ain’t over ’till it’s over” and we know a lot can happen in the final stages of the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race, from broken sleds to dog team injuries to running into buffalo, but it appears that Jeff King is going to win his fourth […]

Good Grub For Gebhardt

Here is Iditarod musher Paul Gebhardt in Ruby, Alaska. He was the first to reach the checkpoint on the shores of the Yukon River and was rewarded with a gourmet meal and $3,500 in prize money. We certainly hope his dogs got something of equal value, like maybe a blanket or warm food.

Unfortunately for the […]

Baby, It’s Cold Outside

The front runners in the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race have reached the halfway point at Cripple, which is not as good of news as you might think. The Anchorage Daily News describes Cripple as a “slapped together collection of wall tents,” meanwhile temperatures in the interior of Alaska hovered around -30 degrees overnight and […]

You Can’t Roller Skate, Or Lead A Dog Team, Through A Buffalo Herd

The challenges of mushing in the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race include wind, bitter cold, and apparently buffalo. In a video clip posted on the official Iditarod site, Aliy Zirkle tells a harrowing tale of running into one of the wooly beasts along the trail. Her team came to dead stop and the buffalo threatened […]

A Mushing Report From Henrietta Pussycat

Meow meow Iditarod meow, Ophir, Alaska, meow, 474 miles meow meow. Doug Swingley meow meow first place meow, six hours meow meow DeeDee Jonrowe meow. Cim Smyth meow third place meow. Meow meow red lantern meow, Ben Valks meow. Meow meow Alaska meow cold meow meow. Dogs meow meow crazy meow!

Get Along Little Doggie

Has your pooch been a little more excited than usual the past couple of days? Maybe it’s because the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race finally got underway this weekend with the ceremonial start in downtown Anchorage on Saturday and the restart in Willow the following day. Now two days into the race, Doug Swingley leads […]

Going To The Dogs

Now that the Olympics and everything else is out of the way, we can finally focus our attention on the biggest event of the year. That’s right, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is set to begin in just four days, when more than 100 dog teams will pull out of Anchorage with much fanfare […]

Hey Deadspin, Stop Ripping Us Off!

Back on Wednesday, your faithful friends here are the Snark brought you the exciting news about Jeff King winning the Kusko 300 after the start of the dog sled race had been delayed due to bitterly cold weather. We also gave a link to a video so that you could see for yourself what 60 […]

King Wins K(almost)300

Jeff King was the big winner of the delayed and shortened Kuskokwim 300 this weekend, finishing in 35 hours and 43 minutes. The start of the race was pushed back from Friday due to extreme conditions, and the course was shortened by about 45 miles. It was King’s eighth victory in the Kusko. If you’re […]

Meet The Mushers: Paul Gebhardt

Here’s to commitment and stick-to-it-ivness. Paul, who is originally from headstrong Minnesota, ya know, is racing in his 10th consecutive Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race. That’s right, while you were smoking weed and listening to Stone Temple Pilots (don’t try and deny it), Paul was getting ready to start his first run in The Last […]