With 20 points and 13 rebounds, Kelsey Griffin of Eagle River produced her third double-double of the season for the Bendigo Spirit in Australia. This time it helped supply a 78-66 win over Melbourne to keep the defending league champion in second place at 9-3. Griffin has been a model of consistency for Bendigo over… Read more »
The New York Institute of Technology men’s basketball team enjoyed a rare blowout win, beating up Georgian Court 92-59 in NCAA D2 play. Freshman Iziah Sherman-Newsome of Anchorage had the best game of the season, but it wasn’t because of garbage time. The 6-foot-4 guard earned his second career start and logged season highs in… Read more »
Maybe some of the shine was scratched off the Miami Heat after the loss of key players, but Anchorage’s Mario Chalmers has sparkled as a bright spot this season. The seventh-year point guard is having his finest season since his rookie year and you could argue the Alaskan has made an early bid for team… Read more »
If we’ve learned anything over the last three years, Cody McKenzie of Cordova will win his next mixed martial arts fight. The 26-year-old has alternated wins and losses over his last seven fights since 2011, losing his last time out in October. McKenzie will take on Russian welterweight Beslan Isaev on the undercard of the… Read more »
On the football field, San Diego State University’s Jeff Overbaugh of Anchorage is flawless as a long snapper. He’s nearly perfect in the classroom as well. The junior Psychology major carries a cumulative 3.72 GPA and is scheduled to finish his undergraduate degree before his fourth year of school. That hard work was rewarded at… Read more »
Links to some of the news coverage around the Alaska on the Class of 2015 announcement: From the Alaska Dispatch News: Alaska Sports Hall of Fame honors trailblazers, trail runner, trail maker From KTUU: Alaska Sports Hall of Fame to welcome five new members in 2015 From KTVA: 3 Inducted into Alaska Sports Hall of Fame From… Read more »
Three athletes with remarkable resumes within their respective sports headline the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2015 announced at a press conference today. Olympic biathlete and Anchorage Nordic skiing pioneer Dick Mize, Ketchikan basketball icon John Brown and mountain running legend Nancy Pease will be the next inductees into the Hall. Soldotna’s Michaela… Read more »
ANCHORAGE – Three athletes with remarkable resumes within their respective sports were announced at a press conference today as members of the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2015. Olympic biathlete and Anchorage Nordic Skiing pioneer Dick Mize, Ketchikan basketball icon John Brown, and Mountain running legend Nancy Pease will be the next… Read more »
Alysa Horn of Kodiak doesn’t hold back on the basketball court. It’s a big reason why the former UAA star is now playing professionally in Germany, where she is the leading scorer for league-leading Osnabrück. She goes all out in life, too. Just look at her busy off-the-court schedule that includes coaching an under-11 team,… Read more »
He won’t be on the mountain, but Andrew Kurka of Palmer will be on your TV. The injured U.S. Paralympic Alpine Team skier told me he will be part of the ESPN broadcast team that will be announcing live at the X Games next month in Colorado. “I am very excited to be announcing at… Read more »
