After winning a state title at Valdez High School and becoming an All-American at the University of Alaska Anchorage, Carl Arts enjoyed the kind of success where he hoped to play professionally. His first shot with the ABA’s Alaska Dream didn’t pan out. But he struck gold in Australia. Arts, 24, excelled in his rookie… Read more »

You may assume the mood at the summer biathlon world championships are a little more chill than the winter competition, but that’s just not the case. “World champs are world champs,” Kasilof’s Jay Hakkinen told the United States Olympic Committee Web site. Game on. Hakkinen, Anchorage’s Jeremy Teela and two other Americans will represent the… Read more »

Four years ago, Alaskan Michaela Hutchison made American history when she became the first girl to win a high school state championship against boys. These days she’s proving to be nearly unbeatable against women. Hutchison, of Soldotna, is a national champion for Oklahoma City University after winning the 121-pound weight class at last year’s Women’s… Read more »

Zack Bowman of Anchorage got his first NFL start with the Chicago Bears, collecting 7 tackles in a 17-14 overtime victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Bowman held his own, although many people wonder why Big Ben didn’t test the second-year cornerback more often. Nonetheless, he didn’t get burned, and he helped the Bears bagel the… Read more »

An injured Jessica Moore is marching on in the WNBA playoffs. The 6-foot-3 center from Palmer, who is playing despite a hyper-extended knee suffered less than a week ago, helped the Indiana Fever sweep the Washington Mystics in the best-of-3 semifinal series to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. The defense-minded Moore logged only 8… Read more »

Alaskan Geoff Roes is one of the most accomplished ultra-marathoners in the country, but even he walked away from this week’s Wasatch 100 shaking his head. And he won the race. The annual contest up and down the Wasatch Mountains in Utah lived up to its claim as “a premier run that will test the… Read more »

Anchorage’s Sarah Hibbert has always been ahead of the curve. She graduated a semester early from South High School. And now she’s playing a starring role for the University of Utah volleyball team as an underclassman. Hibbert, a 6-foot-1 outside hitter, leads her team in kills (129) despite ranking sixth in hitting percentage (.213), a… Read more »

This is totally random, but an obvious Duke fan robbed a bank in North Carolina wearing a Cleveland Cavaliers Trajan Langdon No. 21 jersey. It’s true It happened recently in the capital city of Raleigh when some dude all tatted up was captured on surveillance images holding up a SunTrust Bank. Police are still looking… Read more »

Uncle Sam wants Corey Cogdell. The Eagle River trap shooter will represent the red, white and blue at the 2010 World Championships next summer in Munich, Germany. Cogdell, 23, qualified for the senior women’s team based on scores from two major competitions, the 2009 USA Shooting National Championships and 2009 Fall Selection. Cogdell, the 2008… Read more »

With the top seed in the Eastern Conference already secured for this week’s WNBA playoffs, the Indiana Fever figured they would rest their starters and give the reserves extended playing time. It seemed to be a great opportunity for Alaskan Jessica Moore. But things didn’t turn out so well. The backup center from Palmer left… Read more »