by Natalie Osborne | Nov 21, 2023
The Yukon 800 Marathon is considered to be the world’s toughest riverboat race. The misfortunes are as memorable as the victories of the event which runs out and back from Fairbanks to Galena along the Chena, Tanana and Yukon rivers. Nature is rarely kind to the...
by Natalie Osborne | Nov 21, 2023
Near the turn of the century, Alaska School Activities Association officials decided their signature event, the high school state basketball championships, needed a proper moniker and a bit of a makeover. In 2001, March Madness Alaska was born, turning a decades-long...
by Natalie Osborne | Jun 5, 2019
Once a year on a Saturday in June, women and girls from across Alaska take over the Anchorage Football Stadium, ready to paint the town pink. They wear pink tutus, boas, tank tops, socks, shorts, hair — pink because that’s the color associated with breast cancer, and...
by Natalie Osborne | Oct 6, 2018
A moment of disappointment led to the development of the Arctic Winter Games, a biennial competition providing a forum where athletes from around the circumpolar North compete on their own terms and their own turf. In 1967, Team Yukon financial advisor Cal Miller and...
by Natalie Osborne | May 17, 2017
The Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship sled dog race was the Super Bowl of Anchorage sports long before there was an actual Super Bowl. Created the year after World War II ended, the Fur Rondy championship quickly gained popularity for its dramatic finishes, its...
