by Harlow Robinson | Oct 30, 2025
On June 16, 1985, the Sunday editions of Anchorage’s two warring newspapers were uncharacteristically in sync. Both ran banner headlines about the U.S. Olympic Committee’s choice of Anchorage as its bid city to host the 1992 Winter Olympics. For the next few years,...
by Harlow Robinson | Oct 30, 2025
When Mario Chalmers of Anchorage was just a toddler, he was already preparing to take the big shot. At age 4, he used to sink game-winning baskets on a tiny basketball rim inside his eastside home while his parents counted down. Three … two … one, the shot...
by Harlow Robinson | Jun 27, 2024
Minutes before the first game of Scotty Gomez’s National Hockey League career, New Jersey Devils captain Scott Stevens wandered past a small room adjacent to the dressing room, then did a double-take to confirm the confounding sight he had glimpsed out of the corner...
by Natalie Osborne | Nov 21, 2023
When the unheralded UAA hockey team traveled to mighty Boston College for the opening round of the 1991 NCAA Championships, the Seawolves were considering little more than an appetizer for the Eagles. Turned out the underdog dined. The Seawolves engineered a sweep of...
by Natalie Osborne | Nov 21, 2023
Kikkan Randall was already a rock star as she stood at the start line for the women’s team sprint at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She was the most decorated cross-country skier in U.S. history, a three-time medalist at the World Championships, a 34-time medal-winner on...
