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Moore happy to be back in playoffs (Basketball)

Three teams are tied atop the WNBA’s Eastern Conference with one game remaining in the regular season. Palmer’s Jessica Moore and the Indiana Fever are still in the hunt for a No. 1 seed, although they’ve already bagged the most important thing: a playoff berth. “We are really excited to be heading back into the… Read more »

Catching up with Corey Madden (Baseball)

With three out of the last four games being called off because of rain, Anchorage’s Corey Madden has had plenty of time of his hands. So is the life of a minor league baseball player. Madden, of East High fame, is a relief pitcher for the Jupiter Hammerheads, a Florida Marlins affiliate in the Class… Read more »

Players reflect on White’s impact (Basketball)

In case you’ve been living under a rock, legendary Anchorage high school basketball coach Chuck White decided to walk away from the prep game after 45 years to take an assistant coaching job at Adams State College in Colorado. There he will reunite with former player and assistant coach Louis Wilson. White, 68, won a… Read more »

White leaves Alaska for college ranks (Basketball)

After carving out one of the longest and most successful high school coaching careers of all-time, legendary Anchorage basketball figure Chuck White is finally going to college. White, of East High fame, has resigned from his post at West High to take an assistant coaching position at NCAA Division II Adams State in Colorado, where… Read more »

Bowman a Swami on the field (Football)

Anchorage’s Zack Bowman made a big play on Sunday Night Football, but it couldn’t save the depleted Chicago Bears. Bowman, of Bartlett High fame, snared his second career interception in the third quarter, yet the Bears lost 21-14 to the Atlanta Falcons. In a way, the Alaskan cornerback visualized picking off Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan… Read more »

Catching up with Preston Pollard (Skateboarding)

When Preston Pollard was growing up in Anchorage, most of his friends played basketball and football. But he was always on his skateboard. Skating has always been his passion, his first love. And nothing has changed. Today the 21-year-old Alaskan is on his board every day in sunny Los Angeles, where he is chasing his… Read more »

Catching up with Remy Martin (Football)

Sometimes Anchorage’s Remy Martin has to pinch himself, just to make sure he’s really a Pac-10 football player. You can’t blame him. It’s been a long road that started at West High and continued to Westhills Junior College before ending at Washington State University, a dream-come-true journey that’s been worth every bit of sweat and… Read more »

The real ‘Colledge Experience’ (Football)

If playing in the NFL doesn’t work out for Daryn Colledge, he definitely has a future in TV. The Green Bay Packers offensive lineman hosts a weekly online talk show called “The Colledge Experience,” in which he interviews teammates at different locations at Lambeau Field and broadcasts them on the team’s Web site. Topics range… Read more »