Iditarod coverage

Iditarod strips musher of race finish for alleged pot use

Juneau musher Matt Giblin has been stripped of his 38th-place finish in the 2012 Iditarod after testing positive for THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. An appeals board says he must repay the $1,049 he earned for finishing.

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IDITAROD SLED DOG RACE

Six past champs sign up for Iditarod 2013

Seavey. Mackey. Baker. It was a day for champions Saturday at Iditarod Headquarters in Wasilla, where six past winners were among the 54 who signed up for the 2013 sled-dog race from Anchorage to Nome.
IDITAROD COVERAGE

Sled dog caught after 7 weeks on the run in Washington

For Smilla the Iditarod sled dog, the end of the trail didn't come on Nome's Front Street. It came Sunday in Fall City, Wash., where the skittish husky was captured after roaming loose for more seven weeks.
SLED DOG RACING

Evolution of the Iditarod

The changes in mushing affect the Iditarod at many levels. I would like to reflect on the evolution of running styles we have seen over the past 30-plus years.
SPORTS

Iditarod ends with Steves taking the Red Lantern

Jan Steves crossed the finish line at 2:57 a.m. Monday to snag this year's Red Lantern award and bring the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to a close.
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Iditarod begins with Redington Jr. out front

After Sunday's restart of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Willow, when racing begins in earnest, Ray Redington Jr. of Wasilla made it first through the first two checkpoints in the famed 975-mile race to Nome.
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'Demon' the sled dog kicked by moose on city trail, musher says

Zoya DeNure's lead dog "Demon," a reformed biter that we recently profiled in our "Meet the Sled Dogs" series, was injured Friday in a moose attack, the Gakona musher says. DeNure's racing sled was also damaged in the melee.
IDITAROD COVERAGE

On a roll: Kaiser wins first-ever Paul Johnson Memorial 450

Pete Kaiser of Bethel has won the first-ever Paul Johnson Memorial Norton Sound 450, the Norton Sound sled dog club says.
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A son replaces his father on the Iditarod Trail

Veteran musher Mike Williams has told Iditarod officials he is withdrawing from the race. It would have been the veteran musher's 15th Iditarod. Competing in his place: Williams' 26-year-old son, Mike Jr.
IDITAROD COVERAGE

Iditarod Trail will be a little tamer for this year's race

Feared by rookie mushers and respected by veterans, the Happy River Steps live in Iditarod Trail infamy as a place of busted sleds and broken bones. This year, for the first time, the Last Great Race will bypass the Steps.
ALASKA NEWSREADER

Iditarod legend Delia, 82, finally says goodbye to Skwentna

Even though Joe Delia officially retired as the Iditarod's Skwentna checker after the 1997 race, the checkpoint was still at his house -- and Delia was still to be seen doing Iditarod work unofficially. But after more than 50 years in Skwentna, Delia has finally moved to the city for good, ...