Anchorage Daily News

PRO HOCKEY

Crabb becomes 12th Alaskan to reach NHL

Joey Crabb of Anchorage had spent a week with the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers while on his first promotion from the American Hockey League, and he began to wonder if he would ever make his debut in the world's best hockey league.

Anchorage skater makes NHL debut

Joey Crabb of Anchorage became the 12th Alaskan to play in the National Hockey League when he took the ice for the Atlanta Thrashers against the Nashville Predators on Friday.

PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL

Dream realized

And to think Carl Arts thought pro basketball would be his ticket south. Or east. Or west. Anywhere but north. But, no. He and the Alaska Dream open the season with an exhibition tournament at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks this weekend.

Another Alaskan is in NHL

New location, new team, new number -- center Nate Thompson of Anchorage has a new start on his hockey career, and it has landed him back in the NHL.

Anchorage’s Chalmers offered $2.3 million deal

How much respect has former Bartlett High standout Mario Chalmers earned in his first week with the Miami Heat? Despite being eligible to receive as little as the rookie minimum of $442,114 for a single season, Chalmers instead will be rewarded with a three-year package worth around $2.3 million.

Chalmers looks to be a quick study with Heat

Now, Mario Chalmers starts anew. Drafted 34th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves and subsequently traded to the Heat for two second-round picks and cash, the boyish-looking 6-foot-1 guard who grew up amid the long winters of Anchorage now heads to sultry South Beach. He expected to be a first-round selection — as did the Heat, who had him ranked 12th on their draft board — but both sides couldn’t be happier with the outcome.

Photos: Mario Chalmers

Alaskan leaves Penguins to join Wings

Ty Conklin, fresh off a fine season with the Pittsburgh Penguins, signed a one-year deal with Detroit, the club that beat the Penguins in the Stanley Cup Finals. Conklin’s deal is for $750,000, a 50-percent raise over the one-year, $500,000 gig he had with the Penguins.

Photos: Best of Ty Conklin

Blog: Woody on Hockey

Lightning pick honors Carle

Although promising defenseman David Carle of Anchorage announced the end of his hockey career this week because of a heart condition, the Tampa Bay Lightning nonetheless honored him Saturday by selecting him in the seventh and final round of the NHL draft.

Diagnosis cuts a hockey career short

Mario Chalmers leaves Kansas for NBA draft

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- After a series of workouts with NBA teams, former Bartlett High star Mario Chalmers has decided to skip his senior year at the University of Kansas and stay in the NBA draft.

Photos: Chalmers in action

Langdon signs new Euroleague contract

Less than a month after leading CSKA Moscow to its second Euroleague title in three years, former East High and Duke University basketball star Trajan Langdon signed a new contract that will keep him with the perennial powerhouse through at least the 2009-2010 season.

PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL

Former Service catcher demoted to Double A Montgomery

Former Service and American Legion Post 28 catcher Alex Jamieson was sent down to the Montgomery Biscuits this week after playing nine games for the Triple A Durham Bulls.

Former Bartlett star selected by Bears

Anchorage's Zack Bowman took a step toward joining an elite group of Alaskans on Sunday when he was selected in the fifth round of the NFL Draft.

Langdon thriving in Russia

Trajan Langdon is going back to the European Final Four. The former NBA player from Anchorage recently led his Russian professional basketball team, CSKA, into the semifinals of the Euroleague championship for the second straight season.

Wild to hold orientation

Alaska Wild, the Anchorage-based Arena Football2 League team that is expected to begin play next spring in Sullivan Arena, will hold player-orientation meetings Saturday and Sunday at Powerhouse Gym, located at 202 E. Northern Lights Blvd.

FOOTBALL

Wild to hold orientation

Alaska Wild, the Anchorage-based Arena Football2 League team that is expected to begin play next spring in Sullivan Arena, will hold player-orientation meetings Saturday and Sunday at Powerhouse Gym, located at 202 E. Northern Lights Blvd.

AF2 team will be called the Alaska Wild

Anchorage's new Arena Football2 League team has a name -- and it's a wild one. In a ceremony Friday afternoon at the Sheraton Anchorage hotel, the name Alaska Wild was unveiled as the name of the franchise that will play its home games on a remo

AF2 team will be called the Alaska Wild

Anchorage's new Arena Football2 League team has a name -- and it's a wild one. In a ceremony Friday afternoon at the Sheraton Anchorage hotel, the name Alaska Wild was unveiled as the name of the franchise that will play its home games on a remo