Professional Sports

Night at Egan Center fights sets up rivals

Anchorage's Kilty "Krafty Kilty" Hardy has a reputation for putting on a show, and he didn't let the crowd down Thursday at the Egan Center.

Wasilla-based Predators take to football field in March

From coaching pre-teens playing their first game to running professional-level players through drills, coach Hans Deemer lives and breathes football. Now the lifelong football fanatic is leading a professional indoor football team whose home is the Menard Sports Center in Wasilla.

Familiar face will lead new Valley football team

Former Alaska Wild coach Hans Deemer on Monday said he left the Wild so he could focus on a dream -- starting an Indoor Football League franchise closer to his home in the Valley.

Gomez adjusts to life in Canada

Scott Gomez, the player who twice brought the Stanley Cup home to Anchorage, has spoken hockey very well from his youngest days growing up in Alaska. Now he is learning to say puck, stick and goal in French.

Eagle River bowler has talent to spare

Last year, Ron Mohr just wanted to prove he belonged on the Professional Bowling Association Senior Tour. This year, he dominated it.

Dust off the gloves

Taxi drivers, lumberjacks, dock workers and other amateur boxers with dreams of being the next Greg Haugen are still anxious to enter to the ring at Thursday Night at the Fights.

PRO FOOTBALL

Bowman could start for Bears

Former Bartlett High star Zack Bowman drops into a zone coverage for the Chicago Bears. One receiver cuts in front of the cornerback to his left. Another cuts to his right.

Eagle River bowler wins pro tourney

Eagle River's Ron Mohr is on a roll that could end with the former air traffic controller being named Player of the Year for the Professional Bowling Association's senior tour.

BOWLING

Rash eliminated in round of 16

Anchorage's Sean Rash fell 4-3 in match play competition to Texas' Chris Barnes on Wednesday in the round of 16 at the PBA Cheetah Championship at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Mich. Rash took home $3,400 for his performance.

Eagle River bowler Mohr falls in semis

Eagle River bowler Ron Mohr advanced to the semifinal round of the Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour's Lake County Open in Indiana before falling 221-177 Tuesday to eventual champion Mark Williams of Beaumont, Texas.

NHLers skate here tonight

Three Alaska hockey players from the National Hockey League will take the ice tonight at the Summer Elite Hockey League game at Subway Sports Centre.

Conklin nets deal with Blues

Fresh off his best NHL season, goaltender Ty Conklin of Anchorage did not lack suitors when the free-agent market opened Wednesday, and the St. Louis Blues snapped him up in a hockey heartbeat.

Blog: Woody on Hockey

Alaska NHL star Scott Gomez traded to Montreal

In nearly a decade as Alaska's most accomplished and highest-paid hockey player, Scott Gomez countless times has been the subject of trade speculation. Tuesday, when the playmaking center from Anchorage was gone fishing, the talk finally developed into something more than rumor.

Blog: Woody on Hockey

Hockey blog: From one pressure cooker to another

Sharks single out Alaskan

Rugged defenseman William Wrenn on Saturday became the fifth-highest NHL draft pick in Alaska hockey history, and the similarities between his career path and that of another elite blueliner from Anchorage are eerie.

Ron Mohr joins top PBA senior qualifiers

Eagle River bowler Ron Mohr easily made the cut Tuesday to join the top 32 qualifiers at the PBA Senior Mooresville Miller High Life Classic in North Carolina.

Dream is still on tap

A day after Alaska Dream owner Trey Davis announced the cancellation of his team's opening series and hinted he and the team might move in a different direction, it appears Davis is willing to give the American Basketball Association another shot.

Alaska Dream season opens with nightmare

Alaska's latest shot at professional basketball likely died when the Alaska Dream's opponent decided not to show for Monday's season opener at Sullivan Arena.

Dreams of a new franchise dashed

Ben Lawson is a die-hard basketball fan. He has attended nearly every Great Alaska Shootout, he followed the UAA Seawolves practically from the team's beginning in the late 1970s and he even watched Michael Jordan play for the Washington Wizards.

Alaska Dream season opens with nightmare

ABA's Dream unveiled at home opener

The American Basketball Association that tonight puts its new Anchorage franchise on display at Sullivan Arena isn't the same league that shook up the basketball world in the '60s and '70s -- the league that made stars out of Dr. J and the Iceman, helped usher the 3-pointer into existence and made Afros the era's coolest fashion statement.

NHL firsts for a pair of Alaskans

Tim Wallace of Anchorage today became the 13th Alaskan to play in the National Hockey League when he suited up for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a road game against the New Jersey Devils in Newark.

Blog: Woody on Hockey

13th Alaskan set to be on an NHL roster

Tim Wallace, 24, of Anchorage was promoted to the Pittsburgh Penguins Tuesday, which puts him on the brink of becoming the 13th Alaskan to skate in the world's best league.

Blog: Woody on Hockey

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Players hide, fear concussions

Washington Redskins kick returner Rock Cartwright remembers his brain "shaking like a bell" when he was walloped in a game against the New York Giants a few years ago. What Cartwright never did when the hit happened? He never told Washington's medical staff his head ached.

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