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Alaska Wild

PRO FOOTBALL

Alaska Wild add four players to roster

Tui Alailefaleula and Bobby Dunbar are returning to play for the Alaska Wild, who also signed newcomers Kirk Hannan and Montel Massenburg, the team announced Wednesday.

PRO INDOOR FOOTBALL

Wild hire new coach

Before embarking on a fourth season of indoor football, the Alaska Wild already are on their eighth head coach with Saturday's announcement that Darnell Lee will take over the reins.

Wasilla will get an indoor football team next year

Indoor football is coming to Wasilla next year. Hans Deemer, former coach of the Alaska Wild, an indoor football team that began in Anchorage in 2007, heads up the Arctic Predators, which will be housed in the Menard Sports Center.

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Alaska Wild have new owner

A man whose son played for the Fairbanks Grizzlies last season is the new owner of the Alaska Wild football team, the team announced Thursday.

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James earns IFL award

Alaska Wild kick returner Demarcus James was named the Indoor Football League's special teams player of the year, it was announced Monday.

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Wild in search of investors

In a result that was all but predictable, the Alaska Wild -- a team beset by injuries and off-field distractions -- wrapped up a winless season Thursday night at Sullivan Arena with a loss to the Fairbanks Grizzles.

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Wild end season winless

The Alaska Wild punctuated their 0-14 season with a 54-25 loss to the Fairbanks Grizzlies on Thursday at Sullivan Arena.

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Fairbanks Grizzlies beat Wild 64-44 to grab playoff spot

Fairbanks' 64-44 victory over the winless Alaska Wild on Saturday secured the Grizzlies their first home playoff game in the team's two-year history.

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Raiders keep the Wild winless with 61-27 victory

In a battle between the No. 1 defensive team and the No. 19 defensive team in the 19-team Indoor Football League, the predictable thing happened Thursday at Sullivan Arena.

Winless Wild get whomped again

The more things change, the more they stay the same for the Alaska Wild.

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Wild fire head coach, hire Lynx's Rodriguez

Floyd Johnson lost more than football games as head coach of the Alaska Wild. An 0-8 record cost him his job.

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Billings hands Wild their worst loss of season

Coming off their fourth and final bye week of the season, the Alaska Wild might as well say bye-bye to the season.

Grizzlies deny Wild first victory on road

The Alaska Wild were oh-so close to snapping a 17-game losing streak on the road until the Fairbanks Grizzlies rallied in the fourth quarter to win Saturday's Indoor Football League game 58-49 at the Carlson Center.

Billings keeps Wild winless

The Alaska Wild took an 0-16 lifetime road record into the arena that is home to the top team in their division and left out with familiar results Saturday.

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Wild's McCrea to play in Finland

Charles McCrea, an all-purpose player for the Alaska Wild, has left the team to play for a Finnish outdoor football organization, according to Wild official Jeff Worthington.

Alaska is lone winless team in IFL

The Wild remained winless in five games with first-year coach Floyd Johnson after suffering their most lopsided loss of the season. The Wild are the Intense Football League's only winless team, according to the IFL's Web site. They sit last place team in the Pacific Division.

Winless Wild lose their fourth to Colorado Ice

The Alaska Wild are a professional indoor football team because their players get paid. But head coach Floyd Johnson really doesn't see it that way anymore. Not after Sunday's 38-19 loss to the Colorado Ice.

Wild chase first win again tonight at Sullivan

In search of their first win of the Indoor Football League season, the Alaska Wild begin a two-game home stand tonight at 5 when the Colorado Ice visit Sullivan Arena.

PRO FOOTBALL

James IFL's Player of the Week

Alaska Wild kick returning specialist Demarcus James was selected this week's Indoor Football League's Special Teams Award winner.

Wild fall on the road 52-33 against Maniacs

Different football field, but same somber result. The Alaska Wild remained winless in Indoor Football League action, falling to Maryland for the second straight week as the Maniacs served the Wild a 52-33 beat-down Saturday night.

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Wild tab Mason as new field general

The Alaska Wild's merry-go-round of quarterbacks this season has screeched to a halt. Coach Floyd Johnson on Thursday named Earl Mason, an inexperienced 27-year-old Alabama native, as his starting quarterback for Saturday's Indoor Football League road game against Maryland.

Local sports

Check out local sports and recreational events and submit your own to the web site.

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Tribute footage of Coombs

Take a look at some of the extreme skiing that earned Doug Coombs a place in the U.S. Ski Hall of Fame.

VIDEO

Women's soccer match turns violent

A BYU and New Mexico women's soccer match gets ugly when a New Mexico player begins taking out her frustration on her opponents.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Four downs: A case against punting

Pulaski Academy High School football coach Kevin Kelley works with his team in Little Rock, Ark., on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Virtually every time the Pulaski Academy Bruins face fourth down, the prep school team from Little Rock, Ark., goes for it. No matter the distance. And here's the thing _ the strategy works. Coach Kelley and his Bruins won the state championship in Arkansas' second-largest classification last season and did not punt.

Virtually every time the Pulaski Academy Bruins face fourth down, the prep school team from Little Rock, Ark., goes for it. No matter the distance. And here's the thing — the strategy works.

If you have sports scores or a question for the staff, please e-mail us at sports@adn.com.

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Alaska Aces

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Woody on Hockey

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Join the conversation about the Aces and Alaska hockey with Doyle Woody, who has covered the game for 27 years.

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Prep football

Check out images from high school football and flag football action throughout the season, and share your photos.

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Flag football

The Bartlett Golden Bears beat the Service Cougars 9-0 Aug. 26 to remain undefeated.

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Steel Bucket Relays

Dimond and West square off annually in the dual meet for the coveted steel bucket prizes for the year.

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Legion state championship

South High beat Fairbanks 13-3 to claim the crown, avenging a 15-5 loss to them a day earlier in the double-elimination tourney.

PHOTOS

Sadler's Alaska Challenge

The seven-day, eight-stage handcycle and wheelchair race was a full of long roads, harsh weather and bears.

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