Film about Kenny Sailors, who revolutionized girls basketball in Alaska, to stream Friday on Facebook
The documentary will stream for free on AARP’s Facebook page at 4 p.m. ADT.
Sports
With no one to play against, Mat-Su Miners end plans to field a baseball team in 2020
The Miners had hoped to stage a short season with the Anchorage Glacier Pilots.
8 UAA runners receive All-America honors despite cancellation of national championships
The NCAA decided to extend the honor to everyone who qualified for the 2020 indoor track and field championships.
Coaching award completes a postseason sweep of awards for Alaska Winter Stars
Coach Jan Buron was honored for the second straight year, and the fourth time overall, by U.S. Ski & Snowboard.
NHL abandons remainder of regular season, hopes for 24-team playoff
The NHL and the NHL Players’ Association must still figure out health and safety protocols and solve other issues if they’re going to have playoffs.
Ewing out of hospital after being treated for COVID-19
The 57-year-old Hall of Famer announced Friday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus and was being treated at a hospital.
One of Alaska’s best-ever high school sprinters never had her biggest moment to shine. But she’s not done showing what a girl from Delta Junction can do.
Hailey Williams, who won seven individual state championships before she was even a high school senior, missed her final year of competition due to the coronavirus closures. She plans to run for Duke University next.
Alabama Huntsville, ally of UAA and UAF, drops college hockey
Along with the two Alaska schools, Huntsville would have been one of three teams left behind in a planned exodus of WCHA teams after the 2020-21 season.
Alaska Baseball League cancels 2020 season, but Pilots and Miners may still play
The five-team league, founded in 1974, will skip this season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Alaska Run for Women will go on (and on and on) as an 8-day virtual event
Early interest has been strong, with nearly 900 girls and women already signed up.
At ‘Scotty’s House,’ two-time Stanley Cup winner Gomez will help you survive with laughter
The hockey star has posted a series of Instagram videos filmed while he was hunkered down in Anchorage.
Fake track season produces smoking time for ACS runner Tristian Merchant
Merchant, who will be a high school senior in the fall, broke the 9-minute mark in a 3,200-meter time trial at Bartlett High.
UAA basketball, volleyball teams will play fewer games in 2020-21 school year
The basketball teams can play as many as 22 regular-season games, and the volleyball team can schedule as many as 20 dates.
Anchorage snowboarder Rosie Mancari embraces her new normal, which looks more and more like her old normal
After rupturing both Achilles tendons at the 2018 Winter Olympics, nearly two years passed before Mancari returned to competition.
Alaska Winter Stars, APU’s Halvorsen collect national awards
Jan Buron’s Alaska Winter Stars ski club was named the top cross-country club in the nation, and APU’s Hannah Halvorsen won the Buddy Werner Award for leadership and sportsmanship.
The school gym wasn’t available, so Adrianna Proffitt has a front-yard signing ceremony
Proffitt, a Chugiak High skier, joins Prosser, a Dimond runner, and Glover, a Kodiak hockey player, in earning DI scholarships
Return to play or not? A thorny question for youth sports
A return to youth sports amid the coronavirus pandemic is fraught with questions, from the health of everyone who attends to the ethics of potentially putting children in harm’s way in the name of getting back to business.
A new heart gives ASAA administrator Isaiah Vreeman new freedom and new hope
Vreeman, who since 2014 has battled cancer and heart failure, received a new heart May 3.
NASCAR ready to fire up its engines Sunday, hoping to lead sports’ return from quarantine
NASCAR is banking on belief that barring fans, restricting garage access and monitoring participants’ health will add up to safe racing.
Professional soccer returns to Germany, in empty arenas but with the world watching
Players were warned to keep their emotions in check, and to desist from spitting, handshakes and hugging.