Husky News

One of the richest events for Alaska teenage athletes has a new sponsor and is set to hand out $13,000 in scholarships to the top five finishers as well as the winners of the humanitarian and sportsmanship awards. Read the rest of this entry »

Two-time defending Iditarod champion Lance Mackey opened his season with a loss on Sunday, finishing two minutes behind Jodi Bailey of Chatanika in the Two Rivers Dog Mushers Solstice 100 race. Read the rest of this entry »

Norwegian musher Kjetil Backen ended in ninth place as he arrived at Nome on Wednesday local time, completing the 1770 km Alaskan sled dog race Iditarod. Read the rest of this entry »

Sled-dog racing pundits said it couldn’t be done. Read the rest of this entry »

THE DOGS glided into town quietly. One minute everyone waited for them, the next minute they paced smoothly down Front Street and across the finish line. Read the rest of this entry »

The race for third place in this year’s Yukon Quest was close between Yukon musher Michelle Phillips and Alaskan David Dalton, with Dalton crossing the finish line 46 minutes ahead of Phillips in Whitehorse. Read the rest of this entry »

Defending Iditarod champion Lance Mackey won his fourth consecutive Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Not even a strong challenge from his next-door neighbor and a costly wrong turn could keep Lance Mackey out of the record books. Read the rest of this entry »

Defending champion departs final checkpoint 19 minutes ahead of steadfast Ken Anderson. Read the rest of this entry »

Not even a strong challenge from his next-door neighbor and a costly wrong turn could keep Lance Mackey out of the record books. Read the rest of this entry »

Yukon Quest winner Lance Mackey, right, congratulates Ken Anderson for his second place finish early Wednesday morning, Feb. 20, 2008, in Whitehorse, Yukon. Read the rest of this entry »

Two Fairbanks-area mushers are neck-and-neck heading into the final stretch of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »

Mackey, Anderson teams sprint toward finish of 1,600 kilometre dog sled race. Read the rest of this entry »

Next-door neighbors Lance Mackey and Ken Anderson of Fairbanks will pull out of the final checkpoint at Braeburn early this afternoon, beginning their final push to the finish line of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race 100 miles away. Read the rest of this entry »

Ken Anderson had already been mushing for 10 1/2 hours as he approached the McCabe Creek dog drop with Lance Mackey out of sight but hot on his tail. Read the rest of this entry »

Kelley Griffin can’t figure out how she’s in sixth place of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race with 250 miles to go. Read the rest of this entry »

After leaving the Scroggle Creek checkpoint early Monday morning, Roaring Fork Valley resident Bill Pinkham sat in 10th place in the Yukon Quest Dog Sled Race standings. Read the rest of this entry »

Yukon Quest veterinarian Nene Wolfe watches as Ken Anderson’s dog Bodra, right, enjoys a stretch after Anderson and his team pulled into Pelly Crossing minutes ahead of Lance Mackey. Read the rest of this entry »

In a moment of camaraderie among the tight competition, Yukon Quest front runners Lance Mackey and Ken Anderson agreed to rest together at Carmacks following a 160-kilometre run. Read the rest of this entry »

After an already long run, Ken Anderson surprised many by hardly stopping this morning at the McCabe Creek dog drop. Read the rest of this entry »