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by Van Williams | Jun 6, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
In need of a new men’s basketball coach the Nanooks dipped into their past to bring back Frank Ostanik, a lifelong Fairbanks resident and renowned figure who played for UAF in the early 1990s and coached the team from 2004 to 2007. Ostanik will return to the sideline...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Jun 10, 2024 | Cover Story, Running, Track and Field
In the space of six weeks since her return to the steeplechase following a three-year absence, Alaska Sports Hall of Famer Allie Ostrander has thrust herself into the conversation heading into the USA Track & Field Olympic Trials later this month. Ostrander, the...
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by Alaska Sports Report | Jun 4, 2024 | Athlete of the Week, Baseball
Service High baseball player Jake Rafferty shined with the bat and with his arm to earn our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. The senior pitched into the seventh inning and drove in two runs at the plate to help the Cougars beat Eagle River 5-1 to cap a 22-0-1 season...Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Jun 6, 2024 | Cover Story, Triathlon
Rebecca McKee has raced in more than 100 triathlons in seemingly in as many places, from Anchorage to Zell am See. In more than two decades of racing she has finished 17 full Ironmans of 140.6 miles and 43 half Ironmans of 70.3 miles, and she’s an age-group wonder in...Read More
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by Matias Saari | Jun 4, 2024 | Cover Story, Cycling, Mountain Biking
Catherine Rocchi of Anchorage didn’t need much rest after winning the 23-mile Potter Rabbit Roubaix bike race on Wednesday evening. Three days later, she increased the distance by claiming the 40-mile Green Lake Grinder gravel race Saturday morning on Joint Base...
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by Van Williams | Jun 3, 2024 | Baseball, Cover Story
Listen for it, and you can tell when Service slugger Coen Niclai is in the batter’s box compared to other high school players. “The ball sounds different off his bat,” said Service coach Willie Paul. You can also see it. Outfielders play no-doubles depth, shortstops...Read More
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by Matias Saari | Jun 3, 2024 | Cover Story, Mountain Running, Running
Josh Taylor of Wasilla earned the biggest win of his mountain running career by holding off defending champion Coby Marvin on Saturday at the Government Peak Climb. Taylor, 24, led by more than two minutes after climbing 3,800 vertical feet to the summit of the peak...
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by Doyle Woody | Jun 4, 2024 | Cover Story, Poker
The $29,660 in prize money Adam Hendrix earned in a World Series of Poker event Monday in Las Vegas was only a fraction of his windfall. That’s because the pro from Anchorage also seized a slew of bounties worth nearly $160K to give him close to $200K in the $1,000...Read More
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