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by Alaska Sports Report | Jan 6, 2026 | Athlete of the Week, Nordic Skiing
During a busy week of racing in the Tour de Ski in Italy, Anchorage skier Gus Schumacher picked up the second victory of his World Cup career in a 5K race. The next day, he placed sixth in the pursuit race and then he wrapped things up by surviving the demanding Alpe... Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Jan 11, 2026 | Cover Story, Running
Sisters by blood, competitors at heart, the Ostrander sisters opened the year with fireworks at the Houston Half Marathon. Allie Ostrander covered the 13.1-mile course in a blistering 1 hour, 10 minutes and 8 seconds to finish 18th, lowering her own Alaska record in...Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Jan 9, 2026 | Nordic Skiing
Novie McCabe and Zanden McMullen added to the Alaska gold rush with wins Thursday at the U.S. National cross-country ski championships. Both won dramatic sprint finishes needed to decide the 20-kilometer, mass-start freestyle races at Mt. Van Hoevenberg in Lake... Read More
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by Van Williams | Jan 9, 2026 | Basketball
Two of the best ballers Alaska has to offer faced off in a Big Sky Conference game on Thursday, and Isaiah Moses and Patrick McMahon made The Last Frontier look good. Moses, of Anchorage, went for 24 points and had a hand in Eastern Washington’s final 10 points in a... Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Jan 12, 2026 | Cover Story, Figure Skating
Keegan Messing flipped for the crowd and the crowd flipped for him. But there will not be a third straight Winter Olympics for Alaska’s greatest figure skater. Messing — at age 33, and after a two-year retirement — placed fifth in the men’s singles competition last... Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Jan 9, 2026 | Cover Story, Hockey
Days away from his 21st birthday, Cole Frawner found himself in a hockey place he hadn’t been since he was a kid. The Anchorage Wolverines captain and local product had already bagged a pair of goals Thursday night. His team clung to a 4-3 advantage when his continued... Read More
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by Van Williams | Jan 11, 2026 | Basketball, Cover Story
Don’t let the glasses fool you. He doesn’t have a pocket protector, but Jayden Miranda is a pick-your-pocket playmaker who will steal your hoop dreams. And once he finds his rhythm on offense, the 5-foot-11 West Valley guard is as good as there is in Alaska. He went... Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Jan 6, 2026 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing
Nearly six years after winning a junior national title, Alaska’s Ari Endestad collected his first medal at the senior level Tuesday at the U.S. National Championships in New York. Endestad, a 25-year-old who grew up in Fairbanks and trains in Anchorage, grabbed the... Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Jan 11, 2026 | Cycling, Mountain Biking
A year after being cancelled because of snowless trails, the Frosty Bottom bike race returned Saturday amid a snowstorm that dumped several inches as fat bikers pedaled and pushed 43 miles through Anchorage. As you’d expect, the fresh and abundant snow meant slower... Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Jan 11, 2026 | Cover Story, Hockey
The empirical data likely doesn’t exist. However, let’s all agree a Cook Inlet Conference Saturday featuring two nonconference hockey games has probably never involved multiple pigeons flying around while also resting in the rafters and elsewhere inside of 52-year-old... Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Jan 9, 2026 | Mountain Running
Following a successful debut, the Kodiak Mountain Series — a three-day stage race — is slated to return for year two this summer. The series is the first of its kind in Alaska, involving three races on three mountains on three consecutive days. The courses combine for...Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Jan 10, 2026 | Nordic Skiing
A day after the U.S. National cross-country ski championship ended with a 20-kilometer race, skiers were back on the trails at New York’s Mt. Van Hoevenberg for a Super Tour sprint race. The results echoed those from the championships, a series of three races from...Read More
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by Van Williams | Jan 10, 2026 | Basketball, Prep Spotlight
There’s no question who the best player on the basketball court was on Friday night. He was the one taking over in the fourth quarter. Whether it was Barrow’s Alex Fruean cashing in on a four-point play or chasing down an opponent and blocking a shot off the...Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Jan 10, 2026 | Cover Story, Hockey
Facing the nation’s third-ranked team, Tyler Krivtsov performed like the best player on the Bob Johnson Rink for well more than 50% of the evening Friday in Madison, Wisc. Unfortunately for the UAA sophomore goaltender and the rest of the Seawolves, the Badgers showed...Read More
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by Van Williams | Jan 5, 2026 | Basketball, Cover Story
Playing in China, Ruthy Hebard of Fairbanks is a long way from home. But her game travels, so there’s always familiarity no matter what zip code. The sixth-year pro ranks among the league leaders in scoring (17.0), rebounding (12.0) and blocked shots (1.3) per game... Read More
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