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by Beth Bragg | Aug 4, 2024 | Cover Story, Olympics
From Homer to Harvard to Silicon Valley to Paris to the top of the Olympic podium, Kristen Faulkner’s ride to glory has been exhilarating and eye-popping. Faulkner, 31, became an Olympic champion Sunday morning thanks to a late breakaway that turned into a solo ride...Read More
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by Van Williams | Aug 2, 2024 | Baseball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight
Service head coach Willie Paul hands out compliments like hugs; in other words, never. But in 2022, he labeled a skinny, baby-faced infielder as a can’t-miss prospect to keep an eye on. These days, you can’t keep your eyes off Rilen Niclai. Now that his big brother is...
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by Alaska Sports Report | Jul 30, 2024 | Athlete of the Week, Running
Meg Inokuma set a new women's record at the Resurrection Pass 100-miler in 20 hours, 52 minutes, earning Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. Inokuma, 44, won the race outright - finishing more than 4 hours ahead of the men's winner - and knocked 59 minutes off of Laura...Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Jul 30, 2024 | Cover Story, Olympics
Alev Kelter of Eagle River will leave Paris with the ultimate souvenir — an Olympic medal. Kelter and her U.S. teammates captured the bronze medal in women’s sevens rugby Tuesday with a dramatic 14-12 victory over Australia. With no time left on the clock, the...Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Aug 2, 2024 | Cover Story, Olympics
Sagen Maddalena won a shootoff with the reigning world champion to clinch the silver medal at the Summer Olympics early Friday morning, becoming the first U.S. shooter to win a medal in Paris — and the third former UAF shooter to claim a medal in Olympic history. A... Read More
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by Van Williams | Jul 31, 2024 | Baseball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight
Kolby Jensen has always been known as Tony Wylie’s grandson, but Wednesday night he made a name for himself in the kind of setting that made his grandfather a legend. Jensen etched his name in the record book in more ways than one as the right-hander pitched the...
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by Beth Bragg | Aug 3, 2024 | Cover Story, Olympics
Anchorage’s JT Thor and the South Sudan men’s basketball team made history but didn’t make the quarterfinals at the XXXIII Summer Olympics. South Sudan lost to a Nikola Jokic-led Serbia team on Saturday, 96-85, to finish out of the mix for the 8-team quarterfinals....Read More
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by Van Williams | Jul 30, 2024 | Baseball, Cover Story
The American Legion baseball state tournament has come down to the wire and teams face this scenario on Wednesday: Win and travel or lose and stay home. Regional qualifying berths are on the line at Mulcahy Stadium with semifinal matchups that will pit neighbor...Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Aug 4, 2024 | Cover Story, Olympics
Alaska is a winter-sports mecca. So how come we have more medals from the Summer Olympics than we do from the Winter Olympics? It’s not even close: With three medals claimed so far by Alaska athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Team Summer leads Team Winter in the...Read More
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