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by Van Williams | Jul 11, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story
Anchorage’s JT Thor brought the thunder to last year’s NBA Summer League. This year he made it rain. The second-year NBA player buried a 23-foot jumper in sudden death to give the Charlotte Hornets an 89-86 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in a NBA Summer League....Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Jul 10, 2022 | Cover Story, Prep Spotlight, Track and Field
With the high school season in the rearview, many utilize the summer weeks to prepare for the upcoming athletic seasons. This fall, an array of prep track and field athletes will transition to the collegiate level, competing in NCAA DI, DII, DIII, and NAIA. For some,...
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by Alaska Sports Report | Jul 6, 2022 | Athlete of the Week, Mountain Running, Running
Two up-and-coming mountain runners made remarkable improvements over one year turned in outstanding performances in the 2022 Junior Mount Marathon race in Seward to earn Alaska Athlete of the Week co-winner honors. Rose Conway, 14, and Coby Marvin, 15, both made...
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by Matt Nevala | Jul 9, 2022 | Baseball, Cover Story
Even at a sprightly 17 and weeks away from the start of his senior year of high school, Carl Colavecchio remembered a few less-than-ideal baseball days of old. “When I was a freshman, we’d have practice and only five kids would show up,” said Colavecchio, a lanky left.....Read More
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by Van Williams | Jun 29, 2022 | Cover Story, Cycling, Mountain Biking
This being her first Tour Divide, Anchorage endurance cyclist Ana Jager set a target finish of 20 days in the 2,700-mile mountain bike marathon. She finished a full day earlier than expected. Jager this morning crossed the finish line in 19 days and 54 minutes to...
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by Van Williams | Jul 7, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story
Justinian Jessup of Nome isn’t trying to complicate his job for the Golden State Warriors. Just score, baby. The 2020 second-round draft pick is back with the Warriors for summer league, and he got off to good start at the California Classic summer league. The...
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by Matt Nevala | Jun 30, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey
Although Anchorage’s Jeremy Swayman never officially wore UAA hockey’s green-and-gold sweater, he doesn’t shy away from stating the Seawolves’ personal importance. He said as much Thursday morning. This came moments after the Boston Bruins goaltender nearly drove his...Read More
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by Van Williams | Jul 1, 2022 | Cover Story, Friday Flashback, Softball
Anchorage’s Lillian Bullock came out swinging with the North Carolina A&T State University softball team. She crushed 17 home runs and knocked in 56 RBIs in 60 games as a freshman in 2007 to earn first team all-league honors in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference....
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by Doyle Woody | Jul 4, 2022 | Cover Story, Mountain Running
As debuts go, Allie McLaughlin’s proved dynamite. The 31-year-old from Colorado Springs, Colo., crushed the field in her debut trip on Mount Marathon, and she crushed the women’s record too. McLaughlin, whose mountain-running pedigree is powerful, clocked 47 minutes,...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Jul 4, 2022 | Cover Story, Mountain Running
The reigning king of Mount Marathon is not dead – defending champ David Norris skipped the event because of injury – but the new King is an old King. Well, old king in the sense that Max King of Bend, Oregon, racked his second career victory on the 3,022-peak...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Jul 7, 2022 | Cover Story, Poker
Alaskans continue to cash in regularly two-thirds of the way through the staggering 102 events at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, with Anchorage pro Adam Hendrix pushing the pace. After cashing in the $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty No-Limit Hold ‘em event and...Read More
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by Van Williams | Jul 2, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story
Mareng Gatkuoth of Anchorage keyed a third-quarter run that carried South Sudan to a 75-61 victory over Tunisia at the FIBA World Cup African Nations qualifying tournament. Gatkuoth had a hand in eight points in the third quarter when South Sudan outscored the...Read More
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