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Naming flights after Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce isn't going to fix the airline industryThe airline industry seems to think it can distract the people. It thinks that it can divert our attention away from that horrifying social media video of deployed oxygen masks on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 because a portion of the jet detached and fell into the sky. My attention is still s...

Lydia Jacoby is what makes the Olympics specialLydia Jacoby personified what makes the Olympic Games so special. ...

Iditarod Leader Loses Race Lead After His Dogs QuitFrench musher Nicolas Petit and his dogs coasted into the Iditarod’s Unalakleet checkpoint yesterday morning with a healthy lead of over five hours. As Petit left the checkpoint and turned onto the Bering Sea coast for the final 200 miles of the race, his 14-mile lead probably felt like a dominant g...

MMA Announcer Fucks Up Fight Decision Not Once, But Twice In The Span Of 15 Seconds<em></em>

David Booker won a decision against Elijah Terrell last night at regional MMA event Alaska Fighting Championship 139, which was good news for him. The bad news was that he only learned that he’d won after riding a true emotional roller coaster. The announcer at last night’s fights pulled a rare doub...

Another Iditarod Means Another Dead Dog

Alaskan musher Katherine Keith had one of her sled dogs, Blonde, die during the Iditarod yesterday. Last year, one of her dogs died as well. Last year, five dogs died, and since the race began in 1973, over 150 dogs have died....

Two Pioneering Climbers Presumed Dead After Disappearing In The Alaskan Wilderness

Famed climbers Marc-Andre Leclerc and Ryan Johnson are presumed dead nine days after disappearing in Alaska’s Mendenhall ice field. The climbers were on an expedition to climb the Mendenhall Towers near Juneau, and were expected to be back in town March 7. The last time the pair sent was heard from ...

An Alaskan High School Football Player Let The Results Of A Bear Hunt Decide Where He'd Play In College

What’s your process for making a really tough decision? Do you flip a coin? Consult the wisdom of your parents? Maybe you make a spreadsheet. Chase Ferris of Palmer, Alaska had to decide between playing college football for the University of Mary or attending the University of Wyoming. So he went on...

Some Evil Idiot Attacked The Iditarod Frontrunners And Killed A Sled Dog (UPDATE)

There are some truly fucked up reports of snowmobile dog murder out of Alaska early this morning. ...