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03/16/11 Popular musher Lance Mackey pulled into Nome, Alaska, at 8:55 a.m. Wednesday, officially ending his 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race finishing in 16th place. "The top 15 guys and some of the ones behind me have been trying to...
03/15/11 John Baker became the Western Alaska native to win the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday morning, crossing the finish in Nome shortly before 10 a.m., in record time . Baker ran the 1,000-plus miles from Anchorage to Nome in approximately 8 days, 19 hours, and 46 minutes, breaking Martin Buser's record set in 2002 (8 days, 22 hours, 46 minutes), and ending Lance Mackey's streak of four ...
03/15/11 John Baker and his team of record-setting huskies claimed victory this morning in the 39th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, ending Lance Mackey's string of four victories and securing the first win by a Western Alaska musher.
03/15/11 Iditarod 2011 Won By First-Time Victor John Baker, Who Breaks Record in Process The 2011 Iditarod has now reached its end after over a week of action. After four-time champ Lance Mackey fell behind and out of the top ten, the field opened up for a new champion to make his mark. John Baker did just that. Not only was he the first Alaskan to win the Iditarod since 1976, but the 48-year old's time ...
03/15/11 To the sound of Native drummers and cheering fans, John Baker and his record-setting huskies claimed victory in the 39th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race this morning in Nome, ending Lance Mackey's string of four victories and securing the first win by a Western Alaska musher in the 1,000-mile race across Alaska.
03/14/11 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- John Baker of Kotzebue was first out of the Koyuk checkpoint early Monday, only 171 miles from the finish line at Nome in the 1,150-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race. He had arrived late Sunday night about 1 1/2 hours ahead of Hans Gatt of Whitehorse, Yukon, and Ramey Smyth of Willow. Defending four-time champion Lance Mackey of Fairbanks is 13th in the standings on the ...
03/14/11 Lance Mackey, who ran off an unprecedented string of four straight victories, said late Saturday he has no hope of catching race leaders John Baker and Ramey Smyth.
03/12/11 In the early morning darkness between on the trail to Shageluk, Lance Mackey saw a light bouncing in the distance. Turns out it was the headlamp of Martin Buser, who later said he nodded off dozens of times.
03/12/11 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Sebastian Schnuelle had the lead in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Friday, followed closely by Hans Gatt -- the runner-up last year behind Lance Mackey.
03/11/11 Sebastian Schnuelle had the lead in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Friday, followed closely by Hans Gatt -- the runner-up last year behind Lance Mackey.
03/11/11 The leaders in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race are more than half way through the 1,150-mile icy trek from Anchorage to Nome. The race website shows Hugh Neff of Tok was first out of the checkpoint early Friday at Shageluk -- 599 miles from Anchorage and 532 miles to Nome. He's followed by John Baker of Kotzebue and the winner of the last four Iditarods, Lance Mackey of Fairbanks.
03/10/11 Saturday March 5, 2011 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Lance Mackey has already achieved superstar status in the world of long-distance sled dog racing with four consecutive wins in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
03/09/11 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Defending champion Lance Mackey pulled into the checkpoint at Nikolai on Tuesday, two days into the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, and said a fifth victory doesn't appear promising
03/09/11 Defending champion Lance Mackey pulled into the checkpoint at Nikolai on Tuesday, two days into the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, and said a fifth victory doesn't appear promising. According to the Iditarod's official website, Mackey was carrying two dogs in his sled, and had just put a third dog back in the team after carrying it for a while.
03/08/11 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Defending champion Lance Mackey pulled into the checkpoint at Nikolai on Tuesday just two days into the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and said a fifth victory does not look promising.
03/07/11 Ray Redington Jr. of Wasilla is fifth, followed by defending champion Lance Mackey, who has dominated the Iditarod with four consecutive victories.
03/03/11 FILE - This March 18, 2009, file photo shows Lance Mackey with his lead dogs Larry, right, and Maple after crossing the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, in Nome, Alaska.Mackey looks at his life now, and thanks his dogs.
03/03/11 MARY PEMBERTON Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska When Lance Mackey looks around at his life now, he has to pinch himself. Then he thanks his dogs. The winner of four consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Races credits his dogs for bringing him across the finish line in Nome first and handing him fame and fortune Alaska-style. "I can't believe where we have come from in this short amount of time ...
01/11/11 Little in the background of Jake Berkowitz suggested the Minnesota transplant would be the racer to topple mushing maestro Lance Mackey in a major sled-dog race while, for good measure, shattering the race record.
01/10/11 A young and little-known musher from Chugiak pulled off one of the biggest sled-dog racing upsets in years this morning, topping mushing maestro Lance Mackey at the Copper Basin 300 sled dog race.
01/10/11 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A little-known musher beat Lance Mackey in the Copper Basin 300 - considered a tuneup for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in March. Jake Berkowitz, a 24-year-old from Chugia... | 
