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What Do You Mean You Didn’t Watch The Iditarod In Its Entirety?
What Do You Mean You Didn’t Watch The Iditarod In Its Entirety?
Unless you’ve spent March in a cave, you know that the Iditarod wrapped up this morning and we’ve got a back-to-back champion. At 2:46am (6:46am Eastern) this morning Fairbanks native, Lance Mackey (pictured, on right) won the 1,100 mile race for the second consecutive year. Entirety Since we in the blogosphere are into the whole “instant history” thing, I ...
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I'm Going To See Some Actual Sports
Cousins of Ron Mexico — ... that knowledge as soon as it becomes available. Saturday we're going back to see the semifinals. Then, in the greatest of ironies, we'll miss the Tournament Finale on Sunday while we're in the car driving north. I'll probably be checking in with anything overly interesting over at The Big Lead where I've been allowed to come out during the week. Thus far I've taken that opportunity to opine on Dwyane Wade's season-ending injury and the Iditarod. Tomorrow: Something else you don't care about! Oh, Griz, I'll miss you ...

Lance Mackey, Uncommon Sportsman's prediction, has won the Iditarod
Uncommon Sportsman — ... Lance Mackey has won the Iditarod. The Big Lead wonders if this solidifies Mackey as the best musher ever. Considering his success at Yukon Quest as well, we'd say that he's definitely in the running. We said it at the start of the race and we'll say it again. If there's one thing ...

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