WILLOW, Alaska - Mansfield native and current Alaska resident Matthew Failor calls competing with his dogs in sled dog racing "the ultimate freedom." Failor, a 2000 St. Peter's graduate ...

2020 Kuskokwim 300 Champion Pete Kaiser congratulates Matthew Failor on his second-place finish and finish line marriage proposal to Liz Failor on January 19, 2020 in Bethel, Alaska. (Katie Basile ...

WILLOW, ALASKA — Mansfield native Matt Failor completed the Iditarod in eighth place, achieving a Top 10 finish for the first time in his 12 years on the trail of the 1,000-mile race.

Veteran mushers expressed varying takeaways about the rookie makeup of the race. Willow's Matthew Failor, who has compiled a dozen Iditarod finishes, said he'd like to see more total mushers enter ...

But this year, not so much. “It doesn’t feel like Iditarod, because it’s so quiet,” said race veteran Matt Failor, who by early March is typically frantic, hosting family from out of state ...

NIKOLAI — Iditarod musher Matthew Failor put a little too much muscle into trying to cut a zip tie on his sled bag at the checkpoint here Tuesday, plunging the blade of his knife deep into the ...

“I just gets really spendy,” said veteran Matthew Failor. Yes, sled dog racing is pricey. This year only 33 teams are making the Iditarod work. That number is tied with a record low set in 202 ...

It’s just not among the fine arts, the degree Matt Failor earned at Ohio State in 2007. Instead of studying Picasso or Rembrandt, he monitors canine breeding patterns and structured diets.

Riley Dyche 12:54 p.m. March 15 12 days, 0 hours, 54 minutes, 38 seconds 11. Matthew Failor 7:37 p.m. March 15 12 days, 7 hours, 37 minutes, 22 seconds 12. Nicolas Petit 7:51 p.m. March 15 12 days ...