Cancer Claims 4-Time Iditarod Champion Lance Mackey
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Lance Mackey, one of mushing’s most colorful and accomplished champions who also suffered from health and drug ...
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Lance Mackey, one of mushing’s most colorful and accomplished champions who also suffered from health and drug ...
Mackey overcame throat cancer in 2001 to win an unprecedented four straight championships, from 2007 through 2010.
Lance Mackey, one of mushing's most colorful and accomplished champions who also suffered from health and drug issues, has died
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Lance Mackey, one of mushing's most colorful and accomplished champions who also suffered from health and drug issues, has died.
Nathaniel Wilder / Reuters Bruce Linton's team races out of the chute during the official restart of the Iditarod Race in Willow, Alaska, on March 8, 2009. Al Grillo / Associated Press Left: Christine Williams, 2, of Akiak, Alaska, hugs Polar Bear, one of the dogs in the dog team of her father in 2000. Right: Two sled dogs wait for their turn to be looked over by a veterinarian at the Iditarod headquarters in 2002. Rob Stapleton / AP Raymee Redington of Knik, Alaska, looks over his gear to try to decide what to leave behind in Rainey Pass, Alaska, March 9, 1987. Many mushers feel that i...