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“Certainly yes,” said Jeff Miller, the NFL’s executive vice president for health and safety, when asked on Capitol Hill if football is linked to a degenerative brain disease.

In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, Dallas Seavey and his dog team came running down front to claim victory in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and he sat a new race record.

The first team to pull into the second to last checkpoint on the 1,000-mile trail was Dallas Seavey’s. Seavey said there was a point on the Yukon River when he wondered if he was even still in contention for a top finish.

Some are accusing race organizers of siding with corporate sponsors by placing a so-called gag order on mushers competing in the event. But even critics say that without those sponsor dollars, there might be no race at all.

Juneau took the lead from the opening tip-off and never looked back. Brief rallies by the Falcons brought the game to within 11 points, but a strong inside game by the Crimson Bears won the day.

Multiple dogs were injured Saturday morning after a snowmobiler repeatedly drove towards Aliy Zirkle, Jeff King and their teams. Nash, a 3-year-old male on King’s team, was killed in the attack.