Brent Sass Wins His 1st Iditarod Sled Dog Race Across Alaska

Brent Sass Wins His 1st Iditarod Sled Dog Race Across Alaska
Iditarod winner Brent Sass poses for photos with lead dogs Morello (L) and Slater in the finish chute of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska, on March 15, 2022. Anne Raup/Anchorage Daily News via AP
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Musher Brent Sass won the arduous Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska on Tuesday as his team of 11 dogs dashed off the Bering Sea ice through a crowd of fans in downtown Nome.

Sass mushed down Front Street and across the finish line just before 6 a.m.