No ESPY for Mackey

There is no ESPY award for Mackey AGAIN this year. Scott Smiley, an Army captain blinded in Iraq who later went on to climb Mt. Ranier won the outdoor category. While there is no ESPY for Lance, there may be a Mackey movie in the future. Warner Bros and Disney have both expressed interest in his story.



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Vote for Lance

For the second year in a row dog musher Lance Mackey has been nominated for an ESPY award in the category of Best Outdoors Athlete. The ESPY Awards is an annual sports awards event created by ESPN for individual and team athletic achievement.



Last year Lance lost out to somebody, can't remember who. For two years in a row Lance has won both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod in the same year. If you would like to vote for Lance go to ESPN's ESPY Awards site. You have to sign in to vote but it only takes a few minutes and it is FREE.

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Thanks to Ish at Kodiak Konfidential for the heads up on the voting.

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You Have Got to be Kidding Me!!!!!

*cough* *cough* *gag* *sputter*

Sports Illustrated has decided that Lance Mackey is the second toughest athlete in the world. Second to who?

Tiger Freaking Woods!!!

WTF!?!?!?



Needless to say Alaskans are spitting nails. Even some in the golf world are stumped. Tim McDonald of Travel Golf stated in his blog "I used to live in Alaska. I covered the Iditarod, usually from a warm, dry place. Still, I ventured outside long enough to know that to drive a team of sled dogs 1,100 miles over some of the most hostile terrain on the planet and in weather that would kill aliens from Pluto requires a little more toughness than playing 72 holes of golf over four days."



Oh this definately looks more strenuous than mushing two one thousand mile races in one month. To quote one commenter on the Anchorage Daily News website....."Woods isn’t even tough enough to wear Mackey’s underwear."