‘Hard things are what’s cool about sport’: Gus Schumacher on a tough Olympics start
Anchorage's Gus Schumacher describes his experience of tough results while, meanwhile, his roommate was winning an Olympic medal.
BY Nathaniel HerzFeb 14, 2026
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Outside Olympic glamour, cross-country skiing’s Alaska-based broadcasters face late nights and solo calls
Kikkan Randall is one of the commentators who pulls graveyard shifts over the weekend to call races happening in Europe.
BY Nathaniel HerzFeb 7, 2026
A break — sort of — from Northern Journal’s regularly scheduled programming
An update from Italy.
BY Nathaniel HerzFeb 3, 2026