To many casual onlookers, the Iditarod is a weird curiosity. The famed sled-dog race, which begins this year on March 1, tasks mushers with trekking roughly 1,000 miles across the snowy Alaskan ...

Here is an audio primer to get you ready to follow Mansfield native Matthew Failor in the 2025 Iditarod Sled Dog Race across ...