By Gavin Kentch
I have some good news and some bad news about the “coverage” of last weekend’s epochal Loppet Cup races on a “broadly accessible” platform called “Outside Watch” that promised...
By Gavin Kentch
Gus Schumacher never stopped caring. In 2014 he was a novelty act, the 13-year-old jumping into the classic sprint qual at Spring Series, because it was here at home...
By Gavin Kentch
In April 2023, in connection with a pre-season press conference for the Loppet Cup, I asked Jessie Diggins to complete the sentence, “The Minneapolis World Cup stop will be...
By Gavin Kentch
After everything that was not a ski race — the waiting, and the planning, and the fundraising, and the ticket rush, and the snow woes, and the sudden last-minute...
By Gavin Kentch
Jessie Diggins is — bear with me here for my deeply controversial thesis statement — the most-covered, most popular, and most visible American cross-country skier of all time. She...
It is no exaggeration to say that claiming a World Cup start at home, or barring that at least in Canmore, is a season goal for virtually every top domestic skier...