Jeff King
Mar 12 2008, AP

Lance Mackey couldn’t shake four-time champion Jeff King and his faster team.So Mackey pulled off a stunt at the Elim checkpoint _ 123 miles from the Nome finish line _ that proved to be the turning point en route to winning his second consecutive...

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