ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A lack of snow in south-central Alaska has organizers of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race pondering whether to move the start of the gruelling 1,609-kilometre competition from Willow to Fairbanks.The event begins with a ceremonial start March 7 in Anchorage. Dog teams carrying passengers make a leisurely 17.7-kilometre run from downtown to an airstrip on the citys east side.Actual racing begins a day later and usually starts in Willow. The trail takes mushers and dogs through the Alaska Range, down the Yukon River and along the Bering Sea coast to the old gold rush town of Nome.Race organizers in 2003 moved the start of the race to Fairbanks on the north side of the Alaska Range because of low snow and poor trail conditions. They were criticized for not doing so last year.Norwegian musher Robert Sorlie, who won the race in 2005, survived a harrowing trip through the Dalzell Gorge and Farewell Burn in the Alaska Range.They should not send people out there. Its not safe, said Sorlie, a firefighter, while in Nikolai. Ive never been so scared before in my life.Race marshal Mark Nordman is watching current trail conditions closely, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported (http://bit.ly/15sCMKr). One big storm could change everything, he said.Plan A is going over the Alaska Range. Thats still what were working on, he said. And with the reception we had in 2003, we would hope Fairbanks would be excited if Plan B would need to happen.The Dalzell Gorge and the Farewell Burn need more snow, he said. There also might be open water on the Yukon River above Galena, Nordman said. From Unalakleet on the Bering Sea coast, theres a thin snowpack too, he said.Temperatures rose last year after the decision was made to use the traditional route, Nordman said.The Iditarod Trail Committee will decide in mid-February whether the race will follow its normal route or restart in Fairbanks. Lead time is needed because mushers drop off food at checkpoints and race officials must plan logistics, Nordman said.Theres pressure from locations along the traditional route to keep it, Nordman said.Cities and businesses along the traditional route want organizers to stick to the usual trail, Nordman said.When we dont come through a village, itll be a big hit, he said. But they all realize. They see it every day. Their travel is harder because of the lack of snow in some places.Nordman added his ultimate responsibility is to the dogs and mushers.___Information from: Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner, http://www.newsminer.com White Sox Jerseys China .com) - Eric Fehr and Marcus Johansson each registered a pair of goals, as Washington spoiled the head coaching debut of Peter Horachek by picking up a 6-2 victory in Toronto on Wednesday. Chicago White Sox Store . The St. Louis Cardinals were scheduled to arrive in Boston in time for a workout on Tuesday afternoon. Much of Mondays discussion focused on Bostons lineup considerations as the series progresses, specifically when the venue shifts to St. https://www.cheapwhitesox.com/. They kicked off the still-going trend of host cities winning the Grey Cup and sent Hall of Fame head coach Wally Buono to the front office a champion. Stitched White Sox Jerseys . -- Jonathan Vilmas season is over and his future on the football field is in doubt. White Sox Jerseys 2019 . The South Africa international, who rejoined the club last month on loan from Tottenham, opened the scoring in the sixth minute with a powerful shot into the roof of the net.MELBOURNE, Australia - Novak Djokovic began his quest for a fifth Australian Open title with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win over Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia in a first-round match Tuesday.Djokovic, who said he had flu symptoms on the weekend, showed no apparent signs of illness in dominating the 116th-ranked Bedene.Djokovic won his first major at the Australian Open in 2008 and theen for three years in a row from 2011 to 2013.dddddddddddd He was beaten in the quarterfinals last year by eventual champion Stan Warwinka, ending a streak of 14 consecutive semifinal appearances in majors and a 25-match winning streak in Melbourne.Bedene received treatment at the end of the third game of the third set for an apparent right hip injury. ' ' '