Danny Martin
UAF sports reporter
Call Danny at 907-459-7586.
Danny Martin has been a sports writer for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner since January 2003.
His primary beat is the University of the Alaska Fairbanks hockey team and he writes a weekly column, mostly about Alaskans who are student-athletes at colleges in the Lower 49.
He came to Fairbanks after a one-year stint as the sports editor of the Arlington Times, a weekly in Arlington, Wash.
Before that, he worked for six months (June to December 2001) as an advertising account executive for Augusta Magazine in Augusta, Ga., and spent 12 years (April 1989-June 2001) as a sports reporter for the Anchorage Daily News. He began his writing career as a sports writer for The Anchorage Times (May 1984-April 1989).
He worked at the Times while attending the University of Alaska Anchorage, from which he graduated in May 1989 with a bachelor's degree in Journalism and Public Communications.
He has also done freelance work for Faceoff.com of Don Mills, Ontario; USA Today; Sports Illustrated and the Augusta Focus of Augusta, Ga.
Martin, 49, and his wife Gina have two cats, Figaro and Bella.
Recent Stories
- Warm weather allows athletes to prepare for big meets ahead
- Sunday, May 11, 2008
- It seemed fitting that the last all-schools track and field meet of the regular season occurred at Lathrop High School on a 65-degree, sunny and windless Saturday. It was a stark contrast from three weeks ago, when the first meet took place at West Valley on a 30-degree, snowy and windy Friday afternoon.
- Eielson’s King finds triple jump just comes naturally
- Saturday, May 10, 2008
- Charles King was surprised by his first-place finish in the boys triple jump Friday afternoon in the all-schools track and field meet at Lathrop High School.
- Patrick states his case for Nanooks’ hockey job
- Friday, May 9, 2008
- The application process for the Alaska Nanooks head hockey coach position probably made Kevin Patrick — if he wasn’t already — a believer in second chances.
- Ferguson believes he’s the right man to lead his alma mater
- Thursday, May 8, 2008
- Dallas Ferguson said he thought the time was right to apply to be next head hockey coach of his alma mater.
- Nanooks add Yaremchuk
- Wednesday, May 7, 2008
- Nik Yaremchuk became the 13th player to join with the Alaska Nanooks for the upcoming season, signing a National Letter of Intent on Tuesday with the Central Collegiate Hockey Association program.
- Renfro signs on to build up Southern Utah volleyball team
- Wednesday, May 7, 2008
- It will be about 20 months before Southern Utah University plays a volleyball match.
- Lathrop, Eielson split prep baseball doubleheader
- Sunday, May 4, 2008
- The recent snowfalls in the Fairbanks area kept the Eielson Ravens from practicing on a baseball field.
- Ward learning the game as Grizzlies quarterback
- Sunday, May 4, 2008
- Damion Ward is gaining an education in being a quarterback in indoor football as much as he’s getting a starting opportunity for the expansion Fairbanks Grizzlies of the Intense Football League.
- Aspirations still high for Grizzlies
- Saturday, May 3, 2008
- The Fairbanks Grizzlies aren't salivating about the last-place, 0-6 record of the San Angelo (Texas) Stampede- Express. The Grizzlies don’t have 'W’s’ dancing in their heads for today’s 7:05 p.m. Intense Football League game at the Carlson Center.
- Hockey finalists remain unknown entities to most
- Saturday, May 3, 2008
- Yes, there are finalists for the Alaska Nanooks head hockey position. No, they have yet to be announced.