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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Cubs eradicated some playoff ghosts Sunday afternoon at the Kinplex. The Cubs beat the Okotoks Bisons 8-5 to win the second-round series 3-2, getting past the Bisons for the first time in the HJHL post-pandemic era. Entering the series, the Cubs had been eliminated by the Bisons in three of the [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Cubs will face the Okotoks Bisons on Sunday in a must-win Game 5. The Cubs were shutout 5-0 Saturday in Okotoks as the Bisons tied up the best-of-five, second-round series at 2-2. The Cubs carried a 2-1 lead into Okotoks on after scoring five unanswered goals Friday at the [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Tigers cashed in on an overtime win Saturday night. After allowing three unanswered Lethbridge goals, Tiger captain Bryce Pickford scored with 17 seconds left in overtime to beat the Hurricanes 4-3. Saturday’s contest was the second for Pickford after missing 10 games with injury, returning for Friday’s 3-0 win in Lethbridge. [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The U13 Female A Alberta Provincial Championship will be hosted by the Medicine Hat Minor Hockey Association at the Irvine Sports Complex from Mar.19-22. Amanda Black , director of Female Hockey MHMH, explains, “Hockey Alberta accepts bids for associations to put in a bid to host provincials. This year a notification was sent out [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Cubs grabbed a lead in their second-round series in dramatic fashion Friday night. A four-goal second period erased a 3-1 Okotoks lead as the Cubs beat the Bisons 6-3 at the Kinplex for a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five second-round series. The Bisons opened the series with a 4-0 win Feb. [...] Read More »

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Torino has fired Marco Baroni and immediately named Roberto D’Aversa as the new coach of the Serie A club. Baroni was axed after Torino lost at Genoa 3-0 on Sunday, a fourth straight winless match in all competitions. Torino played the entire second half with 10 men. Torino sits 15th in [...] Read More »

Inter Milan must overturn a two-goal deficit against Bodø/Glimt in Tuesday’s Champions League playoff if it is to avoid becoming the latest giant to be cut down by the tiny Norwegian team. Bodø/Glimt leads 3-1 after the first leg and has its sights on the round of 16. Inter — a beaten finalist in two [...] Read More »

HOUSTON (AP) — Rockets forward Kevin Durant will be less than two months shy of his 40th birthday when the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics begin, but he said Monday night he told USA Basketball Managing Director Grant Hill he’d like to be considered for the U.S. men’s team when the time comes. “I didn’t want [...] Read More »

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Mikko Rantanen will miss at least one game for the Dallas Stars after returning from the Olympics, where he didn’t play in Finland’s win over Slovakia for the bronze medal because of a lower-body injury. Dallas coach Glen Gulutzan had said after practice Monday that he wouldn’t expect Rantanen to play [...] Read More »

Spring training exhibition games have begun in Major League Baseball. Here’s a selection of photos curated by AP photo editors. ___ AP photography: https://apnews.com/photography Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews The Associated Press[...] Read More »