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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Mavericks will have another familiar face behind the plate this season. The Mavs announced Monday catcher Nate King will return for his second season in the WCBL. King debuted in the WBCL last season, playing in 29 regular season games with 25 hits, two home runs, 20 RBIs and a .287 [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat College women’s hockey team picked up a win in the last weekend of regular season play. The Rattlers hosted the Olds College Broncos this weekend, winning 3-2 in a shootout Friday before losing 2-1 Saturday. In Friday’s win, Mya Girard and Sienna Vieira each scored and Sarah Shields made 25 saves. [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers took more than wins over the weekend. The Tigers shut out the Lethbridge Hurricanes 3-0 on the road Friday, and after jumping out to a 3-0 lead Saturday back at home, saw their Highway 3 rivals tie a game that Bryce Pickford ultimately won in overtime. Saturday’s 4-3 OT win [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb After years of seeing their playoff hopes stamped out by the Okotoks Bisons, the Medicine Hat Cubs have finally outlasted the herd. The Cubs won 8-5 Sunday at the Kinplex to take Game 5 and win the second-round series over the Bisons 3-2. Medicine Hat had been eliminated by the Bisons in three of [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat-raised Amy Fraser competed on the final day of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games Winter Olympics. Fraser, raised in the Hat and a Crescent Heights High School Grade 2012 French Immersion alumni, finished fourth in the Freestyle Skiing Women’s Freeski Halfpipe, recording her best score of 88 in her third run. The 30-year-old previously [...] Read More »

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Travis Kelce is playing for the Kansas City Chiefs or retiring. Mike Evans is returning for another season and will explore his options. The future of both superstars was among many topics at the NFL scouting combine on Tuesday. Kelce is scheduled to become a free agent next month. A person with [...] Read More »

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky coach Mark Pope has been fined $25,000 by the Southeastern Conference for his “post-game conduct and comments” related to officiating following the Wildcats’ 75-74 loss to Auburn on Saturday, the league announced Tuesday. Pope’s comments were in violation of an SEC Bylaw that deal with sportsmanship, one which prohibits coaches, [...] Read More »

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Broncos coach Sean Payton confirmed Tuesday at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis that he’s handing off play-calling duties to his new offensive coordinator, Davis Webb. Payton said he began seriously considering a promotion for Webb from quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator to OC during the 2025 season. Payton replaced his longtime OC, [...] Read More »

Jack Hughes’ overtime goal, which gave the United States its first Olympic gold medal in men’s hockey since 1980, drew an average audience of 26 million viewers on NBC and Peacock in the U.S., according to Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel ratings and Adobe Analytics digital data. Team USA’s 2-1 overtime victory over Canada on [...] Read More »

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida captain Aleksander Barkov, who has not played this season after needing surgery in September to repair two major ligaments in his right knee, has a target for what would be his season debut. “Soon,” he said Tuesday. What that means isn’t exactly clear — but indicates there might be [...] Read More »