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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com Teddy bears and hats took the air Saturday night at Co-op Place. Medicine Hat captain Bryce Pickford recorded his first career WHL hat trick and Liam Ruck triggered the ‘Teddy Bear  toss’ for a second-straight year as the Tigers downed the Wenatchee Wild 5-1 in the Medicine Hat News Teddy Bear toss game for [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There’s been a lot of bus rides in Misha Volotovskii’s time in the WHL. The 20-year-old Medicine Hat Tigers forward has travelled across Western Canada and the U.S. throughout his five-year career in the WHL and reached a milestone in the last few games. Volotovskii played in his 250th WHL game on Nov. 29 [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The largest tournament in the city got underway Friday, the first of three days of ringette action. The Medicine Hat Ringette Association’s Ed Horvath Invitational tournament kicked off Friday with 38 teams from Alberta and Saskatchewan facing off in the three-day, 94-game tournament being played out across the city at the Big Marble Go [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Tigers played the comeback card Friday night in Moose Jaw. They trailed the Warriors 2-0 after 20 minutes before scoring three straight to win 4-3 in overtime on captain Bryce Pickford’s second goal of the night. The win is the sixth in a row for the Tigers who have [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Who will have the honour of unleashing the teddy bears Saturday night? The News anonymously polled Medicine Hat Tigers players and coaches for their predictions of who will score the fateful first goal at the Medicine Hat News Teddy Bear Toss game at Co-op Place against the Wenatchee Wild. A total of 15 players [...] Read More »

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Emmanuel Stephen posted a double-double, and Kimani Hamilton made the second of two free throws with two seconds remaining to rally UNLV to a 75-74 victory over Stanford on Sunday. Hamilton’s free throw came 12 seconds after Ebuka Okorie made the second of two foul shots to tie it. Stephen, a [...] Read More »

In a matter of hours Sunday, what had appeared to be a year no teams with losing records would be needed to fill out the bowl schedule suddenly changed when Notre Dame, Iowa State and Kansas State announced they would decline bids despite being eligible. There are 41 bowls this year, and 82 teams won [...] Read More »

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Mookie Cook sank two free throws for the lead with eight seconds left and San Francisco defeated Mississippi State 65-62 on Sunday at the T Town Tipoff, the Bulldogs’ annual visit to Tupelo. With the exception of two ties, USF led for the first 59-plus minutes. Mississippi State took its only [...] Read More »

The World Sevens women’s tournament crowned its second champion Sunday as the innovative seven-on-seven event for professional soccer clubs made its U.S. debut with teams from North, Central and South America. The NWSL’s San Diego Wave defeated Mexico’s Tigres UANL 3-0 in Sunday’s final of the three-day tournament, played in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The prize [...] Read More »

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Geno Smith suffered a right shoulder injury against the Denver Broncos on Sunday and was replaced by Kenny Pickett at the start of the fourth quarter. The Raiders said Smith was questionable to return. He was 13 of 21 for 116 yards with one touchdown through three [...] Read More »