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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Now begins the stretch drive of the 2025 regular season. Every team has six games to go. It is clear Saskatchewan is the pick of the CFL litter. With a record of 10-2 it would take a collapse of epic proportion to keep them from finishing in first place. They are second in total [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers head to the Yukon looking to capture a second piece of hardware in 2025. The Tigers leave today for Whitehorse with the WHL’s Yukon Showcase to get underway tonight. They will face the Kelowna Rockets in a pair of preseason games at Takhini Arena in Whitehorse, with the winner of [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Lawn Bowling Club crowned their singles league champions on Monday. The local lawn bowling club wrapped up their competes singles leagues with the men’s and ladies’ finals. Men’s Division On the men’s side, three-time runner-up Mike Gilchrist broke through to win his first men’s championship. He finished first in the round [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb A crowded ice surface at Co-op Place was a little clearer Tuesday. The Medicine Hat Tigers preseason roster was trimmed after the 4-2 preseason win Sept. 6 at home over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. They reassigned 2009-born forwards Jaxson Craig and Owen Hayes to their respective clubs and released forwards Ben Deacon (2007), Sam Auld [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat College Rattlers’ cross-country team picked up a trio of medals over the weekend. A contingent of six Rattlers runners raced at the ACAC #1 Concordia Open on Saturday. Maddie Scrimger, the Rattlers’ female athlete of the year in 2024-25, led the Rattlers with a second-place finish in the women’s 6km event. [...] Read More »

Things to watch this week in the Big Ten: Game of the week Wisconsin (2-0) at No. 19 Alabama (1-1), noon ET (ABC) Wisconsin wanted to upgrade a defense that slipped into mediocrity last year. The Badgers have responded by shutting out Miami (Ohio) 17-0 and beating Middle Tennessee 42-10 in their first two games. [...] Read More »

Things to watch this weekend in the Atlantic Coast Conference: Game of the week No. 12 Clemson (1-1) at Georgia Tech (2-0), Saturday, noon ET (ESPN). It’s hard to know what to expect of the preseason ACC favorite Tigers, who lost their opener at home to highly ranked LSU then found themselves in a 16-0 [...] Read More »

Things to watch this week in the Big 12 Conference: Game of the week West Virginia (1-1) vs. Pittsburgh (2-0), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN) Rich Rodriguez is part of the Backyard Brawl again for the first time since 2007, and the last one was a bitter outcome at home for the Mountaineers and the [...] Read More »

What to watch for this week in the Southeastern Conference: Game of the week No. 6 Georgia (2-0) at No. 15 Tennessee (2-0), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ABC) Georgia faces its toughest test yet on the road at No. 15 Tennessee. Transfer quarterback Joey Aguilar has fueled Tennessee’s 2-0 start, throwing for 535 yards and [...] Read More »

Of the many memories that remain from Brad Gushue’s surprise win at the 2005 Olympic curling trials, one pre-event recollection sticks out. When the St. John’s skip arrived in Halifax that year, he was surprised to learn his rink was given bright orange jerseys for the competition. “We thought it was because we were the [...] Read More »