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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 »

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy missed practice on Thursday to be with his fiancée for the birth of their first child. Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell said McCarthy was at the facility in the morning before departing for the hospital with his fiancée, Katya Kuropas. She made the announcement in May on [...] Read More »

Midfielder Jaedyn Shaw has been traded from the North Carolina Courage to Gotham FC for a National Women’s Soccer League-record $1.25 million in intraleague transfer funds. The previous record was the $600,000 that the Utah Royals received from the Kansas City Current for Ally Sentnor last month. Gotham said Thursday that the team is working [...] Read More »

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills pulled off a stunner in their season opener. So, what will they do for an encore? Well, they’re taking on Justin Fields and the new-look New York Jets on Sunday at MetLife Stadium in an AFC East showdown — a week after Allen led [...] Read More »

BALTIMORE (AP) — Rookie Dylan Beavers drove in the winning run for a second straight day, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Pirates 3-2 on Thursday to finish a three-game sweep and hand Pittsburgh its sixth straight loss. Jackson Holliday singled and stole his 16th base to lead off the seventh against Colin Holderman (0-2). [...] Read More »

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — After KC Concepcion scored two touchdowns to help No. 16 Texas A&M to a win over Utah State last weekend, he confidently strode to the podium, warmly greeted the assembled media and flashed a huge smile before answering questions for almost 10 minutes. It’s a scene the receiver couldn’t have [...] Read More »