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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews If the Blue Jays fade away, there will be disappointment but also a comforting feeling that the universe is unfolding as it should. Same as the Maple Leafs losing in the playoffs. Some sorrow, yes, but also a sense that there are some things in life you can depend on. The Leafs have won [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb With the WHL’s regular season a few days away, the Medicine Hat Tigers roster is still influx. The Tigers will have three skaters at NHL camps to start the WHL season, with defencemen Niilopekka Muhonen (Dallas) and Veeti Vaisanen (Utah) attending their respective camps and forward Kadon McCann getting an invite to the Calgary [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Beautiful sights and a pair of wins wrapped up the Medicine Hat Tigers preseason. The Tigers returned Sunday from the WHL’s Whitehorse Showcase, beating the Kelowna Rockets to sweep the preseason and capture the Northern Lights Cup. Head coach Willie Desjardins says they were treated well and he enjoyed the trip to the Yukon. [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers deepened their forward core Tuesday. The Tigers acquired 19-year-old forward Max Sullivan in a trade with the Kamloops Blazers, sending a conditional 2029 eighth-round pick the other way. Sullivan had seven goals and 23 points in 61 games with the Blazers last season. In 106 career WHL regular season games, [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A pair of the city’s senior high school football teams look to get back in the win column this week. The Medicine Hat High Hawks and Monsignor McCoy Colts lost their Week 3 matchups on Friday. Hat High was shutout 44-0 on the road by the L.C.I. Rams, McCoy lost 25-18 to the Catholic [...] Read More »

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chase Jenkins threw for a touchdown and ran for another, Daelen Alexander rushed for 73 yards and two touchdowns, and Rice beat Charlotte 28-17 on Thursday night in an American Conference opener for both teams. Rice has opened a season 3-1 for the first time since 2001, when the Owls won [...] Read More »

BALTIMORE (AP) — There’s nothing like watching Max Fried pitch to alleviate some of the angst and pressure associated with managing the New York Yankees in the midst of a pennant race. Aaron Boone had a blast Thursday night watching Fried mow down the Baltimore Orioles in a 7-0 rout. The left-hander struck out 13 [...] Read More »

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Reds right-hander Hunter Greene had thrown 93 pitches and given up just one hit through eight innings Thursday night. He wanted the ball in the ninth and manager Terry Francona wasn’t going to deny him this time. Greene got the final three outs for his first career complete game shutout as [...] Read More »

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Reds right-hander Hunter Greene lost his no-hit bid against the Chicago Cubs when Seiya Suzuki doubled with two outs in the seventh inning on Thursday night. Greene was trying to become the first Reds pitcher to toss a no-hitter since Wade Miley on May 7, 2021, in a 3-0 win over [...] Read More »

DETROIT (AP) — Jose Ramirez hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the seventh inning after Tarik Skubal was replaced and the surging Cleveland Guardians swept the slumping Detroit Tigers with a 3-1 win on Thursday. Cleveland has won seven straight to close within 3 1/2 games of the AL Central-leading Tigers with a little more [...] Read More »