July 1st, 2025

Sports

Local Sports

  • American legion roundup: Monarchs, Knights and Majestics all split weekend action

    sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat’s American Legion teams had an even weekend of baseball action. The Moose Monarchs won their first two games of their home tournament over the weekend. They beat the Calgary Cubs tournament team 17-2 on Friday. Cade Moch had three hits and scored three times, adding a pair of RBIs. Wade Davies had [...] Read More »

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  • Hat teams shine bright at locally held ball hockey provincials

    sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Gas City Ball Hockey League showed up as provincials hosts and showed out in the medal standings. The local ball hockey league hosted a five-division minor provincial tournament over the long weekend in Medicine Hat at the Kinplex, Hockey Hounds Arena and the Moose Rec Centre. A total of 40 teams from across [...] Read More »

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  • Mavs blown out by Berries in weekend series

    jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Mavericks have had success bouncing back from adversity through the first half of the 2025 WCBL season. They have one heck of a weekend to test that ability on. The Mavs finished up a 2-4 week with a pair of bloated losses at Athletic Park to the WCBL-leading Saskatoon Berries, falling [...] Read More »

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  • Ryan Miller becomes 17th Hatter drafted to NHL

    jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Saturday’s broadcast of the 2025 NHL Draft’s second day featured many commercial breaks, with one in particular bringing the realization of a dream come true for Ryan Miller. The Medicine Hat product was watching the NHL Draft tick by on Saturday alongside his family, switching to the ticker on his phone when the TV [...] Read More »

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  • Pickford feels blessed to be drafted by Habs

    jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Saturday started as any other day for Bryce Pickford, with chores around the family farm. The day ended with him as one of the newest prospects in the Montreal Canadiens organization. The Medicine Hat Tigers defenceman was selected in the third round, 81st overall by the Canadiens on the second day of the 2025 [...] Read More »

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National Sports

  • Soccer ban sparks fears of widening trans exclusion in the UK

    LONDON (AP) — It was not her best goal or most important soccer match, but when the ball hit the back of the net in Natalie Washington’s debut on a women’s team in 2017, she felt a sense of belonging that had been missing. It was long in coming: Washington had struggled to fit in [...] Read More »

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  • Yes, Wimbledon can be serious about getting rid of line judges and switching to electronic calls

    LONDON (AP) — John McEnroe — he of “You cannot be serious!” call-arguing fame — is quite all right with Wimbledon’s latest of many steps into the modern era, choosing technology over the human touch to decide whether a ball lands in or out. There were no line judges at the All England Club’s matches [...] Read More »

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  • Waving flags and NHL free agency offer sheets today

    TORONTO — They’ll be waving Canadian flags and offer sheets today to mark both the country’s 158th birthday and the opening of NHL free agency. Some big names are expected to be on the move when the action begins at noon ET. With the NHL salary cap increasing $7.5 million to $95.5 million next season [...] Read More »

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  • Giants aim to stop road losing streak, face the Diamondbacks

    San Francisco Giants (45-40, third in the NL West) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (42-42, fourth in the NL West) Phoenix; Tuesday, 9:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Hayden Birdsong (3-2, 4.13 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 56 strikeouts); Diamondbacks: Zac Gallen (5-9, 5.75 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 88 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Diamondbacks -137, Giants +115; over/under is 9 [...] Read More »

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  • Dodgers take on the White Sox in first of 3-game series

    Chicago White Sox (28-56, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (53-32, first in the NL West) Los Angeles; Tuesday, 10:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Shane Smith (3-5, 3.37 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 68 strikeouts); Dodgers: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-6, 2.61 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 101 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Dodgers -328, White Sox [...] Read More »

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