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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Western Hockey League handed out a quartet of one-game suspensions Monday afternoon. Coming off the opening weekend of the WHL playoffs, four players were handed a one-game suspension for a variety of offences. Swift Current Broncos forward Sawyer Dingman received a suspension for a “gesture” made in the Medicine Hat Tigers 6-2 Game [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Edmonton Oil Kings opened the WHL Playoffs with a Friday-night upset. The seventh-seed Oil Kings beat the second-seed Prince Albert Raiders 3-1 in Game 1 Friday at the Art Hauser Centre. They scored two answered goals in the second and third period to grab a brief lead in the series. Gracyn Sawchyn scored [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Where does a 2-0 series lead get packed onto a bus? According to the Medicine Hat Tigers, their early advantage wasn’t allowed on the trip to Swift Current – they’ll head to Speedy Creek with a clean-slate mindset. “We still have more to bring, they’re a really good team, they play hard and they’re [...] Read More »

The Medicine Hat Tigers took care of home ice to open the first-round of the WHL playoffs. Medicine Hat beat the Swift Current Broncos 6-3 Saturday night to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven first-round matchup. They blanked Swift Current 4-0 in Game 1 Friday on the back of a 21-save shutout from Harrison [...] Read More »

A Saturday night showdown will put the first-round series between the Medicine Hat Tigers and Swift Current Broncos on two distinct paths. Medicine Hat will either hold a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven first-round series or the Broncos will spilt and turn the series into a best-of-five with the next two games in Swift Current. [...] Read More »

LONDON (AP) — Feliciano Lopez will stay on as tournament director for the Davis Cup Final 8 for the next three years, the International Tennis Federation announced Tuesday. Lopez, a four-time Davis Cup champion for Spain as a player, oversaw the event in 2023 and 2024 in Malaga, Spain. The Davis Cup Final 8 will [...] Read More »

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kirk Cousins has told the Atlanta Falcons he wants to be a starter and coach Raheem Morris didn’t rule out a trade while reiterating the team intends to keep him as the backup to Michael Penix Jr. “We still feel very strongly about Kirk being our backup quarterback,” Morris said [...] Read More »

Johni Broome’s performance in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 and Elite Eight showed why he’s one of the nation’s top players. Auburn’s play without Broome showed why the Tigers are more than a one-man team. That’s especially important as Auburn hopes to have a healthy Broome against Florida in Saturday’s Final Four showdown in San [...] Read More »

For those who think golf needs a longer offseason, TGL might be the ticket. The high-tech indoor golf league wrapped up its inaugural season last week with Billy Horschel hitting the putt heard’ round the SoFi Center to lead Atlanta Drive to the title over New York. And now it goes away for nine months. [...] Read More »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven years ago, when a joint bid by the United States, Canada and Mexico was awarded the 2026 World Cup, rifts created by tariffs — yes, back then, too! — and a proposed border wall were glossed over because of the neighbors’ longstanding political and economic alliances. “The unity of the three [...] Read More »