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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com A long week for the Medicine Hat Tigers ended with a drawn out loss Saturday in Edmonton. The Tigers surrendered six unanswered Oil Kings goals as they lost 6-1 at Rogers Place, ending their win streak at nine games. Saturday’s contest was the last of a four game in five days stretch for the [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Bryce Pickford has been having a blast since his return from injury. The Medicine Hat Tigers captain hasn’t lost a stride since missing 10 games due to an upper-body injury, running a seven-game point streak entering play Friday. Pickford has eight goals in his return, three coming in a 6-3 win over the Brandon [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers are mourning the sudden death of their bus driver. Donald Bihun suffered a medical emergency in the middle of their game Wednesday in Brandon against the Wheat Kings and later died. Head coach Willie Desjardins offered his condolences to the family and he says the driver was a part of [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs have long seen themselves as one of the top four teams in the Heritage Junior Hockey League. After 24 years in the HJHL, they get a chance to prove they’re No. 1. The Cubs have advanced to the HJHL Finals for the first time in franchise history, beating the Cochrane [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com After spending most of the week on the road, the Medicine Hat Tigers returned home Friday with a win. The Tigers scored four goals in the third period in a back-and-forth affair at Co-op Place with Red Deer to beat the Rebels 8-4, picking up a ninth straight win. Seven Tigers recorded multi-point nights, [...] Read More »

WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) — Wolfsburg has fired its coach and managing director for sport after the team’s winless run in the Bundesliga stretched to eight games, prompting an on-field melee and angry scenes from fans. Coach Daniel Bauer was fired Sunday morning to follow the dismissal of Peter Christiansen the night before, Wolfsburg said on [...] Read More »

Ready, set, negotiate multi-million contracts. The NFL’s free agency period opens Monday with a 52-hour legal tampering period ahead of the official start of the new league year Wednesday. Edge rusher Trey Hendrickson, six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Mike Evans and Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III head the list of high-profile players who will [...] Read More »

The first automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament came a little bit early. Long Island University claimed the Northeast Conference’s berth by beating Wagner in the semifinals of that league tournament Saturday. The Sharks will play in the NEC men’s title game Tuesday night, but their opponent (Mercyhurst) is ineligible for the NCAAs because it [...] Read More »

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — From a course-side forest at the Olympics back into the leader’s box in the World Cup. Atle Lie McGrath was fastest in the first run of a slalom Sunday, his first race in the discipline since an emotional exit from an Olympics race three weeks ago that he was set [...] Read More »

HAINAN ISLAND, China (AP) — Mi Hyang Lee rallied from two front-nine double bogeys to clinch the Blue Bay LPGA by one stroke on Sunday and win her first LPGA win in more than eight years. The South Korean carded a final round 73 for a four-round total of 11-under 277, one shot ahead of [...] Read More »