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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 »

NÜRBURG, Germany (AP) — Four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen is taking on a “bucket list” challenge as he prepares to tackle his first 24-hour sportscar race at the historic Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit. Verstappen and his sportscar racing team said Monday that he plans to take on the storied endurance race in May, sharing a [...] Read More »

Few midmajor programs have experienced the highs and lows of the NCAA Tournament like Northern Iowa. Now the Panthers are back to ride the roller coaster again. Trey Campbell scored 23 points to lead Northern Iowa over UIC on Sunday in the championship game of the Missouri Valley Tournament. The Panthers reached the NCAAs for [...] Read More »

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Russia’s national anthem will ring out at the Paralympics for the first time in more than a decade after Para alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina won gold on Monday. Russian athletes are back competing under their own flag in the Winter Paralympics at Milan Cortina, after years of having to do [...] Read More »

MUENSTER, Germany (AP) — A masked fan has unplugged the referee’s video review monitor at a German soccer game while the referee was deciding on a penalty, in an apparent protest against VAR technology. The unidentified fan came out of the stands and unplugged the monitor which referee Felix Bickel was trying to use to [...] Read More »

DUBLIN (AP) — France flanker Oscar Jégou has been cited for alleged eye gouging during his team’s Six Nations rugby loss to Scotland. TV footage appeared to show Jégou making contact with the eye of Scotland hooker Ewan Ashman during a maul in the second half of France’s 50-40 defeat at Murrayfield on Saturday. Tournament [...] Read More »