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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb A trip around the sun brings a year, complete with birthdays, celebrations and other stops along the way in the Earth’s annual orbit. This latest whirl around that bright, shining star has been doozy for the Medicine Hat Tigers. The past year brought ups and downs, franchise-altering changes to junior hockey, the summit of [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb A year ago the Ruck twins were looking to just stick in the WHL, soak up the rookie experience and try to contribute on a stacked Medicine Hat Tigers team. Entering their second season, with championship rings earned for their identical hands, they’re looking to run the show. Markus and Liam Ruck come into [...] Read More »

The Medicine Hat Tigers roster, like all Western Hockey League clubs, has been built through multiple methods. Whether players were acquired in trades, free-agent signings, the WHL Prospects and U.S. Draft or the CHL Import, they all have made it to the same level of junior hockey. Here is how the Tigers’ 2025-26 roster was [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers’ offseason saw the signing of seven U.S.-born players, with five still in the mix to make the opening night roster. It’s a change of pace for the Tigers but not so dissimilar to associate coach Joe Frazer’s first season in the WHL. The Brainerd, Minn. product was one of four [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The 60th Western Hockey League season gets underway tonight and throughout the season, there are a number of dates that stand out for the Medicine Hat Tigers. The Tigers’ 56th season gets started Saturday at Co-op Place when they host the Regina Pats and raise the banner for the franchise’s sixth championship. Their WHL [...] Read More »

TOKYO (AP) — American distance runner Shelby Houlihan knows some people will see her fourth-place finish at the world championships in the first big-time race since her “Burrito Ban” and wonder if it’s legit. She doesn’t much care about them. “I surround myself with people who love me and support me, and that’s way louder [...] Read More »

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx soared last season past the consensus external expectations for their ceiling, surging into the WNBA Finals where they suffered an oh-so-close loss in the winner-take-all fifth game. This year, they’ve been the clear team to beat. After cruising to the No. 1 seed with a franchise-record 34 wins, the [...] Read More »

World champion Kaysha Love, three-time Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries-Armbruster and five-time Olympic medalist Elana Meyers Taylor were named to the U.S. World Cup bobsled team Saturday, as the Americans began shaping their roster for this winter’s Milan-Cortina Games. Also making the team: a three-time NCAA indoor track champion for Notre Dame, a former Dartmouth football [...] Read More »

TOKYO (AP) — Anna Hall is the first to admit that the injuries, the excruciating losses and the hours of practice when she felt like she was going nowhere pushed her to lose her love for track and field. With the 24-year-old American smiling, bounding and dancing across the track with the Stars and Stripes [...] Read More »

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro each came from a set down to win their singles matches and the United States defeated Britain 2-0 on Saturday to reach the Billie Jean King Cup final. The U.S. will face defending champion Italy in Sunday’s final. The seventh-ranked Pegula rallied past Katie Boulter 3-6 [...] Read More »