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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 »

The Dallas Cowboys are acquiring edge rusher Rashan Gary from the Green Bay Packers in a trade just as NFL free agency opens, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Monday. Dallas will send a 2027 late-round pick to the Packers, the person said. The person spoke on condition of [...] Read More »

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska and men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg have agreed to a three-year contract extension after he guided the Cornhuskers to a school-record 15 wins in Big Ten Conference play. The school announced the deal Monday, days before the league tournament begins with Nebraska as the No. 2 seed. Hoiberg is now [...] Read More »

LONDON (AP) — Manchester City midfielder Rodri was fined 80,000 pounds ($107,000) but avoided a ban on Monday for comments he made after a Premier League game where he questioned the integrity of a referee. After City’s 2-2 draw at Tottenham on Feb. 1, Rodri said: “We won too much and the people, they don’t [...] Read More »

MUNICH (AP) — Harry Kane trained following a calf injury and is traveling with the Bayern Munich squad to Italy on Monday ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League game at Atalanta. Kane missed Friday’s 4-1 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Bundesliga with what coach Vincent Kompany described as a “knock on his calf.” Nicolas Jackson [...] Read More »

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker was not part of the 21-man player squad that traveled to Turkey on Monday for the round-of-16 match against Galatasaray in the Champions League. No reason was immediately given for the Brazil international’s absence ahead of Tuesday’s game in Istanbul. Alisson played the full match in Liverpool’s [...] Read More »