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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers have had their fair share of success against the Regina Pats over the past few seasons. The defending WHL Champions have won 11 straight games over the Regina Pats, dating back to the 2023-24 season, with the last loss a 5-4 overtime defeat to the East division foe on Jan. [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Andrew Basha has done a lot of reminiscing as of late. The Calgary Flames prospect says the Medicine Hat Tigers’ last game of the regular season, with 6,084 in attendance, brought back a lot of memories from his five seasons in the orange and black. “I remember the older guys talking to me when [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The WHL’s mid-season player survey tabbed Co-op Place as the fifth-hardest rink to play in as a road team. Having seen both sides of the ice, it’s a low ranking according to Luke Cozens. The former Lethbridge Hurricane was in the lineup for the Eastern Conference Finals series last year, getting to see the [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb From first-year players to overage skaters, the WHL Playoffs bring out child-like excitement in all. The post season gets underway tonight, with the No. 2 seed Medicine Hat Tigers starting their title defence against the No. 7 seed Regina Pats. Kadon McCann is entering his third playoffs in Medicine Hat, and he still has [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Kelowna Rockets picked up a win off the ice Thursday night. The 2026 Memorial Cup hosts won the WHL Draft Lottery, giving them the first overall pick in the upcoming WHL Draft. Kelowna acquired the draft pick from the Lethbridge Hurricanes at the 2025 trade deadline. The Rockets traded 2005-born defenceman Caden Price [...] Read More »

Mikel Oyarzabal scored two impressive goals in Spain’s 3-0 win over Serbia, and Florian Wirtz scored two and made two more as Germany twice came from behind to beat Switzerland 4-3, in entertaining pre- World Cup friendlies on Friday. In other games, Ben White scored on his recall to the England side and then gave [...] Read More »

MIAMI — Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Luisa Stefani were defeated 4-6, 6-4, 10-3 by Katerina Siniakova of Czechia and Taylor Townsend of the United States on Friday in the women’s doubles semifinals at the Miami Open. Both teams converted three breaks over the first two sets before the second seeded duo of Siniakova and [...] Read More »

JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods was arrested Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence after his Land Rover traveling at “high speed” on a residential road clipped a truck and rolled onto its side. Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said Woods was able to crawl out of passenger side and was not [...] Read More »

BOSTON (AP) — Boston College has hired former Bradley coach Kate Popovec-Goss to take over the Eagles’ women’s basketball team. “I am incredibly honored to be named the head coach at Boston College, one of the most prestigious institutions in the country, in one of the best cities in the nation,” she said in a [...] Read More »

The Baltimore Orioles agreed Friday to a $68 million, five-year contract through 2030 with newly acquired right-hander Shane Baz. Baz came to Baltimore from Tampa Bay in a trade in December. He’s scheduled to make his first start for the Orioles on Sunday against Minnesota. “We were ecstatic to acquire a pitcher of Shane’s talent [...] Read More »