January 20th, 2026

Sports

Local Sports

  • Cubs pick up three points in weekend split

    sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Cubs picked up all but one point from a two-game weekend. The Cubs lost 3-2 in overtime Saturday at Strathmore to the Wheatland Kings before rebounding on home ice, blanking the Cochrane Generals 5-0 on Sunday. Josiah Jackson and Blake Girard scored in the first period of Saturday’s loss, Austin Derzaph [...] Read More »

    16 hours ago
  • Rattlers Roundup: Rattlers basketball teams split weekend slate on the road

    sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Rattlers men’s and women’s basketball teams each picked up a win over the weekend. Both teams were at Olds College over the weekend, with the men losing 101-95 on Saturday before winning 97-78 on Saturday. On Friday, Jordan Biggar had 19 points and nine rebounds, Kieran Isnor had 18 points and nine rebounds. [...] Read More »

    16 hours ago
  • Minor Hockey Roundup: U17AAA SE Tigers split weekend on the road

    sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U17AAA South East Tigers opened a two-game weekend with a win. They blanked the Lethbridge Hurricanes 5-0 on Friday. Jake Druar stopped all 26 shots he faced for his first shutout of the season. Dane Friedt had two goals and an assist, Illya Khazov had a goal and two assists. Rhyder [...] Read More »

    16 hours ago
  • Tigers win streak snapped at 19 by Raiders

    jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers were oh so close to pushing their win streak to the 20-game mark. After a 7-3 win Friday over the Edmonton Oil Kings, their 2,000th regular season win as a franchise, the Tigers faced the East division-leading Prince Albert Raiders on Saturday. A pair of goals from Liam Ruck (shorthanded, [...] Read More »

    16 hours ago
  • Tigers fall to Raiders in comeback effort, see 19-game win streak snapped

    jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Tigers suffered a heart breaking and streak-snapping loss Saturday night at Co-op Place. They overcame a 4-2 deficit in the third period and tied the game up a second time in the final frame before ultimately falling 8-5 to the Prince Albert Raiders. The loss to the East division leaders snaps [...] Read More »

    3 days ago

National Sports

  • Warriors guard Jimmy Butler tears ACL in his right knee against Heat, AP source says

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Golden State Warriors star Jimmy Butler tore the ACL in his right knee during the third quarter of a 135-112 victory against his former Miami team Monday night, a person with knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Warriors had not [...] Read More »

    7 hours ago
  • Man City stunned by tiny Bodø/Glimt in huge Champions League upset in the Arctic

    Manchester City slumped to one of the most humiliating upsets in Champions League history, losing to a 3-1 at tiny Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt on Tuesday. The second-half sending-off of Rodri completed a miserable evening for big-spending City in Bodø, a fishing town with a population of around 55,000 and located north of the Arctic Circle [...] Read More »

    7 hours ago
  • Moguls star Kingsbury leads Canadian freestyle ski team into Milan Cortina Games

    TORONTO — Star moguls skier Mikaël Kingsbury heads to the Milan Cortina Winter Games looking for two medals as part of Canada’s freestyle skiing team. Freestyle Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced the 25-athlete team in a joint release on Tuesday. Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., won gold in men’s moguls at the 2018 Games [...] Read More »

    7 hours ago
  • Veteran harness driver Doug McNair earns 5,000th career racing victory

    He’s won Breeders Crown events and been named Canada’s best driver, but achieving 5,000 career wins might rank as Doug McNair’s top harness-racing accomplishment. The 36-year-old Guelph, Ont. resident recorded the milestone Monday night, guiding favourite Wicked Express to a wire-to-wire win in the eighth race at Woodbine Mohawk Park. McNair entered action needing two [...] Read More »

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  • Illinois’ Kylan Boswell out for a month with broken hand

    CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois guard Kylan Boswell will be out about a month for the 11th-ranked Illini after breaking his right hand in practice on Monday. He is second on the team in scoring with 14.3 points a game. Boswell also averages 4.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists and is one of Illinois’ top defensive [...] Read More »

    8 hours ago