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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb No better way to start a busy week than on a winning note. The Tigers kicked off their four-game week with a big 6-2 win Wednesday at Calgary over the Hitmen, the start of four games in five nights and the first of three against the Hitmen this week. “It was a huge one, [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs have the second half of the HJHL season to continue growing. The Cubs head into a two-game weekend that will be the halfway point of the season, sitting fourth in the South division with a 10-6-1 record. They’re just a point back of the Okotoks Bisons (10-6-2) and Strathmore Wheatland [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews For the sixth time the Professional Bull Riders Canada’s Elite Cup Series will buck its way back to Medicine Hat. The PBR Medicine Hat Classic will be held at Co-op Place on Oct. 17, 2026 marking the sixth appearance by PBR in the Gas City. The Cup Series was in Medicine Hat in October, [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Two Hatters will be vying for the Vanier Cup this weekend. A former Monsignor McCoy Colt and a Medicine Hat High Hawk are part of the Saskatchewan Huskies who will face the Montreal Carabins in the 60th Vanier Cup on Saturday at Mosiac Stadium in Regina. Freshman defensive lineman Kai Kukurudza has played three [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The U19 Mustangs were in action in Calgary over the weekend, picking up a pair of games. The Mustangs faced two Calgary ringette teams, South Calgary 3 and South Calgary 2, winning both matchups. In the first contest, they toppled South Calgary 3 by a score of 10-3. The offence was led by Ava [...] Read More »

BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Ski star Lara Gut-Behrami has damaged her left knee during training in the United States, the Swiss team said Friday, in what could potentially be a career-ending injury. The 34-year-old Olympic champion in super-G and two-time overall World Cup winner has targeted the Winter Games in February in what she has [...] Read More »

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Darnell Washington wants to be clear about something. Nothing the Pittsburgh Steelers tight end does on the football field is premeditated. Not the hurdling. Not the stiff arm. None of it. It’s all instinct, like just about everyone else out there on the field. Even if there’s no one else out there [...] Read More »

The game wasn’t over, though the outcome was decided. Milwaukee’s Myles Turner took a pass from Giannis Antetokounmpo and let fly with a 3-pointer from the corner with about six seconds remaining. It connected — for a 17-point lead. In 78 of 82 games on the Bucks’ schedule this season, they certainly wouldn’t be racing [...] Read More »

Dominant defenses still can carry teams in the NFL. The Houston Texans proved it again Thursday night with another smothering performance against Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills in a 23-19 victory. Despite allowing the Bills to convert a fourth-and-27 on a perfectly executed hook-and-lateral play in the final minute, Houston’s defense tightened up and [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Martin St. Louis famously said the Montreal Canadiens “puked all over” themselves following a 6-3 loss to the Washington Capitals on Oct. 31, 2024. A little more than 12 months later, the Canadiens’ head coach was feeling sick to his stomach again. “Tonight, there were moments that made me feel like that,” St. [...] Read More »