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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There was a lot to love about Medicine Hat Mavericks’ head coach Jonathon Thornhill’s debut summer in the WCBL. The Mavs tallied 34 wins to their third best record since 2010 and the most wins since 2019, as they navigated a rainy summer and the dog days it brings. A summer of successes ultimately [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Western Canadian Baseball League championship is one day closer to being awarded. The WBCL finals kicked off Thursday night with the Regina Red Sox hosting the Sylvan Lake Gulls for Game 1 of the best-of-three championship series. Game 1 was not complete by press time. The rest of the series, Game 2 and [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Canada and the United States meet today for a spot in the gold medal game of the 2025 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. There are four Medicine Hat Tigers’ forwards vying for a spot in the gold finals in the game, with Markus and Liam Ruck representing Canada and Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll and Noah Davidson donning the [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The semifinals of the 2025 Hlinka Gretzky Cup may have Medicine Hat Tigers fans divided. Team Canada with Tigers forwards Markus and Liam Ruck will face the United States with Tabbies’ forwards Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll and Noah Davidson on Friday at 11 a.m. MST with a spot in the gold medal final on the line. [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Western Canadian Baseball League’s championship will spend the offseason in a new city. The Regina Red Sox and Sylvan Lake Gulls meet in the WCBL finals starting tonight in Regina, with both clubs vying for the Harry Hallis Memorial Trophy. It’s the first season since 2021 when the Lethbridge Bulls were crowned champions, [...] Read More »

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Sweden forward Fridolina Rolfö joined Manchester United on Friday to end her four-year stint at Barcelona. The 31-year-old Rolfö signed a contract until June 2027. Rolfö, mostly used as a left-winger, made her 100th appearance for Sweden at the European Championship last month. She has 33 international goals. She previously played [...] Read More »

Rising star Moses Itauma once said he wanted to beat Mike Tyson’s record of becoming the youngest-ever world heavyweight champion. The 20-year-old southpaw missed that wildly optimistic goal, but there’s still time to join the list ahead of the likes of Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis. Not too bad if he can pull [...] Read More »

The 2025-26 Premier League season begins Friday with defending champion Liverpool hosting Bournemouth at Anfield. Here’s what to know heading into the new campaign in the world’s most popular soccer league: Emotions high at Liverpool Liverpool will attempt to retain the top-flight title for the first time since the mid-1980s to the backdrop of a [...] Read More »

Arizona State was a big surprise debuting in the Big 12 with a conference championship and making the College Football Playoff after being picked to finish at the bottom of the 16-team league. Kenny Dillingham, the 35-year-old coach now in his third season at his alma mater, bluntly told his Sun Devils they really didn’t [...] Read More »

Bryce Lance could have cited plenty of reasons had he chosen to leave North Dakota State for a Bowl Subdivision program for his senior season. Lance decided he had more a compelling case to stick around. After helping North Dakota State win a national title while catching 17 touchdown passes to lead all Championship Subdivision [...] Read More »