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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Markus and Liam Ruck have been racking up the passport stamps in their young career. The twin Medicine Hat Tigers forwards are coming off a third-place finish with Canada at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup held in Czechia and Slovakia. In 2024 they donned the red and white at the Youth Winter Olympics in South [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The United States captured their first gold at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup since 2003, just the second in the country’s history. There was no other goal for the two Medicine Hat Tigers in the U.S. lineup. “We knew that stat but it’s kind of hard to kind of wrap your head around it, how [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The new commissioner of the CFL is Stewart Johnston , the former senior vice president, content and sales, Bell Media. After graduating from Queen’s University in 1997, he began his career with TSN, progressing through the ranks until he became president of that organization. In 2024, he became senior vice president, content and sales, [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Softball Association honoured the top Thunder players last week. The Thunder wrapped up the 2025 summer season with a banquet on Aug. 16 where they named the award recipients for their three season awards, the most valuable player, heart and hustle and thunder achievement awards. MVP U17: Gracie Eddy  [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Mavericks have named a new head coach for next summer. The Mavs announced via social media Monday that assistant coach Ryan Reed has been promoted to the head coach position for the 2026 season. Reed joined the Mavs this summer from Mid-America Christian University where he is the assistant coach and [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is returning to the starting lineup for the first time in a week. He’s slated to serve as designated hitter in Toronto’s game against the Minnesota Twins tonight at Rogers Centre. Guerrero will bat third in the opener of the three-game series. He was used as a [...] Read More »

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The legal fight between NASCAR and two race teams, one owned by Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan, heated up Monday ahead of a critical court hearing as both sides filed new motions over antitrust claims. NASCAR said in its filing in the Western District of North Carolina that it plans [...] Read More »

HOUSTON (AP) — Running back Joe Mixon will miss at least the first four games of the regular season after the Houston Texans announced Monday that they’ll place him on the reserve/non-football injury list this week. Mixon has been on the active/non-football injury list since the start of camp after he sustained a foot injury [...] Read More »

While Canada’s rugby union women chase the World Cup in England, the Canada Ravens rugby league team is in Fiji preparing for its own World Cup qualifier. The Ravens take on the Fiji Rise academy on Wednesday and the Bula Kuli Residents on Saturday, with both games in Lautoka. Rugby league is the lesser-known rugby [...] Read More »

MISSISSAUGA — When Brooke Henderson won the Canadian national women’s golf championship in 2018 it created a small boom in recreational players taking up the sport. Canada’s golf community is hoping for a similar result after Henderson won her second CPKC Women’s Open champion on Sunday, beating Australia’s Minjee Lee by a stroke. Golf Canada [...] Read More »