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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Cubs picked up one win during their weekend at home. The Cubs beat the Coaldale Copperheads 8-3 on Friday before falling 6-3 Saturday to the Strathmore Wheatland Kings. Captain Kyle Woolridge had a hat trick in the win Friday. Makhi Carriere had a goal and two assists, Nolen Sutherland had a [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U13AA Hounds opened a two-game weekend in blowout fashion. The Hounds beat up on the Airdrie Lightning on Saturday, winning 11-2. Austin Hull led the offence with a six-point day, tallying a trio of goals and assists. Hudson Danroth scored twice, Cohen McLaren had three goals and an assist, Max Chisholm [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers have hit some speed bumps in the early parts of their B.C. division trip. The Tigers lost the first two contests on their six-game trip through B.C., falling 5-4 Saturday to the Victoria Royals and 3-1 Sunday to the Vancouver Giants. Head coach Willie Desjardins liked his team’s game in [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat College Rattlers women’s hockey team picked up their first win of the campaign. The Rattlers bounced back from a 5-3 loss Friday to the NAIT Ooks, winning 3-1 Saturday over the same team. Both games were held at the Moose Rec Centre Airy Thomas, Sage Nohr and Zayda Summach each scored [...] Read More »

A collection of Medicine Hat Tigers have gotten the attention of NHL Central Scouting. Nine Tigers were named to Central Scouting’s preliminary player to watch list released on Monday. The list breaks players into letter-grade ratings based on which round(s) they are candidates to be selected in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. Former Tigers forward [...] Read More »

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders receiver Jakobi Meyers’ stance hasn’t changed since training camp. He wants to be traded. That said, as long as Meyers is still wearing silver and black, he’ll remain professional and dedicated toward his job as quarterback Geno Smith’s No.1 target. “I’m just trying to play good football,” Meyers [...] Read More »

Daniel Naroditsky, a standard-bearer in the world of competitive chess that flourished in the COVID-19 pandemic, died Monday at the age of 29, leaving behind a legacy as one of the greats of the game who helped usher in its digital era. The American grandmaster won several championships and amassed hundreds of thousands of subscribers [...] Read More »

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies announced Tuesday the team picked up the 2026-27 rookie scale option on center Zach Edey’s contract. The 7-foot-3, 299-pound Edey was the ninth overall pick in the 2024 draft, and he led all rookies shooting 58%, and averaging 8.3 rebounds and 3.5 offensive boards a game. He ranked [...] Read More »

DETROIT (AP) — Dan Campbell knew it was going to be a challenge for his banged-up defensive backs to stop Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bayt Buccaneers. As it turned out, the biggest difficulty Campbell faced was getting enough game balls to hand out after Detroit’s 24-9 win. The Lions, missing all four starters from [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Knicks coach Mike Brown will have to wait to show whether Josh Hart or Mitchell Robinson will start for him. Neither is available for the season opener. Hart and Robinson will be sidelined by injuries when the Knicks open their season Wednesday against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Hart injured his [...] Read More »