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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 »

Las Vegas Aces (25-14, 14-8 Western Conference) at Atlanta Dream (24-13, 12-6 Eastern Conference) College Park, Georgia; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta Dream will try to earn its 25th victory this season when the Dream host the Las Vegas Aces. The Dream have gone 12-5 in home games. Atlanta is the leader in [...] Read More »

Connecticut Sun (9-28, 7-10 Eastern Conference) at Dallas Wings (9-29, 3-17 Western Conference) Arlington, Texas; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Connecticut Sun visits the Dallas Wings after Leila Lacan scored 22 points in the Sun’s 81-79 loss to the New York Liberty. The Wings are 5-15 on their home court. Dallas ranks eighth in [...] Read More »

MANAGUA — After two blowout wins to open the FIBA AmeriCup men’s tournament, Canada had to sweat out an 82-73 win over Puerto Rico in the final Group B game on Monday night. Both teams went into the game with 2-0 records in the four-team group, and both were guaranteed berths in the quarterfinals that [...] Read More »

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Shea Langeliers hit his second career grand slam and Colby Thomas added a solo homer — all in a five-run seventh inning — as the Athletics rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 8-3 on Monday night. Langeliers was 0 for 8 with the bases loaded this season before his 450-foot shot [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Emmet Sheehan tossed seven innings of two-hit ball with a career high-tying 10 strikeouts, Andy Pages homered twice and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Reds 7-0 on Monday night to regain sole possession of first in the NL West. San Diego dropped a game behind the Dodgers with a [...] Read More »