August 26th, 2025

Sports

Local Sports

  • Rucks take pride in Hlinka Gretzky Cup experience

    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 »

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  • Inside the CFL: CFL’s commish sees reason for optimism in league’s future

    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 »

    5 days ago
  • Davidson, Gordon-Carroll relish golden chance with U.S. at Hlinka Gretzky Cup

    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 »

    5 days ago
  • Thunder Softball hands out season awards

    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 »

    6 days ago
  • Mavs promote assistant coach Ryan Reed to head coach for 2026 season

    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 »

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National Sports

  • Fiji and Samoa players get 3-match bans for Women’s Rugby World Cup red cards

    LONDON (AP) — Fiji prop Bulou Vasuturaga and Samoa center Melina Grace Salale have received three-match bans for their red cards at the Women’s Rugby World Cup. They will miss the rest of the pool matches for their teams. Both went on as second-half replacements, and both were sent off for dangerous high tackles late [...] Read More »

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  • Diamondbacks play the Brewers looking to stop road skid

    Arizona Diamondbacks (64-68, third in the NL West) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (82-50, first in the NL Central) Milwaukee; Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Brandon Pfaadt (12-8, 4.95 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 113 strikeouts); Brewers: Jacob Misiorowski (4-2, 4.19 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 55 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Arizona Diamondbacks travel to the Milwaukee Brewers looking [...] Read More »

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  • Red Sox bring 1-0 series lead over Orioles into game 2

    Boston Red Sox (72-60, second in the AL East) vs. Baltimore Orioles (60-71, fifth in the AL East) Baltimore; Tuesday, 6:35 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Lucas Giolito (8-2, 3.72 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 91 strikeouts); Orioles: Kyle Bradish (0-0) BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox meet the Baltimore Orioles with a 1-0 series lead. [...] Read More »

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  • White Sox take on the Royals on home winning streak

    Kansas City Royals (67-65, second in the AL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (48-83, fifth in the AL Central) Chicago; Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Lorenzen (5-8, 4.50 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 94 strikeouts); White Sox: Martin Perez (1-3, 2.51 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 27 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox host the [...] Read More »

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  • Marlins play the Braves with 1-0 series lead

    Atlanta Braves (59-72, fourth in the NL East) vs. Miami Marlins (62-69, third in the NL East) Miami; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Hurston Waldrep (4-0, 0.73 ERA, 0.77 WHIP, 24 strikeouts); Marlins: Sandy Alcantara (7-11, 6.04 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 106 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins take a 1-0 advantage into the [...] Read More »

    7 hours ago