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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Ryan Reed is already giddy looking toward his next summer in Medicine Hat. The Medicine Hat Mavericks assistant coach was promoted to head coach for the summer of 2026, an opportunity he says he jumped at. “I’m looking forward to being back up in Med Hat and hopefully bringing back a majority of the [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Tennis Club held its annual open tournament over the weekend. The weekend tournament saw open and doubles competition spread across 11 divisions with men’s and women’s action. There were two new winners crowned in the men’s and ladies’ division. In the Men’s Open singles, Brent Meyer defeated Thomas Fentabil (6-1,6-0). Geoff [...] Read More »

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 »

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland Under-21 player Leon Avdullahu has opted to play for his parents’ home country Kosovo, ahead of a match between the two senior national teams on Sept. 5 in their 2026 World Cup qualifying group. The Swiss soccer federation was “disappointed that he now wishes to pursue a different path,” national teams [...] Read More »

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland Under-21 player Leon Avdullahu has opted to play for his parents’ home country Kosovo, ahead of a match between the two senior national teams on Sept. 5 in their 2026 World Cup qualifying group. The Swiss soccer federation was “disappointed that he now wishes to pursue a different path,” national teams [...] Read More »

When Justine Siegal and Keith Stein envisioned the United States’ first professional women’s baseball league in 70 years, they wanted to do it right. So they examined the blueprints of successful women’s leagues and studied the pitfalls that caused promising ventures to fail. Their research helped shape the Women’s Professional Baseball League, launching next year, [...] Read More »

HOUSTON (AP) — Boban Marjanovic wants to be America’s next big action hero. Coming off his role in “Happy Gilmore 2 ” with Adam Sandler, the Serbian former NBA player has higher aspirations for his budding acting career. The 7-foot-4 baller is a big fan of Ryan Reynolds’ depiction of Deadpool in the Marvel superhero [...] Read More »

Ask any NFL coach the worst part of their job and the overwhelming response will be cutting players. More than 1,100 players will be released when teams have to trim down their rosters to 53 by 4 p.m. EDT Tuesday, a process that has already started. It’s a difficult task for coaching staffs. Nobody enjoys [...] Read More »