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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb After winning all their games across a two-month stretch, the Medicine Hat Tigers are getting a refresher course on playing their best. The Tigers came out of a two-game road trip through Saskatchewan with one point, picked up in a 3-2 shootout loss Friday to the Saskatoon Blades. They lost 5-1 Saturday to the [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Mavericks announced a fourth returnee for the 2026 roster. On Monday the Mavs announced infielder Blake Dale will don the red and white for a third summer in the WCBL. The Riverton, Wyoming product played 36 games last season with 33 hits, two home runs and 18 RBIs with a .260 [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Cubs are division champions for the first time in 20-plus years. The Cubs’ split weekend helped them clinch the South division, their first South division title since the 2001-02 season, their debut season in the HJHL. They lost 7-2 Saturday to the North division leading Red Deer Vipers (25-7-2) before they [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U13AAA South East Tigers won their lone game of the weekend. The Tigers beat the West Central Tigers 9-5 on Saturday. Shawn Mrowil had three goals and five points in the win. Fischer Sprunger had a pair of goals and a pair of assists, Tyson Nguyen had two goals and both [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The MHC Rattlers indoor track team opened the 2026 season with a record-setting weekend in Edmonton. The Rattlers raced at the Concordia Open on Saturday, the ACAC’s first meet of the winter semester. Rookie runner Daniel Friesen led the way for MHC in the men’s 50m, holding off NAIT’s Malachi Muir, last year’s Canadian [...] Read More »

Six-time Super Bowl champion head coach Bill Belichick didn’t get voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, according to a report from ESPN. Citing four unidentified sources, ESPN reported Tuesday that Belichick didn’t receive the necessary 40 votes from the 50-person panel of media members and other Hall [...] Read More »

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — No. 5 Nebraska is short-handed against No. 3 Michigan. The Cornhuskers were without forward Rienk Mast and guard Braden Frager against the Wolverines on Tuesday night. Mast was out with an illness and Frager missed a second straight game with a sprained right ankle. The 6-foot-10 Mast ranks second on [...] Read More »

Drake Maye says his throwing shoulder is fine. Maybe it’s not 100 percent, but the Patriots quarterback said Tuesday he’ll be available for the Super Bowl. During his weekly appearance on Boston’s WEEI-FM, Maye addressed the state of his shoulder in response to online speculation that he was injured during New England’s 10-7 AFC championship [...] Read More »

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils appear to be close to trading veteran winger Ondrej Palat. The team said Palat was being held out of its game Tuesday night against Winnipeg for roster management reasons. Reporters saw the 34-year-old leaving the arena prior to the start of warmups. The Devils have been discussing [...] Read More »

PAARL, South Africa (AP) — South Africa captain Aiden Markram scored an unbeaten 86 off 47 balls as the Proteas beat the West Indies by 9 wickets Tuesday in the opener of their three-match T20 international series. Markram, who hit nine boundaries and three sixes, shared a partnership of 83 with Lhuan-dre Pretorius (44) and [...] Read More »