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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 »

NEW YORK (AP) — Jannik Sinner looked fully recovered from a recent illness as he started his U.S. Open title defense Tuesday with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Vit Kopriva. The top-ranked Sinner had to stop playing in the Cincinnati final against Carlos Alcaraz on Aug. 18 because he was sick, pulled out of [...] Read More »

The new rock on Taylor Swift’s finger was designed by Kindred Lubeck, a representative for the pop star confirmed Tuesday. The vintage-inspired diamond is an old mine brilliant cut, Tree Paine, Swift’s publicist, said Tuesday. She provided no further details after Swift and Travis Kelce jointly announced their engagement earlier in the day. Lubeck, who [...] Read More »

ATLANTA (AP) — Cameron Young’s biggest goal this year was to play in the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, about an hour away from where the native New Yorker grew up, the course where he once held the scoring record while becoming the first amateur to win the New York State Open. And there he [...] Read More »

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. wasn’t necessarily looking to stay in the Big Ten when he decided to leave Maryland and enter the transfer portal. It just worked out that way. Edwards is one of several potential Power Four starting quarterbacks who switched schools without switching conferences. “That’s obviously something in [...] Read More »

Canadian Taylor Elgersma won’t start the season on the Green Bay Packers’ active roster. The Packers placed the former Wilfrid Laurier star quarterback on waivers Tuesday as NFL teams made their final cuts to reach the 53-man roster limit. Green Bay will start the season with just two quarterbacks, starter Jordan Love and Malik Willis, [...] Read More »