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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Tigers needed their full lineup to pull out a win Tuesday night. The Tigers held onto a 3-1 lead after 40 minutes, tallying an empty netter late, for a 4-1 win at Co-op Place over the Saskatoon Blades. It’s a victory that gets the Tigers back in the win column after [...] Read More »

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 »

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tomislav Buljan scored 18 points as New Mexico beat UNLV 89-61 on Tuesday. Buljan also added 11 rebounds for the Lobos (17-4, 8-2 Mountain West Conference). Jake Hall scored 16 points, going 7 of 11 (2 for 6 from 3-point range). Uriah Tenette shot 4 of 5 from the field and [...] Read More »

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic advanced to the Australian Open semifinals after Lorenzo Musetti retired in the third set with an injury Wednesday after taking the first two sets. The fifth-seeded Musetti won the first two sets 6-4, 6-3 but took a medical timeout for treatment on his upper right leg after being broken [...] Read More »

Milwaukee Bucks (18-27, 12th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Washington Wizards (11-34, 14th in the Eastern Conference) Washington; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Milwaukee enters the matchup against Washington as losers of three straight games. The Wizards have gone 7-19 against Eastern Conference teams. Washington is 2-2 in games decided by 3 points or [...] Read More »

Golden State Warriors (26-22, eighth in the Western Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (15-32, 13th in the Western Conference) Salt Lake City; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Utah is looking to break its three-game home losing streak with a win against Golden State. The Jazz have gone 9-23 against Western Conference opponents. Utah allows the [...] Read More »

Detroit Pistons (34-11, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. Phoenix Suns (28-19, sixth in the Western Conference) Phoenix; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Detroit will try to keep its four-game road win streak alive when the Pistons take on Phoenix. The Suns have gone 15-6 at home. Phoenix is third in the Western Conference [...] Read More »