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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 »

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills rookie cornerback Maxwell Hairston is opening the season on injured reserve with a designation to return, after missing the past month with a sprained right knee, the team announced in establishing its 53-player roster on Tuesday. The first-round draft pick out of Kentucky has been sidelined since getting [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Venus Williams will compete in women’s doubles at the U.S. Open after receiving a wild-card entry with 2021 singles runner-up Leylah Fernandez of Canada on Tuesday. The 45-year-old Williams is appearing at her first Grand Slam tournament in two years after making a comeback to pro tennis in July following 16 [...] Read More »

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons added offensive tackle depth on Tuesday when they acquired Michael Jerrell from the Seattle Seahawks for a conditional 2027 seventh-round pick. The Falcons placed starting right tackle Kaleb McGary on injured reserve with a lower left leg injury and also placed backup tackle Storm Norton on injured [...] Read More »

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Dillon Gabriel’s performance in the final two preseason games appeared to be enough for the Cleveland Browns to go with three quarterbacks instead of four. Coach Kevin Stefanski selected the rookie third-round pick as Joe Flacco’s backup on Tuesday after the initial 53-man roster was set. Gabriel looked set as the [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — The first-place Philadelphia Phillies made a couple of changes to their bullpen Tuesday, when they placed struggling reliever Jordan Romano on the 15-day injured list with finger inflammation and released fellow right-hander Joe Ross. Both pitchers were ineffective Monday night late in a 13-3 loss to the New York Mets at [...] Read More »