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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Noah Davidson is ready to prove himself in his first season in the WHL. The 16-year-old Irvine, Calif. product is one of the seven signings the Medicine Hat Tigers made this offseason. He’s one of six to sign from the U.S., playing last season with Shattuck St. Mary’s U18 prep team. The signing, announced [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb From rookies to the top six, the Medicine Hat Tigers’ young line from last season have catapulted up the depth chart. The forward trio of Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll and twins Markus and Liam Ruck were relied upon to produce at times en route to the franchise’s sixth Ed Chynoweth Cup. The Rucks played over 60 [...] 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 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 »

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 »

NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz is among the tennis stars getting into the swing of things at the U.S. Open. A golf swing, that is. After his first-round victory at Flushing Meadows this week, the five-time Grand Slam champion used his racket to pantomime using a club on the course — perhaps a nod [...] Read More »

The Kansas City Chiefs have won three of the last six Super Bowls, played in seven straight AFC championship games and won the AFC West nine consecutive seasons. Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid are two titles shy of the record 11 straight AFC East crowns Tom Brady and Bill Belichick hoarded when they were together [...] Read More »

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — The Pac-12 Conference extended its media contract with The CW Network in a deal that calls for the network to carry 13 regular-season football games, a combined 50 men’s and women’s basketball games and the women’s hoops title game starting in 2026-27. The contract, announced Wednesday, will begin next season [...] Read More »

PARIS (AP) — Maghnes Akliouche received a first call-up by France for its upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Ukraine and Iceland but there was no place in the squad for in-form Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike on Wednesday. The 23-year-old Akliouche is an attacking midfielder for Monaco who was a member of France’s squad at the [...] Read More »

Alexander Isak was selected by Sweden on Wednesday for the country’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers, despite having not played for Newcastle this season as he seeks a move away. Sweden coach Jon Dahl Tomasson described Isak as a “game-changer” and “mentally strong” after selecting the striker in a 24-man squad for games against Slovenia and [...] Read More »