Sports

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Super Bowl Sunday has a way of sneaking extra responsibilities onto the calendar. There’s food to prep, screens to arrange, guests to wrangle, and a kitchen that somehow needs cleaning just as the fourth quarter gets interesting. Or, you can let someone else handle it. Across Lethbridge, community pubs and [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Coming off a bye week, the Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiak volleyball teams are hoping to defend home court. Lethbridge will play host to the Olds College Broncos tonight and Saturday afternoon at the Val Matteotti Gymnasium. The Kodiaks had an idle weekend after traveling to Caronport, Sask. for a set with the [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald It’s incredible the difference a year can make in junior hockey. At this time last year, Oli Chenier and Hudson Kibblewhite were on the opposite end of one of the fiercest rivalries in all of junior hockey, now the two are teammates with the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Kibblewhite was acquired from the [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald When the Lethbridge Hurricanes head to Saskatchewan this week, it will be an opportunity for Carsen Adair to play in front of family and friends. The 18-year-old blueliner is from the village of Clavet, Sask. which is located just southeast of Saskatoon on Highway 16. In an interview with the Herald, [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald The first Wednesday in February is always a special one.  Every year, National Girls & Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) takes place to honour the achievement of female athletes, coaches and leaders in the world of sports.  For Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks women’s volleyball head coach Anna Schwark, the day provides a [...] Read More »

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A financial technology company bought a franchise in the Pakistan Super League at a record annual fee of $8.8 million. Pakistan company Walee Technologies successfully bid for former champion Multan Sultans at an auction held in Lahore that made it the most valued franchise in the history of PSL. Last month the [...] Read More »

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Toumani Camara scored a career-high 30 points and shot 8 of 10 from 3-point range, Deni Avdija had 26 points and 10 rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers used a huge third quarter to cruise to a 135-118 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, who played without Joel Embiid on Monday night. [...] Read More »

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas climb picked up more steam Monday night as the No. 9 Jayhawks knocked off top-ranked Arizona 82-78. Less than a month after falling out of The Associated Press Top 25, Kansas (19-5, 9-2 Big 12) has won eight in a row and clawed its way back into Big 12 [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jalen Williams scored 15 of his 23 points in the second half of his return from a 10-game injury absence, and the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped their two-game skid with a 119-110 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night. Reigning league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and current NBA scoring leader [...] Read More »

DENVER (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 32 points, including two free throws with 0.9 seconds left after James Harden’s tying 3-pointer, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied to beat the Denver Nuggets 119-117 on Monday night. Harden finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds in his second game with Cleveland. Harden, acquired from the Los Angeles [...] Read More »