Sports

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Two local-area  high school football teams are moving on to School Sport Alberta provincial semifinals after their quarterfinal wins,  while two other local teams others were sent packing on Saturday. The Raymond Comets defeated the St. Francis Browns 29-10 on home turf, while the LCI Rams were sent packing after [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald A local ringette tournament came through in a big way with its generosity in a time of need over the weekend. The Lethbridge Ringette Association hosted its annual Bridge Battle Fall tournament at Cavendish Farms Centre over the weekend, and it was between initiative lead and LRA parent Cara Parks, [...] Read More »

Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Kai Anderson scored with 46 seconds to go in overtime to lift the Lethbridge Hurricanes to a 5-4 win over the Kelowna Rockets on Friday night at Prospera Place. Owen Berge and Nathan Maloney assisted on the overtime winner. Easton Daneault scored his first of the season from Maloney halfway through [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Western Hockey League handed down disciplinary action on Friday  after two separate  investigations were completed that involved  breaches of the WHL Standards of Conduct. One suspension was given to  Lethbridge Hurricanes GM Peter Anholt. “The investigation found that Anholt breached the WHL Standards of Conduct through use of intimidating [...] Read More »

Graham Kelly  Inside the CFL Most of Rider nation can remember the heart-breaking 13th Man moment in Saskatchewan sports history in 2009 when their beloved Roughriders lost the Grey Cup because of a too many men on the field call when the Als missed a field-goal. Given another attempt Montreal made it. The Als quarterback [...] Read More »

Add patience to Alfie Jones’ list of attributes. The English-born centre back, who plays his club for football for Middlesbrough, had to bide his time ahead of his planned Canada debut Tuesday against Venezuela. The 28-year-old Jones had hoped to be able to take his citizenship oath last week upon arriving in Canada for the [...] Read More »

NORWICH, England (AP) — American-owned English soccer club Norwich hired former Club Brugge, Monaco and Rangers coach Philippe Clement on Tuesday aiming to end a historically bad run of home results. Norwich’s eight straight home losses to start this season have the team 23rd in the 24-team second-tier Championship and star striker Josh Sargent lost [...] Read More »

The Detroit Lions’ fistful of fourth-down failures may have doomed them to a crucial loss at Philadelphia, but it was field judge Lo Van Pham’s dubious pass interference call in the waning minutes that sealed the Eagles’ triumph and jumbled the NFC playoff picture. What appeared like a textbook stop on third down by the [...] Read More »

It has been nearly 15 years since Kentucky, Michigan State, Duke and Kansas first played in the Champions Classic. It seemed a bit far-fetched at the time, the idea of inviting just four programs to the same high-profile event, year after year. What if one of college basketball’s marquee programs suddenly began to struggle? What [...] Read More »

A craving for donuts helped introduce Isabel Diaz to football as a kid in kindergarten. Quickly, she was hooked — on the NFL; not the sugary treat. Now Diaz is in her third season with the Indianapolis Colts as the Harriet P. Irsay Fellow. She assists special teams coordinator Brian Mason and senior assistant special [...] Read More »