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By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Bulls began a three-game weekend road trip with a 12-7 defeat at the hands of the Brooks Bombers during Western Canadian Baseball League on  Friday night. Jack Kalisky opened the scoring for the Bulls when his sacrifice fly scored Bernie Socarras in the first inning. The Bombers tied [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Bulls are sitting near the upper echelon of the Western Canadian Baseball League’s West Division standings at the halfway point of the season   and feels as though they have made strides to what is hopefully a strong second half run. “We’ve had our ups and downs with [...] Read More »

Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes selected a trio of players during the Canadian Hockey League’s Import Draft on Wednesday. With their first pick, the Canes selected 17-year-old Czechia forward Filip Novak at 52nd overall in the first round, and it was due to an injury that he suited up in only 14 games last season [...] Read More »

By Nathan Reiter Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald    Zach Trempner is no stranger to traveling for his hockey career. The 24-year-old Lethbridge product will take his talents overseas this fall after signing a professional contract with Muik Hockey in Nykarleby, Finland. In an interview with the Herald, Trempner says he wasn’t quite ready for [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Local forward Carter Klippenstein experienced a moment in his hockey career he will never forget last weekend. Klippenstein was selected in the fourth round at 123rd overall by the Minnesota Wild on Saturday at the NHL draft in Los Angeles. “It’s a surreal feeling,” said the 18-year-old Brandon Wheat Kings [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees star Aaron Judge was struck in the face by a toss from teammate Anthony Volpe as they were coming off the field after the fifth inning of Saturday’s 12-6 loss to the New York Mets. Judge came to bat in the sixth with a small bandage that was still affixed [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Neither Addison Barger nor relievers Lazaro Estrada and Braydon Fisher were on the Toronto Blue Jays’ 26-player opening day roster. But all three played significant roles in the Blue Jays’ 4-3 extra-inning victory against the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday that extended Toronto’s win streak to a season-high seven games. Barger smacked a [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Pierre-Paul Foisy can’t count the number of times he’s visited Stade Saputo to cheer on CF Montreal. The Lionel Messi superfan, however, has no problem shedding Montreal’s colours when his hero is in town. Instead of sporting blue, black and white, Foisy wore a pink tracksuit and a goat mask — for “Greatest [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani worked two scoreless innings against the Houston Astros on Saturday in his fourth mound start of the season, striking out the side in order in the second while pitching on his 31st birthday. Ohtani allowed one hit and threw 31 pitches, 21 for strikes. He fanned [...] Read More »

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — In the eyes of Borussia Dortmund coach Niko Kovač, the MetLife Stadium field was better suited for a round of golf than a match at the Club World Cup. And the New York area’s summer heat also was inappropriate for high-level soccer. “It’s more a golf green, so you can [...] Read More »