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By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes ended a four-game homestand on the right side of an 8-7 score against the Brandon Wheat Kings on Friday night at VisitLethbridge.com Arena. “That team can score like crazy,” said Matt Anholt, Canes head coach. “They’re an extremely skilled group. We’re fortunate, obviously, to score more than [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Catholic Central Cougars varsity football team hits the gridiron this afternoon to battle against their cross-town rival Chinook Coyotes for the School Sport  Alberta 4A South Zone banner. Catholic Central is coming off a 38-28  win over McCoy High School and Chinook is coming off a nail-biting 43-42 overtime [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald University of Lethbridge Pronghorn swim team members and coach and a representative from Pronghorn Athletics hyped up what the experience will be like hosting the Canada West Swimming Championships at the end of the month during a media availability on Wednesday morning. “We’ve got probably the best on-campus pool maybe [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Try as they might, the equalizer proved to be elusive for the Lethbridge Hurricanes in a 2-1 loss to the Prince Albert Raiders at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena on Wednesday. Hurricane assistant captain Shane Smith says Lethbridge played well despite falling short of recording a point in the contest. “It’s a great [...] Read More »

Graham Kelly Inside the CFL As Jerry Reed wrote. “When you’re hot, you’re hot; when you’re not you’re not” Saturday’s Western Final features red hot BC vs. the Saskatchewan Roughriders. While the Lions have won seven in a row, the Green are on a two game losing streak, because they gave some of their stars [...] Read More »

NEW YORK — Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon, Chicago Blackhawks centre Connor Bedard and Anaheim Ducks centre Leo Carlsson are the NHL’s three stars of the week. MacKinnon had 10 points (four goals, six assists) in three games to move into the scoring lead with 29 points (14 goals, 15 assists) in 16 games. He [...] Read More »

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have placed veteran forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury, the NHL club announced Monday. Nugent-Hopkins has 16 points (five goals, 11 assists) in 16 games this season, his 15th with the Oilers. He played a season-low 14 minutes 50 seconds in Edmonton’s 9-1 loss to visiting [...] Read More »

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks forward Taurean Prince is out indefinitely with a herniated disk in his neck. Prince already had missed the Bucks’ last two games. The Bucks announced Monday that Prince underwent an MRI last week that revealed the herniated disk. Bucks officials didn’t put a timeline on Prince’s return and said the [...] Read More »

BOSTON (AP) — Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz is due in court Monday on charges accusing him and teammate Emmanuel Clase of taking bribes to help bettors in their native Dominican Republic win prop bets placed on pitches they threw. According to the indictment against the two unsealed Sunday, the highly paid hurlers took several [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Giants fired coach Brian Daboll on Monday, two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the move had not been announced. The move by ownership and general manager Joe Schoen was made a day after the Giants [...] Read More »