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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 »

Even though Kevin Stefanski maintained that Dillon Gabriel remains the Cleveland Browns’ starting quarterback, the coach added some uncertainty about when and who might eventually replace the rookie. When asked Monday if Deshaun Watson would be cleared to practice this week, Stefanski answered: “I’m not sure if that’s what we’re doing.” That marked the first [...] Read More »

DETROIT (AP) — Dan Campbell isn’t under any illusions about next Sunday. The Detroit Lions coach knows the Philadelphia Eagles will be a major test for his team, which has yet to replicate the level of dominance it found in 2023 and 2024. “We’ve got our hands full this week,” Campbell said Monday. “We’ve got [...] Read More »

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rookie quarterback Tyler Shough needed just two starts to secure his first win for a New Orleans Saints team that has won just two games all season. A 17-7 victory over Carolina on Sunday was a big step for the second-round draft pick out of Louisville. The 26-year-old Shough will spend [...] Read More »

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The injuries that have hampered San Francisco’s defense have provided the offense with little margin for error if the 49ers want to have any success down the stretch of the season. So when Jauan Jennings couldn’t secure a third-down catch and lost a fumble on the first two drives, and [...] Read More »

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears would love nothing more than to start adding some blowouts to their mounting pile of wins. They’ll take the nail-biters for now. The Bears could at least breathe a little easier Monday, a day after pulling out another tight one. They rallied in the fourth quarter for the fourth [...] Read More »