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 »

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Make that seven straight races without a medal for Mikaela Shiffrin at the Winter Olympics. The American skiing standout was given the ideal platform to win the new team combined event after partner Breezy Johnson led the opening downhill leg on Tuesday. Shiffrin was the last racer out in the [...] Read More »

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor is being evaluated for a stress reaction in his left hand. Lindor experienced some soreness in the area around his left hand and wrist over the past couple days. David Stearns, the president of baseball operations for New York, said Lindor is going [...] Read More »

King Leatherbury, a Hall of Fame trainer known as “King of the Claimers” for his ability to turn cheaper horses in lower-level claiming races into winners for more than six decades, died Tuesday. He was 92. He died at his home, according to the Maryland Jockey Club, which was informed by his son Taylor Leatherbury. [...] Read More »

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three-time batting champion Luis Arraez and the San Francisco Giants finalized a $12 million, one-year contract on Tuesday. A 28-year-old infielder, Arraez led the National League in hits the past two seasons and is expected to be San Francisco’s second baseman for new manager Tony Vitello. Arraez, a left-handed hitter, batted [...] Read More »

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Catcher Tyler Stephenson won his salary arbitration case against the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday and will earn $6.8 million instead of the team’s offer of $6.55 million offer. Players lead 6-1 in cases thus far and up to six more decisions are possible. Josh Gordon, Allen Ponak and Chris Cameron made [...] Read More »