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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 »

LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer was back at Wimbledon, and back at Centre Court, on Monday — only this time, he was there to watch some tennis, not play it, at a place he won a men’s-record eight championships. The now-retired Federer sat in the Royal Box for his former rival Novak Djokovic’s 1-6, 6-4, [...] Read More »

CHICAGO (AP) — NASCAR’s first in-season tournament hasn’t made much of an impression on its drivers so far. Ty Gibbs said Sunday he didn’t know who his second-round opponent was until after the Cup Series race. That might be about to change. Gibbs is one of eight drivers still in the mix for the $1 [...] Read More »

DUNKERQUE, France (AP) — Belgian rider Tim Merlier won the third stage of the Tour de France in a photo finish and Mathieu Van der Poel kept the yellow jersey on Monday. Defending champion Tadej Pogačar and two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard — the main contenders — finished safely as they rolled in together with the [...] Read More »

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (AP) — Wiaan Mulder sacrificed a shot at one of cricket’s most hallowed records to start mopping up Zimbabwe in the second test at Queens Sports Club on Monday. The first-time captain of South Africa was on 367, just 33 runs away from tying the highest individual test score, Brian Lara’s 400 not [...] Read More »

Canada rugby coach Steve Meehan, in his first squad selection, has named seven uncapped players in his 33-man roster for July test matches against Belgium and Spain. The 24th-ranked Canadians face No. 23 Belgium on Saturday and No. 16 Spain on July 18, with both games at Edmonton’s Clarke stadium. The Belgians are coming off [...] Read More »