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By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald  The Lethbridge Hurricanes opened their six-game B.C. Division road trip with a 5-2 victory over the expansion Penticton Vees at the South Okanagan Events Centre on Wednesday night. Luke Cozens opened the scoring in the game when he tipped in a point shot from Nathan Maloney 14:26 into the first [...] Read More »

By Graham Kelly INSIDE THE CFL “It’s not easy being Green,” Kermit the Frog. In 1948, the black and red Regina Roughriders became the Saskatchewan Roughriders and donned green and white after the team president saw them on sale in Chicago. In 1951 a tall Tulsan named Glenn Dobbs took the province by storm(they named [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald While the Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks  did not podium at the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association cross-country national championships over the weekend , runners still put in strong performances in P.E.I. The Kodiak women placed 11th with an overall time of 1:46:39  and were paced by Katrina Michel who had a time [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s basketball team are going through a learning curve to start the Canada West season as they find themselves with a record of 1-5 righty out of the gate. “We knew we were a team coming together and rebuilding,” said Dave Waknuk, Horn women’s head [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes begin the B.C. Division leg of their seven-game road trip tomorrow and know they will have to stick to a simple game plan if they want to find the win column. “It’s playing a simple, organized game, … having good structure defensively, making sure that we’re managing [...] Read More »

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Nikola Jokic scoring 50 or more points had never been enough for the Denver Nuggets to win. Until now. Jokic tied the highest-scoring performance in the NBA this season with 55 points, and the Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Clippers 130-116 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight victory. The Nuggets [...] Read More »

HONOLULU (AP) — Harry Rouhliadeff’s 22 points helped Hawaii defeat Mississippi Valley State 88-56 on Thursday. Rouhliadeff added five rebounds for the Rainbow Warriors (2-1). Hunter Erickson scored 18 points while going 7 of 10 (4 for 7 from 3-point range) and added six rebounds. Yacine Toumi shot 5 of 5 from the field and [...] Read More »

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ryan Beasley had 23 points in San Francisco’s 80-70 win against Portland State on Wednesday. Beasley shot 8 for 14 (3 for 8 from 3-point range) and 4 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Dons (2-1). Mookie Cook scored 13 points and added five rebounds. Tyrone Riley IV and [...] Read More »

Philadelphia 76ers (7-4, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Detroit Pistons (10-2, first in the Eastern Conference) Detroit; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Pistons face the Philadelphia 76ers in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup. Detroit went 44-38 overall, 29-23 in Eastern Conference action and 22-19 at home during the [...] Read More »

Toronto Raptors (6-5, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (8-4, second in the Eastern Conference) Cleveland; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Cleveland hosts Toronto looking to continue its three-game home winning streak. Cleveland went 64-18 overall, 41-11 in Eastern Conference play and 34-7 at home during the 2024-25 season. The Cavaliers gave [...] Read More »