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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 »

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — No. 4 Alabama stopped short of calling Saturday’s showdown against No. 11 Oklahoma a revenge game, but the Crimson Tide admit they haven’t forgotten last year’s outcome. The Sooners beat the Tide 24-3 in Norman, Oklahoma. It was a shocking result considering the Sooners had lost four of five and Alabama [...] Read More »

OTTAWA, ONT. — The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Shane Pinto to a four-year contract extension, the team announced Thursday. The deal carries an average annual value of US$7.5 million. Entering play Thursday, the 25-year-old Pinto has eight goals and six assists in 17 games this season, his sixth with the Senators. Pinto had a [...] Read More »

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — No. 6 Mississippi is quick to brush off any references to last season’s 24-17 loss at Florida that cost the Rebels a spot in the College Football Playoff. “We’re a whole new team from last year and it’s a whole new season,” Ole Miss offensive tackle Diego Pounds said. Asked if [...] Read More »

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan was fined 20% of its match fees for a slow over-rate against Sri Lanka after winning their first one-day international. Match referee Ali Naqvi imposed the sanction on Thursday after Pakistan was found four overs short of the target on Tuesday after time allowances were considered. Captain Shaheen Shah Afridi [...] Read More »

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s soccer federation temporarily banned 102 players on Thursday in a betting scandal. The players were referred to the Turkish Football Federation’s Professional Football Disciplinary Board in the ongoing investigation. The board suspended 25 players from the Super Lig and 77 from the second-tier first division from playing for terms ranging from [...] Read More »