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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 »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates and Iraq drew 1-1 Thursday in the first leg of their 2026 World Cup qualifying playoff in Abu Dhabi. The teams will travel to the Iraqi port city of Basra for Tuesday’s return match in the fifth round of Asian qualifying. The winner will [...] Read More »

ATLANTA (AP) — Carolina’s Bryce Young and Atlanta’s Michael Penix Jr. delivered identical somber messages following disappointing performances in losses last week: “I’ve got to be better.” The quarterbacks are in the spotlight as the Panthers and Falcons seek more balanced offense in the renewal of their NFC South rivalry on Sunday. The Panthers (5-5) [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A proposal to build a gondola from downtown Los Angeles to Dodger Stadium hit some turbulence this week when the City Council voted overwhelmingly to urge transportation officials to ground the project. The estimated $500 million aerial tramway would connect fans between the stadium about a mile (1.6 km) away to [...] Read More »

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Lamar Jackson returned to practice for the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday after missing the previous day’s session because of a knee issue. Jackson played the last two games after missing three because of a hamstring injury. It was not clear what happened to his knee, but coach John Harbaugh downplayed [...] Read More »

Erling Haaland scored again and Norway moved even closer to qualifying for the World Cup for the first time since 1998 by beating Estonia 4-1 in Oslo on Thursday. The win virtually secures a spot for the high-scoring Norwegians in next year’s tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Norway has a vastly superior [...] Read More »