Author Archives:
Money Ball: Mets' Alonso wins HR Derby, $1M, tops Vlad Jr
CLEVELAND - Pete Alonso took one final swing and flipped his bat high in the air. Another walk-off. Money ball. As the crowd roared, the New York Mets rookie headed toward the mound and tightly squeez...
Jul 10, 2019
City locates historical well
Medicine Hat, AB - When demolition of the Hitch'n Post saloon building began last fall, a major concern was finding a gas well that had been built over 100 years ago. Now after multiple attempts to fi...
Jul 10, 2019 Photo courtesy of Charles Lefebvre / Historic well at 210 South Railway Street
Mets' Alonso outlasts fellow rookie Vlad Jr to win HR Derby
CLEVELAND - Mets rookie Pete Alonso has a million-dollar swing. New York's newest slugger outlasted a worn-down Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the final round of the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night ...
Jul 10, 2019
Jim Bouton, former pitcher, "Ball Four" author, dies at 80
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. - Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tell-all book "Ball Four," has died. He was 80. Bouton's fami...
Jul 10, 2019
NYC police probe defaced Rapinoe posters
New York City police say they are investigating after posters featuring U.S women's soccer team player Megan Rapinoe (ruh-PEE'-noh) were defaced with derogatory slurs. Police said Wednesday the vandal...
Jul 10, 2019
Jim Bouton, former pitcher, "Ball Four" author, dies at 80
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. - Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tell-all book "Ball Four," has died. He was 80. Bouton's fami...
Jul 10, 2019
Canada's Henderson wins ESPY for best female golfer after two LPGA Tour wins
LOS ANGELES - Canada's Brooke Henderson can add an ESPY to her trophy case. Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., was named best female golfer at the annual celebration of athletes on Wednesday. Th...
Jul 10, 2019
Rodriguez' three-run shot leads Mavs to 8-2 victory over Dawgs
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Sal Rodriguez let it fly in the seventh inning, mashing a three-run homer through left-center field to lead the Medicine Hat Mavericks to an 8-2 victory over the Okotoks Dawgs on We...
Jul 10, 2019
Guerrero Jr., smashes 29 dingers to set single-round record at Home Run Derby
CLEVELAND - Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr., impressed the crowd at Progressive Field by setting a new Home Run Derby record for dingers in a single round. And to prove it wa...
Jul 10, 2019
Liberals nominate well-known anti-pipeline activist to take Montreal NDP seat
MONTREAL - Within a few minutes of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's speech Wednesday night introducing his newest candidate for the fall election, a protester lifted up a sign and began screaming ...
Jul 10, 2019