A Thank You From the Editor

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Four 4 the Roughriders!

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are proving that they are once again worthy of winning the Grey Cup. This time, they had to get past the Montreal Alouettes to stay unbeaten.

Trailing by two points with over two minutes left in regulation at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, an interception by Lance Frazier led to a Darian Durant 1-yard touchdown run that put the Roughriders out in front for good. Saskatchewan would win the game by a score of 41 to 33.

Despite throwing two interceptions in the game, Durant completed 23 of 34 passes for 353 yards and three touchdowns to give Saskatchewan their first 4-0 start since 1970.

Evans Retains Yellow Jersey going into Alps

Heading into the Alps, Australia's Cadel Evans will still be wearing the yellow jersey for the fifth day in a row. He currently holds a 1-second lead over Frank Schleck of Luxembourg while American rider Christian Vandevelde trails Evans by 38 seconds. However, the Alps will likely alter the leader board.

Spanish rider Oscar Freire won stage 14 with a time of 4:13:08. The 32-year-old Rabobank rider needed a last-second sprint to get his first stage victory of the year and fourth career stage victory.

Wie Can't Believe It!

18-year old golfer Michelle Wie finished the third round of the State Farm Classic in second place. However, that previous sentence is false. In fact, she had already been disqualified before the third round even began! How did this happen?

After the second round on Friday, Wie never signed her scorecard. Wie, also attending Stanford University, was having the best tournament of her year. She had a first round score of 67, a second round score of 65, and a third round score of 67. While impressive, the last two scores will NOT count.

"I don't know how it happened," she said after finishing the third round, when she found out she violated USGA Rule 6-6: "After completion of the round, the competitor should check his score for each hole and settle any doubtful points with the Committee. He must ensure that the marker or markers have signed the score card, sign the score card himself and return it to the Committee as soon as possible."

The LPGA discovered this violation while Wie was playing in the third round, but could not take further action "until she had completed 18 holes and been given the opportunity to recount the events of Friday's second round."

Lions Down Bombers to Honor Bob Ackles

Just 13 days ago, BC Lions executive Bob Ackles died of a heart attack. On Friday, The Lions, playing their first game in Vancouver since the death of Ackles, defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27 to 18, keeping Winnipeg winless this season. After the game, the Lions would pay tribute to the 69-year-old Ackles.

It wasn't an easy road for the Lions to win, however. The Lions were down 18 to 11 entering the 4th quarter and needed 16 points in the final period to win this game for Ackles, which included a 48-yard touchdown pass from Jarious Jackson to Geroy Simon, the only touchdown scored by the Lions offense. This win puts BC back at .500 for the season.

Korey Banks returned an interception for touchdown while Lions kicker Paul McCallum kicked four field goals, one single, and two converts.

Four for Cavendish. Any more?

Mark Cavendish won Stage 13 of the Tour De France on Friday, which gives him four stage victories in this year alone. Cavendish also won Stage 12 the day before. The Team Columbia rider beat out Australian rider Robbie McEwen by two bike lengths, while French rider Romain Feillu finished in third place.

After the 113-mile-race from Narbonne to Nimes, Cavendish said, "The first stage win was my favorite; today's was the hardest. Every win's a win."

Cadel Evans will keep the yellow jersey for another stage of the Tour De France.

Overall results after Stage 13:

1. Cadel Evans (54:48:47)
2. Frank Schleck (1 second behind Evans)
3. Christian Vandevelde (38 seconds behind Evans)
4. Bernhard Kohl (46 seconds behind Evans)
5. Denis Menchov (57 seconds behind Evans)

Report: Philadelphia Agrees To Extension With Lupul

Sources indicate the Flyers have agreed to a 4-year contract extension with forward Joffrey Lupul. Financial Terms are still unknown.

Lupul had 46 points in 56 games with the Flyers last season with an additional 10 points in 17 playoff games.

Lupul was known as the main piece of a trade between the Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks which saw the Oilers sending superstar defenceman, Chris Pronger, to Anaheim while Edmonton received Lupul, Ladislav Smid and a 1st round pick. The Ducks would go on to win the Stanley Cup, the Oilers would miss the playoffs.

Lupul would be dealt again the following off-season to Philadelphia along with teammate Jason Smith, who has signed with the Ottawa Senators, for Joni Pitkanen and Geoff Sanderson. Edmonton would then trade Pitkanen this off-season to Carolina for Erik Cole.