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REGINA -- As their traditional home-and-home series approaches, the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers find themselves heading in opposite directions. Glen Rice Hornets Jersey . Saskatchewan sits atop the West Division at 7-1 while Winnipeg is mired in the East Division basement at 1-7. With the Labour Day Classic at Mosaic Stadium on Sunday, followed by the Banjo Bowl in Winnipeg the following weekend, the Blue Bombers will be hoping to get on track and the Roughriders are looking to solidify their hold on first place. Rest assured, the Riders, who are in position to start a season 8-1 for the first time in franchise history, are not taking the Bombers lightly. "Im real pleased with the way the team practised this week," said head coach Corey Chamblin, adding that his players are taking their rivals "a hundred per cent seriously." Saskatchewan defensive tackle Tearrius George agrees with Chamblin that this years Roughriders have exhibited maturity and confidence, citing back-to-back victories in which the team has had to come from behind against the Montreal Alouettes and Edmonton Eskimos. "The last couple of games weve played, we had our backs against the wall and come out wins at the end," George said. Starting at quarterback for the Bombers will be Justin Goltz, who lacks experience but is now working with a new offensive co-ordinator, Marcel Bellefeuille, the replacement for the fired Gary Crowton. "I like what Coach Bellefeuille is doing," Goltz said. "He has really helped clear some stuff up. I really like stepping up to the line of scrimmage and having a process, having clear cut keys and directions to go with the football." Saskatchewan linebacker Renauld Williams says whoever happens to be at quarterback for the Bombers can expect to be staring at defence that will be "flying around" and applying great pressure. "We also have a lot of different looks we can give a quarterback," Williams said. "Weve been harping all week on just doing your job." The fact that the Riders will be in hot pursuit comes as no surprise to Goltz. "I expect them to come after us, both the fans and the team," he said. A sellout crowd of 45,000 is anticipated for the Labour Day Classic. "Its not only a big crowd, its a knowledgeable crowd," said Saskatchewan quarterbacks coach Khari Jones. "They know when to be quiet and when to be loud, to help our team." Added Roughrider centre Dominic Picard: "The 13th man will be there, absolutely." Despite their struggles, Goltz insists the Bombers are still fighting to turn things around. "I dont think anybodys given up on the season. I dont think anybodys given up on themselves," he said. "Guys come to work every day expecting to improve, expecting to get better. I dont think anythings a foregone conclusion." Saskatchewan slotback Geroy Simon said the Riders have to be wary of Winnipegs defence. "Were not going to take anybody lightly," because thats been the prevailing sentiment in Riderville this week. "Their front seven is very good," Simon said. "We have to take care of their rush ends, and make sure they dont screw up our game plan." Arguably the best way to offset the pass rush is with the ground game, and Saskatchewan possesses the most productive in the CFL, thanks to tailback Kory Sheets. "Hes just very patient," said Bombers head coach Tim Burke. "He just reads it, and then he sees the hole and goes. Thats where weve got to be good. Weve got to stay in our gaps and just hold him down." Winnipeg cornerback Brandon Stewart says the Bombers defence knows what it has to do to try and contain Sheets. "Weve got to be assignment-sharp, because (Sheets) has vision as a running back, and he has the speed to also bound it when he sees it," he said. "Everybody has to be in their gaps, or he can crease you. Hes shown it on multiple defences this year." Burke wants to see the Bombers put forth their best effort, but at the same time, he does not minimize the hurdles his team must overcome. "Obviously, theyre a very good football team," he said, "and Reginas a very tough place to play." Tough, and also noisy. "I imagine its even louder there this year than it has been in the past," Burke said, "because the one end is bowled in now. Theres a lot of challenges going in there." Saskatchewan is undefeated at Mosaic Stadium this season, and Rider quarterback Darian Durant said "its all about protecting our home turf." Winnipeg receiver Terrence Edwards points out that not on the side of the Bombers in the Labour Day Classic between the teams. 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In this case, it was soccer weather. The sport moved a step closer to returning to South Florida on Wednesday, when Beckham confirmed he has exercised his option to purchase a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in Miami.The author of one of Canadas defining moments at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics is "99 per cent" certain hes retiring. Jon Montgomery, the gold-medal winning skeleton racer who celebrated his victory by chugging from a pitcher of beer handed to him by a fan, says his failed attempt to qualify for the Sochi Games will in all likelihood mark the end of his sliding career. "Im done. As a competitive athlete, this is the end of the road for me," Montgomery said in a telephone interview with The Canadian Press on Thursday, before later adding: "I would say 99 per cent of me is certain that I am done. "You wont see me (racing) next year or the year after and Im 99 per cent sure you wont see me trying to gain a spot for (the 2018 Winter Olympics in) Pyeongchang." The 34-year-old Montgomery was one of the stars of the Vancouver Games, memorably drinking from that pitcher on national television as he walked through a crowd of rabid Canadian fans in Whistler, B.C. But the Russell, Man., native struggled to find consistency on a new sled in the leadup to Sochi and missed out on a chance to defend his title in Russia. "Physically Im at the top of my game. Im going out faster than Ive ever been in my career but its a bit of a sacrifice to make sure that I dont get hurt," he said. "I dont know what sort of long-term damage Ive done to my brain but in terms of getting a concussion — which is a really distinct possibility, or a brain injury — I need to make the right choices based on my family." Montgomery said even had he made it to Sochi and topped the podium a second time, the emotions from Vancouver would have been difficult to repeat. "Nothing can ever replace your first Olympic gold medal," he said. "To have done that on home soil with friends and family and countrymen by my side ... you just cant top that." Although he wanted desperately to represent Canada again, Montgomery said hes been watching these Games intently. "Its the human drama that takes place in front of us every day during the Olympics," he said. "Its unbelievable. I enjoyed being part of it as an athlete and (enjoy) being part of it as a fan." Montgomery took the 2011-12 season off and found it difficult racing on the new sled he helped build from scratch when he returned to the track. He had used his previous sled for eight years, but felt it was necessary to go with new technology in order to defend his Olympic gold in Sochi. In the end, he never got that chance. "It was really frustrating because you had achieved a certain level of performance that you were used to being able to get back to week in and week out," said Montgomery. "Coonsistency is a huge part in our sport. Willy Hernangomez Hornets Jersey. You have to be very athletic to push the sled, but its more of a game of skill and touch. "Its about that feel and that muscle memory, that finite muscle control, and thats what I was struggling with — to get that feel and that touch back to my sliding game." Montgomerys path to Sochi was always going to be difficult after he failed to earn one of the three mens spots on Canadas World Cup team. He instead raced on a lower circuit where point values for results are lower, but was promoted to the World Cup team in January. He needed at least a fourth-place finish in his final race to get a third Canadian sled into the Olympics, but wound up a heart-breaking seventh. That disappointment aside, Montgomery is adamant he did everything possible to give himself the best chance at success. "I can say until the day I die that there wasnt anything that we didnt address," he said. "I built a gym in my home garage with equipment that I felt was necessary for me to get quicker, bigger, faster, stronger and that paid off. "With the equipment development end of things, unfortunately we didnt realize the goals that we had set for ourselves — we fell a little bit short. "It was mostly timing. An opportunity to get comfortable with the equipment that wed built was really where we fell short. But as far as making the choices and decisions we made, zero regrets." Montgomery became somewhat of a folk hero after the 2010 Games and was in Calgary on Thursday to promote Proctor & Gambles "Thank You, Mom" campaign for the 2014 Olympics. He and his mother, Joan, starred in a video highlighting how she helped him through some tough times early in his career prior to the Olympic gold medal. She played a similar role again when her son failed to qualify for Sochi. "My mom was there to help me pick myself up and move on with some purpose and dedication towards what happens next in life," said Montgomery, who hosted the first season of CTVs "Amazing Race Canada" last year and has signed on again for a second instalment that begins shooting in the spring. That television career will keep Montgomery in the public eye, but he will likely always be known as the Canadian Olympic champion who chugged beer with a gold medal around his neck. "Lots of great memories, lots of good friends and a lot of pride in what we were able to accomplish for ourselves as individuals and for us as a country," he said. "I havent given a formal (retirement) announcement. "I havent gone to a press conference and cried like Wayne Gretzky yet, but if that day comes Ill probably do that too." ' ' '