Sports

Central Alberta athletes enjoyed success as the second half of the Canada Summer Games began on Monday.

Red Deer’s Drew Goldsack had the perfect start to his comeback season by winning gold in the men’s skate-ski sprint on Monday in New Zealand.

Philip Rivers got his big-money contract extension. Now all he needs to do to keep up with Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger is to win the Super Bowl. Rivers signed a six-year contract extension Monday with the San Diego Chargers worth US$93 million, with $38 million guaranteed.

He’d eagerly accept the challenge of playing major junior hockey in his hometown, but Mitch Kaufmann has an attractive option in the event that his attempt to earn a roster spot with the Red Deer Rebels doesn’t pan out.

Only two games took place this past weekend when a strange quirk of an eight-team league gave summer vacations to four teams.

RENTON, Wash. — The Seahawks are mum on talk they are on “Edge.” For now, anyway.

Rays 12 Blue Jays 7TORONTO — Toronto ace RoyHalladay said it’s a matter of paying more attention to the little things that help him avoid giving up surprisingly big numbers like he did Monday night.

CALGARY — Canada’s top hockey stars had barely stepped off the plane before they were surrounded by TV cameras and autograph seekers.

Barring an injury or another unforeseen circumstance, Darcy Kuemper will be the Red Deer Rebels No. 1 goaltender during the 2009-10 Western Hockey League season.

The Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves downed Saskatchewan 4-3 in their seventh-place game Sunday to finish the Canadian bantam AAA baseball championships with a 3-3 record.