DECEMBER 1-8, 2007

December 7, 2007 - road to excellence; special olympics; facility partnerships; breaststroke record; contaminated supplements;

December 6, 2007 - athlete performance;

December 5, 2007 - athlete support; soccer problems;

December 3, 2007 - gymnastics; bobsleigh; soccer merger;

December 7, 2007
Alex Baumann Makes Strong Pitch for Funding for Road to Excellence Program

Road to Excellence will fund summer Olympic sports.

December 7, 2007
Grateful 'to learn sports ... just like everybody else'

Special Olympians assisted by NAIT women's soccer team.

December 7, 2007
P3 plan a skate on thin, costly ice

New report concludes P3's aren't necessarily cheaper.

December 7, 2007
Pierse breaks Canadian breaststroke record

Annamay Pierse, an Edmonton native, now trains in Vancouver.

December 7, 2007
Study finds steroids, illegal stimulants in supplements

13 of 52 supplements tested had small amounts of steroids.

December 6, 2007
Holistic approach to athlete health to improve sport performance

Approach combines sport components with sport science and health research.

December 5, 2007
Olympic committee missed the mark

Canadian athletic achievements are a matter of national pride.

December 5, 2007
Canada's sad state of soccer

U-17 team has failed to qualify for the world championships in six attempts.

December 3, 2007
Canadian gymnast O'Neill almost golden

Edmontonian was the 2005 world silver medallist on floor.

December 3, 2007
Lueders wins bobsleigh bronze in four-man event

Crew includes Edmonton's David Bissett.

December 3, 2007
Soccer associations find compromise

EMSA and EIYSA have reached a merger agreement.