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| MONTREAL -- Finally finding a groove on the field, the Montreal Alouettes will face their stiffest test yet when they host the league-leading B.C. Lions on Friday night at Molson Stadium. Watch the game live on TSN and TSN Mobile TV at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. Also, get game updates and interact with the TSN Community with TSN.cas Game Night blog. After a rough start to the season during which they dropped three of their first five games, the Alouettes (5-3) are undefeated in August, riding a three-game winning streak. That run has helped them rise to the top of the East Division and second in the CFL overall. "Over the last three weeks weve had (Brian) Bratton, (Jamel) Richardson, (Brandon) London and (Brandon) Whitaker all out but the team has taken it upon itself to step up," Alouettes coach Marc Trestman said. "The guys who have replaced them have done a good job, picked it up and everybody else has done their job. Defensively, its the same thing." One in particular has been wide receiver S.J. Green, who after struggling with consistency earlier in the season, has become Anthony Calvillos go-to guy of late. The 27-year-old earned player of the week honours after a game-high 10 catches -- for a second week in a row -- and career-best 168 yards against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He now leads the CFL in pass receiving with 737 yards on 45 catches. "Just my mental mindset. Just knowing the situation, the games and what had to be done," Green explained of whats changed. "We needed a win (last week) and I knew I wanted to pull my end of the deal and play my best game for my teammates. Thats all Ive been doing lately, trying to put my best foot forward." A large part of his success has been fuelled by Calvillos continued stellar play, efforts that saw the Alouettes quarterback named the CFLs Offensive Player of the Month for August. The 40-year-old completed 64 of 97 passes this month for 1,024 yards, threw for seven touchdowns and was intercepted just twice. "Coming out of the bye week, Anthony looked scary in that game against Edmonton, and the same thing last week against Hamilton," said Lions coach Mike Benevides. "When you take a look at it, you cant shut them out. You try to minimize the long play and really try to give yourself a chance to win the game at the end. Looking at the size and explosion of their receivers, you just try to minimize what they do." The Lions (6-2) sit atop the CFL standings, largely due to a strong defence that leads the league in nearly every category. Theyve allowed just 141 points against -- 101 fewer than the Alouettes -- and given up just nine touchdowns (six passing, three rushing). Heading into this week, they are the only team in the league to keep opponents below 300 average offensive yards per game (281.3). "They are very smart. Their eyes are on the quarterback, they drive to the ball, theyre physical, and they give you all you can handle," Trestman said. "They have very good players and they have a very good structure and scheme. Thats a tough act to crack and not many have been able to do it up until now. Were going to give it our best shot." Its a turnaround from the first half of last season, when B.C. stumbled to an 0-5 start. This year, the Lions won their first two games, then dropped their next two. Since then, theyve reeled off four straight, during which theyve allowed just one touchdown. "A big part of it is just a belief system that we can win football games. Theres always going to be good and bad in a football game but when youve learned how to win a lot of those games, you know how to overcome the bad that comes up," Lions quarterback Travis Lulay said. While B.C. has been dominant on defence, it has been less so on offence. After scoring more than 30 points in their first two games of the season, the Lions have reached the mark just once since. They sit fourth in the CFL with 202 points and sixth in team passing. They know it wont be easy against an improving Alouettes defence. "Youve really started to see their defence play fast and hard, and play good defensive football the last few weeks. We know well have our work cut out for us," Lulay said. "At the same time, were coming on four wins. "Its always tough coming here to play these guys and to play a team thats playing good football. Its always a challenge to withstand that initial surge of energy and emotion when youre on the road but youve got to do that and settle into the game." Despite the Lions tamer statistics on the pass, they have been better on the ground, aided by Lulays ability to call his own number. The 28-year-old sits ninth in the CFL with 302 rushing yards on 43 carries. "Any time you have a quarterback who can run and extend plays, it hurts you at times so we just have to contain him and just stay focused and really be aware of where he is at all times," said Alouettes defensive back Jerald Brown. Alouettes receiver Jamel Richardson, who has missed the last two games with a hamstring injury, is questionable to return against the Lions. NHL Jerseys Cyber Monday .com) - Tobias Harris nailed a jumper at the buzzer to lift the Orlando Magic to a 100-99 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night. Sergei Nemchinov Jersey Black Friday . With an unusual offensive burst, the Kings proved their captain correct and headed back to San Jose with a flicker of hope. Justin Williams and Marian Gaborik scored two goals apiece, and the Kings emphatically avoided first-round playoff elimination with a 6-3 victory over the Sharks in Game 4 on Thursday night. http://www.hockeygo.net/minnesota-wild/. Toronto (7-9) visits Montreal (8-8) for its first road game in five weeks. The Argos went 3-1 on a recent homestand, including a 26-24 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday that gave them the season series with their longtime rivals. Mike Modano Jersey Black Friday . Still, after the starts theyve had the last couple of seasons, they cant help but feel good about it. Brian Bogusevic drove in the go-ahead run after Jose Altuve scored on Jordan Pachecos throwing error to tie it in the eighth inning and the Astros beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 Sunday to win their opening series. Custom Buffalo Sabres Jersey Black Friday . The Montreal-born tennis player criticized the move through social media on Tuesday, calling out the Canadiens organization for giving up too quickly on the 2009 first-round pick in the preseason.LONDON -- At this point, the top Tour de France sprint star might be called Sir Marcel. Marcel Kittel, the German with a French first name, led a bunch sprint to win Mondays Stage 3 with a finish on the doorstep of Queen Elizabeths Buckingham Palace. Two days earlier, he courted royal attention as Prince William and Kate saw him win Stage 1 in Yorkshire in another sprint. The stage wrapped up the English debut to this 101st Tour edition, a rousing success among cycling-crazed British fans. Riders hopped on planes and bid "au revoir" to the UK before flying across the English Channel onto the races home turf. Rain in the City of London doused riders at the end of the 155-kilometre (96-mile) ride from the university town of Cambridge to a dramatic finish past landmarks Big Ben and Westminster. Italys Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall leaders yellow jersey with a 2-second lead over the most likely contenders to win the three-week race in Paris on July 27. Svein Tuft was the top Canadian in 138th place, 16 minutes 13 seconds off the lead. Christian Meier, also from Langley, B.C., was 17:31 back in 154th. Kittel, led out perfectly by Giant-Shimano teammates, made it look easy as he sped down a final wide approach on The Mall with Buckingham Palace behind him. Peter Sagan of Slovakia was second and Australias Mark Renshaw was third. "Im really, really happy I could win in front of Buckingham Palace," said Kittel, who won four Tour stages last year. "It was one of the greatest finishes Ive ever seen in front of this great scenery." FIRST PARIS, NOW LONDON The hulking German made it a tale of two cities. He added London glory to his record after also winning on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, in the Tour finale last year. His job in the sprints got a lot easier after Britains Mark Cavendish pulled out of the race after injuring his shoulder in a crash in Saturdays Stage 1. "Its one big opponent that is not in the race anymore," Kittel said. "Of course, that changes things for me, but also for the team." Kittel is no threat for the yellow jersey. Like many sprinters, he struggles on climbs and fell nearly 20 minutes behind Nibali in the overall standings in an up-and-down ride on Sunday through the hills and dales of Yorkshire. Nibalis biggest challengers for the prized leaders shirt remain title-holder Chris Froome of Britain and Spains Alberto Contador, who finisheed with the same time as the Italian and Kittel in an 84-rider bunch.dddddddddddd. On Monday, the pack cruised nervously and let two breakaway riders go free on Monday. The duo was caught with about 6 kilometres (4 miles) left. EUROPEAN UNITY AMONG FANS? Tour officials estimated fans made nearly 5 million individual visits -- some may have attended more than one stage -- to the route in the first three stages. In signs of cross-Channel comity, Tour chief Christian Prudhomme took English lessons before the race; Britons waved both French tricolours and their beloved Union Jacks. But the teeming curbs, sidewalks and roadsides again caused trouble for the riders. With about 30 kilometres (19 miles) left, 2010 Tour winner Andy Schleck of Luxembourg was among riders who crashed briefly, and French TV showed a fan on the ground. Schleck, who gingerly returned to the race, said he didnt hit a spectator. "I guess it was my own fault," said Schleck, who collided with another rider and hurtled over his handlebars. His Trek Factory Racing teammate Jens Voigt said: "I saw about 15 crashes today. In the end there were two guys on the ground but I dont know what happened exactly ... Thats the Tour de France. The first week is always nervous." In other spills, Ted King of Cannondale and Jan Bakelants, a Belgian rider on Cavendishs Omega Pharma QuickStep team who wore yellow jersey two days last year, each scraped up their right elbows and knees. Some fans got political. 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