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Brock Virtue delivers under pressure to win first game at Tim Hortons Brier

Brock Virtue may be a rookie at the Tim Hortons Brier, but he threw his last rock like a veteran Saturday afternoon at Rexall Place. Virtue not only drew the four-foot against four Prince Edward Island...

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Audio: Brock Virtue on Saskatchewan’s 11-end win

Brock Virtue has the distinction of taking part in the longest match of the opening draw of the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier. More important to the Saskatchewan skip is that his rink came out of its 11-end...

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Win tickets to Tim Hortons Brier Page Playoff game

Want to see a Tim Hortons Brier playoff game at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, at Rexall Place? Make sure to enter a draw for two Edmonton Journal tickets by emailing ncowley@edmontonjournal.com by...

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Audio: Kevin Martin on his rink’s 5-4, 11-end loss to Manitoba

Norm Cowley has a story coming with full details on Team Alberta’s debut in the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier, but have a listen to his post-game comments here. In the rest of the evening draw, Newfoundland...

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Kevin Martin loses Tim Hortons Brier showdown with Jeff Stoughton

Alberta’s Kevin Martin wasn’t able to pull off a Hail Mary with his final shot Saturday night at the Tim Hortons Brier. Martin attempted a long angle-raise takeout in an attempt to knock Manitoba’s...

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Quebec shocks Kevin Martin, Alberta 0-2 at Tim Hortons Brier

Kevin Martin will need to rewrite history if he is to win a record fifth Canadian men’s curling championship as a skip. The 46-year-old Martin shocked himself and 7,626 spectators at Rexall Place on...

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Newfoundland, Northern Ontario and Quebec all 3-0 at Tim Hortons Brier

Newfoundland Labrador’s Brad Gushue, Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs and Quebec’s Jean-Michel Menard are all thankful to be 3-0 and at the top of the Tim Hortons Brier standings after Sunday afternoon’s...

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Newfoundland skip Brad Gushue alone atop 2013 Brier field at 4-0, but it has...

You might think Newfoundland skip Brad Gushue would be laughing at the world, sitting 4-0 atop the standings at the 2013 Tim Horton’s Brier. Well, you’d be wrong, especially after what Gushue felt was...

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Evening roundup at the Brier

And then there was Ontario. Glenn Howard’s Ontario rink walked out of Rexall Place on Wednesday night as the lone undefeated squad (7-0) at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier,thanks to some help from Jeff...

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Saskatchewan upset helps Kevin Martin at Tim Hortons Brier

Brock Virtue’s Saskatchewan rink kept its slim hopes of a tiebreaker alive with a 7-6 upset of Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs in an extra end on Thursday morning. But the win also kept Alberta’s Kevin...

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Afternoon roundup at the Brier (updated at 5:30 p.m.)

For the first time at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier, Kevin Martin is on even ground. Martin skipped his Alberta rink to  a 7-2 win over Eddie MacKenzie and his P.E.I. (1-8) teammates on Thursday afternoon...

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Kevin Martin stays alive with 7-2 win over PEI’s Eddie MacKenzie at 2013 Tim...

Kevin Martin kept his flickering playoff hopes lit at the 2013 Tim Hortons by beating Eddie MacKenzie’s PEI rink 7-2 in the afternoon draw at Rexall Place. That evened Martin’s won-lost record at 4-4,...

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B.C.’s Andy Bilesky throws the monkey from his back, wins 1st game at the...

The first skip from B.C. to win the Brier was the pride of Trail, Frenchy D’Amour, back in 1948. Since then, a number of B.C. skips have won the Canadian Curling Championship, fashioning a proud...

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Evening roundup at the Brier

The playoff picture at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier is starting to take shape and Brock Virtue is standing on the outside of the frame, looking in. Virtue’s Saskatchewan rink dropped a 6-5 decision to...

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Nova Scotia’s Paul Flemming finally gets a win at the 2013 Brier

Nova Scotia skip Paul Flemming was so looking forward to coming to Edmonton to play in the Tim Hortons Brier. “Edmonton’s been good to us and I hope that continues,” Flemming said prior to arriving....

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Kevin Martin still alive with two draws to go at Tim Hortons Brier (with video)

Alberta continued it’s amazing recovery Friday morning from a 1-4 start at the Tim Hortons Brier. Kevin Martin made a double-takeout in the four-foot for two points in the 10th end to edge...

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Celebrity curlers pouring Tim Hortons coffee on Saturday at Rexall Place

Six-time Canadian men’s curling champion Randy Ferbey and his longtime third David Nedohin, 2012 Canadian women’s champ Heather Nedohin, 2012 Canadian senior women’s curling champion Cathy King and...

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Afternoon roundup: Newfoundland and Labrador’s Brad Gushue clinches Brier...

Even when Kevin Martin isn’t playing, it’s all about him. At least it is when the games are being played in his hometown and he’s in danger of missing the playoffs at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier. The...

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Evening roundup at the Brier: Alberta eliminated in thrilling Friday night draw

In the final draw of round robin play at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier on Friday night, all of the ingredients for a miracle were there. And about 99 per cent of the night it looked like the recipe with...

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Wild night sets up Saturday’s Brier playoff matchups

In the final draw of round robin play at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier on Friday night, all of the ingredients for a miracle were there. And through an emotionally charged night for the 11,844 fans that...

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