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Manitoba’s Jeff Stoughton shocks Ontario’s Glenn Howard by scoring three in...

Glenn Howard lived his worst nightmare Saturday afternoon at Rexall Place. The defending Canadian men’s curling champion from Coldwater, Ont., believes his stellar 10-1 performance in the Tim Hortons...

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Went to the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier and a raucous, partisan soccer match broke...

It was not a scene you normally associate with a sport as courteous, as genteel, as downright folksy and ‘nice’ as curling. On the final Friday night of the round robin at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier, a...

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Brier evening roundup: Newfoundland and Labrador relegated to bronze game; N....

He’s been to this stage before, but for Brad Gushue, the playoffs are where it gets tricky. The skip from Newfoundland and Labrador has been to the Tim Hortons Brier 10 times in his curling career and...

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Newfoundland skip Brad Gushue shows his class and grace even in painful Brier...

For 10-15 long minutes, Brad Gushue sat staring at the sheet of ice at Rexall Place where he had just lost the 3-4 Page Playoff game to Brad Jacobs of Northern Ontario by 6-5, pondering what might have...

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Ontario dominates Tim Hortons Brier all-star teams

The Ontario rink that cruised through the round-robin portion of the Canadian men’s curling championship also dominating the all-star selections, with skip Glenn Howard, third Wayne Middaugh and second...

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Northern Ontario shocks Glenn Howard in Tim Hortons Brier semifinal

Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs made two double-takeouts in the 10th end to finish off a shocking 9-7 upset of Ontario’s Glenn Howard in Sunday morning’s semifinal at the Tim Hortons Brier at Rexall...

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Howard claims bronze at the Brier

Glenn Howard is your reluctant 2013 Tim Hortons Brier bronze medalist. Howard was a vocal opponent of the Page playoff system that exists at all of the major curling playoffs and despite reaping the...

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Northern Ontario wins the 2013 Brier

Kevin Martin wasn’t able to get into the playoffs at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier, but he knew a winner when he saw one. “I don’t think Northern Ontario is going to lose another game, unfortunately for...

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Weekend curling roundup, from media bonspiel to Canadian and world championships

I’m baaack, but really tired. Went off-line during the weekend for the 51st annual Edmonton Media Bonspiel. It’s a fun event I’ve been playing in since 1977. Took a family rink in this year with my...

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Tough day for Deb Santos, Wade White at Canadian senior women’s, men’s...

Alberta senior women’s skip Deb Santos. The Alberta teams in the Canadian senior curling championships both lost to the undefeated front-runners on Monday at Summerside, P.E.I. Deb Santos and her St....

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Wade White wins two, Santos loses at Canadian senior curling championships

Wade White and his St. Albert Curling Club rink of Doug McLennan, Dan Holowaychuk and George Parsons won a couple of games with wild finishes at the Canadian senior men’s curling championship at...

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Curling wrap covering Canadian senior, CIS and CCAA championships, plus world...

Wednesday was a good day for Alberta rinks at Canadian curling championships, as well as for Canada’s Rachel Homan at the world women’s championship. Deb Santos got back into the thick of things at the...

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Curling wrap: Deb Santos, Wade White in running for playoff berths at...

St. Albert Curling Club rinks skipped by Deb Santos and Wade White are Alberta’s last hopes to win a major Canadian curling title this season. Alberta won five of the seven mainstream national...

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Curling wrap: Deb Santos, Wade White in Canadian senior championships semifinals

Alberta’s Deb Santos and Wade White both earned berths in the semifinals of the Canadian senior curling championships on Saturday at Summerside, P.E.I. Santos won her fifth consecutive game, 9-5 over...

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Curling wrap: Rachel Homan loses world women’s semifinal; Santos wins...

Canada’s Rachel Homan failed to make a last-rock runback for a double-takeout in the 10th end, giving up a steal of one in an 8-7 loss to Scotland’s Eve Muirhead in the Saturday’s semifinal of the...

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Curling wrap: Alberta shut out of national titles as Santos, Bottcher, Rocque...

Brendan Bottcher of the University of Alberta was unable to defend his Canadian Interuniversity Sport/Canadian Curling Association championship Sunday at Kamloops, B.C. Bottcher and his Golden Bears...

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CURLING WRAP: Edmonton teams lose two more finals

Two more Edmonton area rinks have lost championship curling finals, making it six in the last two weekends. Saville Centre rinks skipped by Les Rogers and Danielle Schiemann lost their respective...

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Cathy King wins her first game at world senior women’s curling championship

Cathy King’s 2012 Canadian senior women’s championship curling rink didn’t miss a beat in its first meaningful game in two months on Saturday. King trounced Ireland’s Marie O’Kane 8-2 in her debut at...

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Cathy King improves to 2-0 at the world senior women’s curling championship

Canada’s Cathy King romped to an easy 21-1 victory over Russia’s Ludmila Murova on Sunday at the world senior women’s curling championship at Fredericton, N.B. King and her Saville Centre rink of...

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Steal of four gives Canada’s Cathy King another big win at world senior...

Canada’s Cathy King continued to roll along at the world senior women’s curling championship at Fredericton, N.B. King and her Saville Centre rink of Carolyn Morris, Lesley McEwan and Doreen Gares...

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