Curling
McEwen improves to 4-0 at The Players’ Championship; Homan suffers first loss
TORONTO – Mike McEwen downed Sweden’s Niklas Edin 5-1 Thursday night to remain unbeaten at The Players’ Championship at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.
Koe, McEwen, Homan, Middaugh win first games at Players’ Championship
TORONTO – Calgary’s Kevin Koe began the Players’ Championship on Tuesday with an emphatic 8-2 win over St. John’s Brad Gushue in six ends.
Olympic curling champ Jones and Laing make long distance relationship work
TORONTO – Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing will be in the same city this weekend, curling under the same roof.
Canada’s Simmons defeats Finland’s Kauste to win world men’s curling bronze
HALIFAX – Canada’s Pat Simmons defeated Finland’s Aku Kauste 8-4 on Sunday to win bronze at the world men’s curling championship at Scotiabank Centre.
Canada’s Simmons loses to Sweden’s Edin in semifinal at men’s curling worlds
HALIFAX – Canada’s Pat Simmons was hoping to have a chance to win his first world men’s curling title in his home country.
Norway’s Ulsrud beats Canada’s Simmons in Page 1-2 game at men’s curling worlds
HALIFAX – Canada will have to take the long road to get to the gold-medal game at the world men’s curling championship.
Bite your tongue! Mic’ed up curlers have to keep their language in check
HALIFAX – Live television. Mic’ed up curlers. High-intensity games.
Canada warms up for playoffs with pair of wins at world men’s curling playdowns
HALIFAX – Canada’s Pat Simmons warmed up for the playoffs Thursday by earning a pair of round-robin victories at the world men’s curling championship.
Canada’s Simmons wins twice to lock up spot in Page playoff 1-2 game
HALIFAX – Canada’s Pat Simmons rebounded from his first loss at the Ford world men’s curling championship by winning a pair of games Wednesday, locking up a spot in the Page playoff 1-2 game in the process.
First Loss: Simmons falls to Norway for first defeat at men’s curling worlds
HALIFAX – Norway’s Thomas Ulsrud upped the fashion ante Tuesday night.
Father Knows Best: Coach Earle Morris helps Canadian team at curling worlds
HALIFAX – The red and white Canadian colours have become a familiar look for curling coach Earle Morris.
Canada crushes Czechs and tops Russians to stay unbeaten at men’s curling worlds
HALIFAX – With three days of round-robin competition complete, the Canadian side skipped by Pat Simmons is showing it’s the team to beat at the Ford world men’s curling championship.
Canada beats China and Sweden to move to 3-0 at world men’s curling championship
HALIFAX – Pat Simmons has been in fine form since replacing John Morris as skip earlier this month.
Canada’s Simmons beats American Shuster 11-10 in opener at men’s curling worlds
HALIFAX – Pat Simmons is making a habit of hitting clutch draws to the button for dramatic victories.
Simmons and Canadian teammates hope to return to podium at world championship
HALIFAX – A year ago the Canadian men’s curling team was in disarray on the eve of the world championship in Beijing.