Archive for April, 2008
April 16, 2008 at 10:31 pm in Canada / World
It’s been one ’sweet ride’
Regina’s Ben Hebert is still flying high after sharing in the 2008 men’s world curling championship.
Hebert flew from Grand Forks, N.D., to Toronto on Monday, a day after Canada’s Kevin Martin, John Morris, and Marc Kennedy beat Scotland’s Dave…
April 16, 2008 at 10:28 pm in USA / World
Where were all the American curling fans?
Ever since curling became sanctioned as an official Olympic sport, we Canadians have been inundated with propaganda that Americans are flocking to this “cross between shuffleboard and cleaning your kitchen†in droves. Supposedly, this is why Grand Forks was chosen…
April 16, 2008 at 10:27 pm in Canada / World
Howard wears bull’s-eye
He doesn’t have the hardware to prove it, but Glenn Howard believes his curling team has played just as well this winter as it did during its world championship run last season.
“I actually feel this year we’ve probably played…
April 16, 2008 at 10:25 pm in Canada / World
World champ Jennifer Jones nearing elimination at Grand Slam of Curling event
Defending champion Jennifer Jones on the brink of elimination following consecutive losses Wednesday to open the Tylenol Players’ Championship curling event.
The Winnipeg skip dropped her first match to Montreal’s Eve Belisle 6-3 before falling 6-5 to Edmonton’s Cathy King.…
April 13, 2008 at 11:49 pm in Canada / World
Kevin Martin wins 1st world curling title
Canadian Kevin Martin earned his first men’s world curling championship Sunday, downing Scotland’s David Murdoch 6-3 in Grand Forks, N.D.
The Edmonton skip scored two in the fifth end for a 3-1 lead and never looked back…
April 13, 2008 at 11:47 pm in World
Another reason curling rules
“There are clear messages everywhere around the lower bowl of (Winnipeg’s) MTS Centre urging the importance of turning off your cellphone ringer,†a Winnipeg Sun columnist wrote last week.
“However, the ban does not include any devices that are 33…
April 13, 2008 at 11:44 pm in Canada / World
At long last, it’s Martin
Scottish skip David Murdoch said it’s never easy being Team Canada in a world curling final.
With the sport meaning so much to Canadians,…
