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April 7, 2008 at 12:59 pm in Canada / World
Kevin Martin sees future curling teams being owned, players signing contracts
One of Canada’s best curlers believes the sport could follow in the footsteps of professional hockey and football, with teams being operated by an owner and players signed to contracts.
Kevin Martin, the Team Canada skip at the men’s world…
April 7, 2008 at 12:58 pm in World
Germany retains lead at curling worlds
Germany’s Andy Kapp survived a mid-game scare to hang on to first place at the men’s world curling championship Monday morning coming away with a 9-7 win over Juri Snitil of Czech Republic.
Kapp grabbed a big five-point end midway…
April 7, 2008 at 12:56 pm in Canada / World
Canada uses power, finesse to remain undefeated at world curling championship
After showing his power earlier in the day, Kevin Martin used a little finesse to pound Australia 9-3 in nine ends Sunday at the men’s world curling championship.
Martin used his strength to throw a pair of key takeouts in…
April 7, 2008 at 12:55 pm in Canada / World
Canada has a fiery third in Morris
John Morris is a firefighter. He has mentored mentally challenged children. He obviously likes to help those in need.
That’s perhaps the boring side of Morris, the side some Canadian newspapers have put on the jump page. Headlines Morris has…
April 1, 2008 at 11:19 pm in Canada / World
Huge numbers tune in to see Jennifer Jones win women’s curling title
A record audience tuned in to watch Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones make her championship run at the world women’s curling championships.
An audience of 1.118 million viewers tuned in to CBC to see Jones defeat China 7-4 in Sunday’s championship game…
March 30, 2008 at 6:32 pm in Canada / World
Jones gets monkey off her back with world title
At least now Jennifer Jones won’t have to answer any more questions about Paisley, Scotland.
Since she failed to reach the podium in her first opportunity at representing Canada at the women’s world curling championships in 2005,…
March 29, 2008 at 12:03 pm in Canada / World
Wang the merciless Jumps all over Jones to reach final
Team Canada’s Jennifer Jones ran smack-dab into the Great Wall of China here in the Okanagan Valley.
China’s Bingyu Wang stole two in the third end to take a 4-0 lead, then hung on for a 7-5 victory over the…
