February 28, 2010 at 1:30 pm in Canada / World
Martin exorcises demons on way to Curling Gold
Eight years later, Canada’s Kevin Martin finally has redemption for his missed opportunity at Gold in 2002. The Canadian team dominated the competition during the Olympic tournament becoming the first team ever to go undefeated winning the second Gold medal…
February 28, 2010 at 11:05 am in Canada / News
Martin’s golden redemption
Easy rests the Olympic crown on Kevin Martin’s head. Finally.
Eight years after his last shot in Salt Lake City slid far enough for silver and Norway celebrated that last half an inch for all the gold it was worth…
February 28, 2010 at 11:01 am in Canada / News / World
It’s not easy to make curling sexy
She is so smooth.
She is so skilled.
And to so many, Cheryl Bernard, the Canadian curling queen, is so, so sexy.
Yes, that kind of talk takes…
February 28, 2010 at 10:57 am in News / World
On Wall Street, a Romance With the Curling Stone
Wall Street trading is often described as a blood sport. But inside the great investment houses, the sport of the moment is, of all things, curling — that oddball of the Olympics that is sort…
February 28, 2010 at 10:52 am in Canada / News / World
Martin elevated to Canadian sporting royalty after curling gold
As the Canadian men’s curling team neared victory in the gold medal match against Norway on Saturday, the crowd in the Vancouver Olympic Centre stood and began singing “O, Canada.”
When Canadian skip Kevin Martin threw the last stone, ensuring…
February 28, 2010 at 10:50 am in Canada / News / World
Canada Wins Men’s Olympic Curling Gold
The men’s curling gold medal match started with noise: foot-stomping, head-splitting, ground-shaking noise.
The bagpipes came next. Then the pants. Not just any pants, but checkered pants, Rodney Dangerfield meets argyle meets the jack of diamonds. They belonged to the…
December 13, 2009 at 8:59 pm in Alberta / Canada
Kevin Martin wins Olympic Trials with convincing win over Glenn Howard
Kevin Martin and his Alberta foursome built a big 5-1 lead after 5 ends and held on for a 7-3 victory over Glenn Howard in the Canadian Olympic Trials final in Edmonton. His team of John Morris, Marc Kennedy and…
