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Terry Jones: Change on the way for Alberta curling
WESTLOCK — It’s not a done deal. But there’s every indication that it’s a “getting-done” deal. Sweeping changes are almost certainly on the way in Alberta curling and brooms aren’t involved. Alberta,...
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Terry Jones: Kennedy watches Boston Pizza Cup from stands
WESTLOCK — It was one of those ‘What’s wrong with this picture?’ moments. Marc Kennedy and his wife Nicole sat in the stands here Friday morning as paying spectators. Twelve times Kennedy has played...
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Charley Thomas gets through to A Event Final
WESTLOCK — All Charley Thomas wanted was the 1-2 game and another chance. He wasn’t rocked by losing to Mick Lizmore in Thursday’s ‘A’ Event semifinal. But he would have been if he’d lost to Lizmore...
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Terry Jones: Alberta curling's biggest star will be in the booth for Sunday's...
WESTLOCK — The novelty factor has definitely created interest and sold tickets here. But will it work on national TV? The storyline of crowning the first Alberta champion not named Kevin Koe, Kevin...
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Terry Jones: Appelman couldn't seize the moment in Alberta Boston Pizza Cup...
WESTLOCK, Alta. — The days are supposedly long gone when you could play in three events during the year, get to the provincial championships and make it to the Brier. But Ted Appelman almost did. He...
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Terry Jones: Provincial curling championship a long time coming for Moulding
WESTLOCK, Alta. — It was like the air came out of Darren Moulding when the extra end last rock from skip Brendan Bottcher hit and stayed for the win. The third, who joined the team in mid-season when...
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Terry Jones: Curling couple off to national championships
It’s a Valentines Day sports story if there ever was one. Last June 18, Brad Thiessen married Alison Kotylak in a curling themed ceremony. Now they’re going on curling honeymoons to the Scotties and...
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Terry Jones: Worlds success dependent on Brier champion
There have been exactly 53,895 tickets sold for the April 1-9 Ford World Curling Championship in Edmonton. That’s either not bad or not good. Depends on who wins the Tim Hortons Brier. “One month to...
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Video: Man behind Brier Bear curling mascot set to retire
Reg Caughie, the man behind the Brier Bear who is set to retire after serving as the national men’s curling championship’s mascot for 37 years, says his antics are usually “off the cuff.”
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Terry Jones: Gushue expects to feel right at home in Edmonton for world...
The celebration for Brad Gushue and his team went on through the night and into the morning in St. John’s, Newfoundland after winning the Brier. “We shut it down at 7:30 a.m., had breakfast and went...
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Terry Jones: Last hurrah foursome set to throw ceremonial first rock for last...
They might have picked 92-year-old Matt Baldwin for the honour to throw the ceremonial first rock of ‘The Last Hurrah’ 2017 Ford World Curling Championship April 1-9 at the Northlands Coliseum. But...
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Terry Jones: Walker, Owchar bringing Brier home to Edmonton
In Newfoundland, if you are not a born-and-raised local, they say you’re from ‘away.’ From April 1-9, the members of Brad Gushue’s Brier-winning team from ‘away’ are going to be at home. Like lead...
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A Japan-China Battle of Alberta? On the world curling stage, you betcha
It’s only right if China is coached by a man from Edmonton, that Japan should be coached by a man from Calgary. “Yeah,” said J.D. Lind. “Battle of Alberta. Final draw of the round robin on Thursday at...
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Edmonton's Marcel Rocque coaching Chinese rink once again
The last time the Ford World Curling Championship was in Edmonton back in 2007, Jackie-Rae Greening, head of the local organizing committee, in an attempt to generate some publicity, had Team Ferbey...
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Switzerland skip throws second stones to success
It was the first game of the Pinty’s Slam Elite 10 event that filled the void on the schedule between the Tim Hortons Brier and the Ford Men’s World Curling Championship. Peter de Cruz of Switzerland...
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Sweden's Niklas Edin has strong case to lay claim to King of Curling crown
Is Niklas Edin coming to the 2017 Ford World Curling Championships as the new King of Curling? The suggestion that the crown could be worn by anybody other than a Canadian has never really been...
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Terry Jones: Homan returns home with perfect record and world curling gold
Rachel Homan and Joanne Courtney had been tipped off. There would be a significant representation of Edmonton media waiting for them when they climbed off the final leg of the flight from Beijing here...
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Dutch side a dedicated bunch heading into world men's curling championship
Jaap Van Dorp is not a household name on the Netherlands sports scene. Well, maybe in Zoetermeer. But that would be it. Kids in the Netherlands grow up wanting to be soccer players or speedskaters,...
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No 'Pants' but new Norway men's curling champs sure to fit right in at world...
No pants. Norway is sending a team to the Edmonton 2017 Ford World Curling Championship that isn’t going to be wearing ‘The Pants’. And some might consider that a real blow to the drawing power of the...
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New faces for Germany at 2017 men's world curling championship
It used to be that you just penciled in the name Andy Kapp for Germany and expected him to be in the mix at the Ford World Curling Championship. Kapp, a three-time Olympian out of Fussen also won two...
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Expect some surprises from Italy at men's world curling championship
It was one of my favourite stories covering the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Taking the train up to Pinerolo, a lovely town of 35,829 located 37 km southwest of Torino to check out how the early...
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United States rink beats the odds to hit Edmonton for 2017 men's world...
Curling in the United States has been booming. Participation numbers have grown 13.5 per cent in the last four years. Seventeen dedicated facilities opened their doors in the U.S. since 2011. TV...
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Three-time Olympian leads Scotland charge into 2017 men's world curling...
David Murdoch couldn’t be more Scotland if he bagpiped his team onto the ice, curled in a kilt, drank Scotch between ends and devoured a plate of Haggis at the fifth-end break. A three-time Olympian,...
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Terry Jones: Brad Gushue relishes shot at world men's curling title on home soil
The Bally Haly is Newfoundland’s oldest golf and curling club located on the edge of downtown St. John’s with a view of the Cabot Tower and the Atlantic Ocean.The curling rink is a modest four-sheet...
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Terry Jones: Gushue may be favourite, but claiming world curling crown will...
Will Brad Gushue put the ‘Hurrah’ in the ‘Last Hurrah’ 2017 Edmonton Ford World Men’s Curling Championship? Since Glenn Howard won the world title in Edmonton in 2007, the event has been held in...
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Swiss misses give Canada opening game victory
Michel Riesen was the original ‘Swiss Miss’ in Edmonton. Saturday, Benoit Schwarz, the last rock-throwing member of Peter de Cruz’s Team Switzerland, replaced him. Riesen, chosen 14th overall in the...
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Terry Jones: Daily Planet, 2017 Ford World Curling Championships
Ninety-year-old Matt Baldwin, wearing his old wool Alberta sweater from 63 years ago, held the broom. “Tears came to my eyes a bit,” said the three-time Brier champion who became the youngest champion...
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Terry Jones: Regular ice trickier than pebbled variety for Bourassa
Oh, the shame of it. The humiliation. Jamie Bourassa, world-renowned curling icemaker is on crutches for the Edmonton 2017 Ford World Curling Championship. And further shame. Further humiliation. On...
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Terry Jones: Daily Planet 2, Ford World Curling Championships
It was a Newfoundland record at the World Men’s Curling Championship. On the second day of Edmonton 2017, Brad Gushue won his third game of his first ever world championship. The only other time a...
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Terry Jones: The world within the world curling championships
It’s only three days into this thing and the focus has already switched to a second set of standings. Canada’s Brad Gushue emerged from the opening weekend undefeated at the Edmonton 2017 Ford World...
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Terry Jones: Canada cruises on Brier momentum to 5-0 start at worlds
So much for a post-Brier letdown. It’s a post Brier dial-up. “I think we’re in a bit better form for this early to be honest,” said Canada’s Brad Gushue. “At the Brier, we struggled for our first five...
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Terry Jones: Canada's curling dynamic duo leading the charge at worlds
Mark Nichols has gone from all-star to all-world. A year off followed by two years playing as a lead away (as they say in Newfoundland and Labrador of those who leave the province) and then replacing...
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Terry Jones: Gushue rolls through China, Germany to sit 6-0
Tuesday afternoon, it was the Ferbey Four’s turn to be introduced as part of the Last Hurrah theme of the Edmonton 2017 Ford Men’s World Curling Championship. As soon as the ceremony ended, lead...
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Terry Jones: Daily Planet, Canada has chance to run the table
It had never been done. Not once. Not by anyone. No team had ever run the table in the round robin of a World Curling Championship and won gold with a 13-0 record before. Canada’s Rachel Homan became...
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Edmonton Eskimos kicker trades tee for hack during world curling championship
As far as physicality goes, sports don’t come more polar opposite than football and curling. But it’s opposites attract for Sean Whyte. The Edmonton Eskimos kicker has temporarily traded in the...
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Terry Jones: Mexican curling fan gets trip of a lifetime
Gabriel Fernandez is a self-proclaimed “crazy Mexican lady” from Guadalajara who fell in love with curling. She’s here, not only her enjoying her ultimate curling dreams and some she didn’t dare...
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Terry Jones: Albertans living Newfoundland dream at Worlds
Officially the name of the province is Newfoundland and Labrador. But here this week at the 2017 Ford Men’s World Curling Championship it’s been more Newfoundland and Alberta. Brad Gushue is...
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Terry Jones: Daily Planet 6, Canada dominates round robin
There’s perfect. And then there’s this. Canada’s Brad Gushue completed his undefeated round robin at the 2017 Edmonton World Curling Championship with a 8-4 win over Norway on Thursday evening. To go...
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Terry Jones: Caithness hopeful hockey will still join curling at Olympics
You’d think Curling’s Grande Dame, Kate Caithness, would be licking her lips at the prospect of no NHL participation in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Curling numbers continue to explode...
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Terry Jones: Gushue sweeps into final with 7-4 win over Sweden's Edin
Can Brad Gushue beat the guy who has won the last two world championships held in Canada three times in a row? He may have to. Gushue and his Brier-winning Newfoundland team defeated Niklas Edin for...
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Terry Jones: Diverse experience in finals for Brad Gushue
Every time Vic Rauter shouts out his signature cry ‘Make The Final’ into his TSN microphone it sounds the same. But every time Brad Gushue and Mark Nichols get to a final at the top of the world they...
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Terry Jones: Daily Planet 8, big crowd expected for final
It’s how you leave ‘em. And it looks like Edmonton is going to leave Brad Gushue and crew with a scene similar to the one they experienced in hometown St. John’s when they won the Brier. “We’ve...
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Terry Jones: Rogers Place eyeing up a Brier for 'Next Hurrah'
It was the ‘Last Hurrah.’ When will Edmonton experience the ‘Next Hurrah’? Sunday night’s gold medal game of the Edmonton 2017 Ford Men’s World Curling Championship was the final major curling event...
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Gushue reaches perfection on way to gold at worlds
Before the largest curling crowd in the world this season, Canada’s Brad Gushue made a few of the biggest shots of his career to win his first Ford World Men’s Curling championship. When the...
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Terry Jones: Sweeping changes to Brier, Scotties formats will make them more...
Nunavut will play seven round-robin games in the new Scotties and Brier format rolled out Tuesday by Curling Canada. And there will be no camouflaging that. But a creative twist will be introduced...
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Muirhead comes back to win HDF Insurance Shoot-out
Eve Muirhead did a good job of flipping the script at the HDF Insurance Shoot-out. One year after losing the final following a stunning comeback by Lethbridge’s Casey Scheidegger, the Scottish skip...
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Marcel Rocque coaches China to victory in Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic
Marcel Rocque has a lot to be thankful for this weekend. As head coach of Chinese national curling program, his schedule is hectic and busy, but the three-time world curling champion and four-time...
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Hack to the house: Scientist's mathematical model shows why a curling rock curls
Sadly for University of Alberta professor emeritus Ed Lozowski, his latest foray into the dynamics of ice friction may never be classed as performance-enhancing mathematics for curlers. His...
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Watch: Team Canada prepares for World Curling Championship in Denmark
Team Canada women’s team curlers practiced Wednesday at the Saville Curling Club in Edmonton before departing for the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship in Denmark. Alberta’s Team Chelsea Carey...
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