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Favourites finally show thier mettle at curling national

Kevin Martin defeated Niklas Edin on Saturday at the Swiss Chalet National in Vernon.

VERNON, B.C. - A perfect round robin is supposed to give a team an easier quarter-final, but for Niklas Edin and Mike McEwen at the Swiss Chalet National all they got for their 5-0 records were dates ...

 
 
 

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Calgary curling builder Ray Kingsmith awarded

 
One of Calgary's - make that Canada's - greatest curling supporters, the late Ray Kingsmith, has been named the 2011 winner of the World Curling Federation's prestigious Freytag Award.
 
 
 

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Glenn Howard finds old magic in Canada Cup final

 
It had been 15 years since Glenn Howard and Wayne Middaugh had curled together in a major final, but they showed Sunday at The Arena in Medicine Hat that nothing has changed.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Shutting off mikes during televised Canada Cup may cost Kevin Martin

Kevin Martin and John Morris could find themselves lighter in the wallet as a result of their decision to take off their microphones during Sunday's televised Canada Cup of Curling men's final.


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Stefanie Lawton lauds her new lineup

Stefanie Lawton has more than 28,000 reasons to believe her offseason lineup juggling was a good thing.


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Edmonton's Kevin Martin follows his front end of, left to right, lead Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert,down the ice during their Page playoff game against Ontario's Glenn Howard. Martin defeated Howard 7-4 to advance to Sunday's final.

Not resting on laurels keeps Martin on top

Here's what separates Kevin Martin's Olympic-champion men's curling team from the rest of the granite-chuckers.


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Glenn Howard,checks the line of the oncoming stone during his morning match against Ottawa's Matt Camm on Friday at the Canada Cup.

Howard 'rockumentary' on tap

Glenn Howard is playoff bound at the Canada Cup, which is good news for the videographer who's following the team around all year for a rockumentary


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Curling qualifying overhauled for Sochi

The road to Sochi, Russia, for the 2014 Winter Olympics will be shorter, but no less intense for Canada's best curlers.


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Skip Kevin Koe of Calgary deliver his stone during his morning draw against Serge Reid.

Koe's draw to button changed mate's plans

Blake MacDonald was just an inch or two away from watching this weekend's Canada Cup of Curling instead of playing in it.


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Kleibrink rink having fun winning

Just because Shannon Kleibrink and her Calgary team agreed to play a drastically reduced schedule this season, don't think for a moment it changed their on-ice priorities.


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Skip Brent Bawel and his rink accepted a last-minute invitation into the Canada Cup of Curling, which begins Wednesday in Medicine Hat.

City rink accepts welcomed call

Brent Bawel and teammates flabbergasted as they will compete in Medicine Hat


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Overton-Clapham world's best third

Much like her curling resume, there aren't many holes in Cathy Overton-Clapham's game.


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Canada first in men’s curling rankings, second in women’s

Canada remains first in the latest men’s curling world rankings and second on the women’s list, according...

 
 
 

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