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Kennedy family welcomes second daughter

Aubrey Kennedy's little sister finally came out to play Saturday as Olympic curling gold medallist Marc Kennedy's wife Nicole delivered newborn sister Brechan Vivian Rose Kennedy at 7: 20 a.m., weighing in at nine pounds and one ounce.


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Canadian skip Amber Holland gives instructions to her sweepers during their match against China in Esbjerg, Denmark, on Saturday.

Holland takes opener

Canada is off to a perfect start at the world women's curling championship.


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Cam Hutchinson Plays of the week

From RJ Currie: "According to a new study on longevity, cheerful people are actually at increased risk for early death. This puts Brian Burke's life expectancy at about 130.''


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lberta skip Kevin Martin yells at sweepers Ben Hebert, right, and Marc Kennedy during Thursday's game against Ontario at London, Ont.

Marc Kennedy’s family welcomes second daughter

Aubrey Kennedy’s little sister finally came out to play Saturday as Olympic curling gold medallist Marc Kennedy’s wife Nicole delivered newborn sister Brechan Vivian Rose Kennedy at 7:20 a.m., weighing in at nine pounds and one ounce.


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Canada skip Amber Holland practises in Regina for the world women's curling championship.

Holland eats up attention

Amber Holland hasn't had a lot of time to herself lately.


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Jasper Place ready to rock

The Jasper Place Curling Club will be rocking and rolling on new levels next week when the Canadian wheelchair curling championship come out of the hack.


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Alberta skip Kevin Martin waves to the crowd after losing to Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Labrador in the Canadian men's curling championship's controversial bronze-medal game on Sunday at London, Ont.

Martin disagrees with new rules

There are those who think that if Kevin Martin took as strong a stand on the ice this past week as he did on rule changes put in place by the Canadian Curling Association (CCA) that he and his Alberta team would have won their third Tim Hortons Brier title in four years.


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Alberta second Marc Kennedy, left, and lead Ben Hebert in action during the Canadian men's curling championship in London, Ont.

Alberta's all-star front end

Ben Hebert and Marc Kennedy were recognized for their solid week of work at the Canadian men's curling championship by being named to the first all-star team at lead and second, respectively, at the Canadian Curling Association's awards brunch on Sunday morning.


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Manitoba's Jeff Stoughton, right celebrates with coach Norm Gould after winning the Canadian men's curling championship in London, Ont., on Sunday.

Bronze game has plenty of meaning for subs

Don't tell a teary-eyed Mark Nichols that the bronze-medal game at the Canadian men's curling championship was a meaningless platform for his goodbye, or Alberta lead Dustin Eckstrand that his eight ends of fame counted for precious little at the Tim Hortons Brier on Sunday afternoon.


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Bronze-medal Brier game meant plenty to Eckstrand, Nichols

Don’t tell a teary-eyed Mark Nichols that the bronze-medal game at the Canadian men’s curling championship was a meaningless platform for his goodbye, or Alberta lead Dustin Eckstrand that his eight ends of fame counted for precious little at the Tim Hortons Brier on Sunday afternoon.


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Ben Hebert, right, and Marc Kennedy were named first-team all-stars at the Brier.

Hebert, Kennedy recognized as Brier first-team all-stars

Ben Hebert and Marc Kennedy were recognized for their solid week of work by being named to the first all-star team as lead and second respectively at the Canadian Curling Association’s awards brunch at the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier on Sunday morning.


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Sports Venting

Where else but in the NHL can we watch a game played at the highest skill level and at the same time satisfy our lust for violence?


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Alberta second Marc Kennedy, after a win in the Canadian men's curling championship round-robin at London, Ont., last week.

Kennedy changes delivery plans

On Friday, Kevin Martin let everyone know how he felt about Sunday's bronze-medal game, which he is now forced to play, thanks to Saturday's 5-4 loss to Glenn Howard.


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Paulson reaches world junior final

The Regina skip was topped 6-5 in the Saturday world junior men's curling championship semifinal by Switzerland's Peter de Cruz.


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Manitoba second Reid Carruthers, left, and lead Steve Gould get ready to sweep a Jeff Stoughton rock at the Canadian men's curling championship.

Been there, done that

Steve Gould, a veteran of five Canadian curling championships as a lead with Manitoba and a two-time Brier winner, knows exactly what his rookie teammate, second Reid Carruthers, is experiencing.


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Ontario skip Glenn Howard smiles after beating Alberta's Kevin Martin in the Canadian men's curling championship's Page Playoff 3-4 game Saturday at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ont.

Martin falls short in playoffs

A pair of streaks came to a screeching halt at the Canadian men's curling championship on Saturday afternoon, both at the expense of Alberta's Kevin Martin.


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On the Air

11 a.m., CBC -Women's slalom, from Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic


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Canadian teams still winning

Canada's Trish Paulsen kept her world junior curling championship hopes alive on Friday thanks to a 9-3 win over the United States in a tiebreaker.


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Koe can relate to Martin's situation

If anybody knows what Alberta's Kevin Martin has to go through to win the Canadian men's curling championship, it's Kevin Koe.


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One stride forward, one stride back

The growth of women's hockey in Canada has been significant and undeniable over the last 21 years. And yet, there remains a one stride forward, one stride back pattern that continues to frustrate.