The Olympians are coming
EDMONTON – Oh, the stories they’ll tell. The Olympians are coming. No, not the handful of medallists among the competitors at the Roar of the Rings, which starts Sunday… they will soon be the stars of...
View Articlemrnn Trials Predictions
As promised, here is yet another fearless Canadian Olympic Trials prediction from one of The Curling News‘ prognosticators. As mentioned yesterday, no less than four TCN experts have made their calls...
View ArticleMargo Weber: The Olympic Dream
[Welcome back Margo Weber; blogstar from the 2009 Tim Hortons Brier, she is back to pontificate on the Tim Hortons Canadian (Olympic) Trials. Here’s her big-picture portrait of this amazing Olympic...
View ArticleThis is where it gets fun
by Margo Weber EDMONTON – Okay, so with one round robin game left, this is how it shakes down today on the women’s side. Cheryl Bernard has a bye to the final by virtue of her 6-0 record. Shannon...
View ArticleTrials All-Star Hotties
by Margo Weber EDMONTON – Come on. You read the blog mayhem from the Calgary Brier, right? You know I had to “go there” eventually, right? Okay, here they are… the long awaited All Star Hottie Teams...
View ArticleWhat was this? Bravo’s “Athletes in Motion”
Congrats to blogreader ALBERTA, who weighed in on our What is this? Clue no. 2 posting on Thursday. ALBERTA was the first to guess, correctly, that these interesting Colin Smith images were shot at...
View ArticleThe best Canadian rep won
by Margo Weber Wow, that game was CRAZY… right? I have some thoughts. First, I re-watched it on my PVR because I was curling in a bonspiel in Airdrie where I had to observe some of it from the ice. I’m...
View ArticleWinnipeg 2013: Randy Ferbey’s Olympic picks
The Ferb speaks (of course) Randy Ferbey at his final roar, in 2009 If there’s one thing that might be considered to be missing from our December 2013 issue, it would be celebrity picks for the 2013...
View ArticleSochi 2014: Playoffs in sight
The amazing culture of curling by Mike McEwen Missed the hockey guys. Oh well. SOCHI, RUSSIA – I’ve had a few comments mentioning it’s great to see that Brent Laing and I can tolerate each other and...
View ArticleSochi 2014: CAN vs GBR women’s semi
More event blogstreaming – PLAYOFFS! Might as well jump – JUMP! by Mike McEwen in Sochi, Russia • Pep talk this morning with Dawn… she’s ready! √ • Avoid the instant coffee and down a couple quick...
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