Curling

A curling Miracle on Ice? U.S. ends Canada's bid for gold
Exactly 38 years to the day that the American men's hockey team stunned the Soviet Union, U.S. skip John Shuster pulled off a lesser, but still startling, upset to knock Canada out of curling title co [...]
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Canada-U.S. rivalry hits the curling ice
One of the more heated rivalries on ice is coming to the curling sheet. Canada and the United States, longtime foes in hockey, will clash in the Olympic men’s curling semifinals Thursday at 6 a.m. E [...]
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Homan rink ends their Olympic competition with gutsy win over OAR
Rachel Homan's Canadian curling rink bounced back from their playoff elimination earlier in the day with a comeback win over the Olympic Athletes from Russia to end their tournament. [...]
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Russian mixed doubles curling medallist denies doping
Krushelnitsky, who won bronze in Pyeongchang with his wife in mixed doubles curling, is set to face a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing in the near future after he tested positive for meldonium, [...]
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Bad burn: Rachel Homan criticized for poor curling etiquette
After starting the 2018 Winter Olympics 0-3, the Ottawa skip has come under fire for what many perceive to be a display of poor sportsmanship. [...]
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Residential school experience shaped Canadian skip Kevin Koe's father
Fred Koe fell in love with curling before he was ripped from his home and placed in a residential school in the Northwest Territories for 10 months. When he had his own family, he used his favourite s [...]
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Rachel Homan, Canada fall to 0-2 with extra-end loss to Sweden
Team Sweden defeated Rachel Homan's Team Canada 7-6 in an extra end in women's curling round robin Thursday in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Sweden improved to 2-0 while Canada fell to 0-2. [...]
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Skip Kevin Koe, Canada hang on to beat Great Britain
Three-time world champion Kevin Koe and his Canadian men's rink are settling in nicely at the Olympics, defeating Great Britain 6-4 on Wednesday in a hard-fought curling match that followed a tourney- [...]
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Canada's Lawes, Morris win mixed doubles curling gold
Canada’s Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris won the first-ever Winter Games gold medal in mixed doubles curling on Tuesday, defeating the reigning world champions from Switzerland 10-3 in six ends at the [...]
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Switzerland to face Canada for curling mixed doubles gold
Switzerland's Jenny Perret and Martin Rios struck early and held on for a 7-5 victory over Olympic Athletes from Russia in a tension-filled mixed doubles curling semifinal on Monday. They will meet Ca [...]
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NFL player turned curling fan Vernon Davis chosen honourary Team USA Olympic captain
NFLer Vernon Davis has fallen in love with curling over the years. Now, he's attending his third consecutive Winter Games as an honourary captain for the American team. [...]
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