Olympic

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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Canada picks Chris Kelly to captain Olympic men's hockey team
On a team full of veteran journeymen, Canadian men’s Olympic hockey head coach Willie Desjardins and his staff had plenty of worthy options in choosing a captain, but decided on the only player on t [...]
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Canada bounces back in Olympic mixed doubles curling
After exchanging single points through the first four ends of Thursday's Olympic mixed curling round-round match against the United States, Canada's Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris stole three in the fi [...]
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Canada's Olympic hockey men draw inspiration from 'mystery man'
Canadian adventurer Jamie Clarke, who has successfully climbed the highest mountains in each of the seven continents, addressed Canada's Olympic men's hockey team on Monday, sharing the importance of [...]
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Canadian men's hockey team gets 'energetic, high-tempo' start to Olympic tourney prep
Rob Pizzo of CBC Sports chats with Canadian forward Wojtek Wolski after all 25 members of the Canadian men's Olympic hockey team were together for their first official team practice in Riga, Latvia. [...]
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Mat Robinson's path to Canadian Olympic hockey team began with Vegas gamble
There are two members of Canada's men's Olympic hockey team who have not had a single shift in the NHL. One of them is undersized defenceman Mat Robinson, whose hockey journey has taken him from the E [...]
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Canadian Olympic hockey coaches go way back to the 'dog' days
They met nearly four decades ago — two guys from small-town Saskatchewan who didn't get off on the best foot but quickly forged a bond. Now they’re about to coach Team Canada together at the Olymp [...]
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Olympic journey begins for Canadian men's hockey team — in Latvia
From the youngest player, 25-year-old Christian Thomas, to the oldest, a pair of 37-somethings in Chris Lee and Chris Kelly, the dream has begun in earnest for the journeymen of the Canadian men's Oly [...]
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Meet Canada's unofficial host for Olympic hockey camp
Canadian defenceman Karl Stollery has found a hockey home in Riga, Latvia, where this week he's trying to make his Olympic teammates feel at home during their pre-Games training camp. [...]
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Olympic halfpipe champ Iouri Podladtchikov suffers broken nose after scary wreck
Olympic snowboarding champion Iouri Podladtchikov slammed hard into the top edge of the halfpipe at Sunday night's Winter X Games and was taken off the course on a stretcher. [...]
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5 Things About The Men's Canadian Olympic Hockey Team
With no NHL players participating in the Olympics in Pyeongchang, Team Canada General Manager Sean Burke had to be creative in selecting his team. Here are 5 Things you may not know about the team loo [...]
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