Eighteen teams, nine of each gender, will take to the ice as the Roar of the Rings gets underway in Ottawa. It’s a week of curling many regard as being the most-competitive bonspiel in Canada – and the pressure can be paralyzing. CBC | Sports News
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Canadian Olympic curling trials stacked with champs
Jennifer Jones and Brad Jacobs hope to become the first Canadian teams to defend their Olympic gold medals in Pyeongchang. But both rinks will be in tough at the Roar of the Rings, which features a playing field stacked with champions. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Brad Jacobs wants to change curling culture one fist pump at a time
Brad Jacobs and his Northern Ontario rink are are brash, built and really don’t care what people think about them. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch the Grand Slam of Curling: The National – Homan vs. Scheidegger
Watch live coverage from the women’s quarter-finals at the Grand Slam of Curling: The National. Action begins on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. with Rachel Homan’s rink taking on Casey Scheidegger in our featured match. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch the Canadian mixed curling championship
Watch live now as the Canadian mixed curling championship continues in Swan River, Man. The winner of the tournament, which will be decided Saturday, represents Canada at the 2018 world mixed curling championship. CBC | Sports News
Read More »John Morris claims berth at Canadian Olympic curling trials
John Morris led his rink through the curling Olympic pre-trials, booking his ticket to the next stop on the road to Pyeongchang. Morris and his Vernon, B.C. teammates defeated Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher 4-3 in Summerside, P.E.I., qualifying for December’s Olympic trials in Ottawa. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Krista McCarville books ticket to Olympic curling trials
Krista McCarville’s rink from the Fort William Curling Club in Thunder Bay, Ont, is heading to the Olympic curling trials in Ottawa after defeating Briane Meilleur’s Winnipeg team 7-5 on Saturday night in Summerside, P.E.I. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Is Canada’s next Olympic curling champion at the pre-trials?
How deep is the talent pool in Canadian curling? Put it this way: we need a separate tournament just to decide who gets to play in our Olympic trials. That’s what 28 teams will be doing this week in Summerside, P.E.I., as they look to follow in the footsteps of 2014 Olympic champ Brad Jacobs. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Brad Gushue defeats defending champ to take curling Masters title
Brad Gushue defeated Niklas Edin 8-4 to win the curling Masters event in Llyodminster, Sask., on Sunday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch the Grand Slam of Curling Masters: Jennifer Jones vs. Jamie Sinclair
Watch live coverage from the Grand Slam of Curling Masters event in beginning with with action from the quarter-final between Canada’s Jennifer Jones and the American rink of Jamie Sinclair on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. CBC | Sports News
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