Calgary rink has 36 Brier appearances between them. They’ve won the Canadian championship more times than most. They’ve won world championships more times than most. But Kennedy and Hebert have something the two veterans don’t, an Olympic gold medal. CBC | Sports News
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Ready to ‘Roar’: Canada’s curling stars begin Olympic pursuit in Ottawa
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
Read More »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 »GM Burke shakes up Canada roster as Olympic tryouts continue
Canada’s Olympic men’s hockey team will give 10 new players a look at the Channel One Cup in Moscow in two weeks from the team that competed in the Karjala Cup in Helsinki earlier this month. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Speed thrills: How Canada’s athletes overcome their fears for Olympic glory
The mind-boggling speeds and incomparable heights Canada’s winter athletes reach in pursuit of Olympic gold can appear unfathomable. If this seems scary to you don’t worry, it scares them, too. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Road to the Olympic Games: Skate America
Watch coverage from Skate America in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Road to the Olympic Games. Action includes the ice dance discipline where Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier will be competing. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Road to the Olympic Games: Women’s GS from Killington
On this week’s edition of the program, watch action from the women’s alpine World Cup giant slalom event in Killington, VT. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Let’s Play Operation With Olympic Ski Slopestyle Gold Medallist Dara Howell
Dara Howell is many things, including an Operation aficionado. Well, kind of. Get to know Huntsville, Ontario’s Olympian and X-Games medallist better before she competes at this weekend’s World Cup in Stubai, Austria. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Erik Guay doesn’t want an Olympic medal ‘to be the one that got away’
On the threshold of what could very well be his final season of racing, the most-decorated alpine skier in Canadian history acknowledges that he is not yet satisfied. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Manny Osborne-Paradis focused on Olympic push
Canada’s Manny Osborne-Paradis makes his season debut in men’s downhill at Lake Louise, Alta., on Saturday (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 2 p.m. ET), looking to carry over a strong finish to the 2016-17 season and a productive summer of strength training. CBC | Sports News
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