Brier: I say Johnny, you say Mo
by Dalene Heck CALGARY – I say Johnny, you say Mo! Johnny! Mo! Johnny! Mo! What a crowd! Given the complete blowout that was the final game, I’m happy to say that I stuck it out and watched Alberta’s...
View ArticleBrier: Blog Babes say Buh-Bye
by Margo Weber and Dalene Heck [Margo says:] Buh-Bye. When my old friend gk contacted me to see if I’d be interested in blogging it up at the Brier, I was, like, ‘Hells Yeah!’ A whole week at the...
View ArticleOlympic curling roadsign
Our friend Terry Jones is back on the curling beat, and not a moment too soon. The veteran Sun Media sports scribe, who also authored the 2007 book The Ferbey Four, was at a “32 days out” ceremony for...
View Article2-0 at Olympic Pre-Trials
The action has been intense at the CN Centre in Prince George, with lots of late steals throwing the “Road to the Roar” pre-Trials race wide open. Another example was yesterday’s show from 2007 world...
View ArticleTwo in, six to go
And then there were 10. The field for December’s Roar of the Rings grew by two teams yesterday as Winnipeg’s Jeff Stoughton and Calgary’s Crystal Webster (CCA photo above by Michael Burns) qualified...
View ArticleMargo’s pre-Trials picks
[She’s baaaaaack! Margo Weber, guest blogger during last February’s STOH (controversially) and also the Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary (archive here) has been watching the Road to the Roar in Prince...
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 ArticleNo picks! No idea!
by Margo Weber So… I didn’t make picks, aka predictions, at the beginning of the week. And I’m getting all these emails from people asking me: why not? In short… because I didn’t fricking know! And...
View ArticleMen keep it simple
by Margo Weber EDMONTON – Okay, this is the situation for the dudes. Tonight, Glenn Howard and Kevin Martin play for a spot in the final. Loser goes directly into the semifinal. Jeff Stoughton (4-2)...
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