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RED DEER — From the “Takes One to Know One” files, we turn to Amy Nixon to provide this summation of Heather Nedohin’s playoff performance at the Enmax Centrium this weekend.
“Heather has this little peacock strut, you know?” said … Continue reading
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Can Holland and Co. repeat? My predictions for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Here’s the situation going into the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian women’s curling championship, which begins on Saturday in Red Deer:
The team that finished second at last year’s Scotties in Charlottetown is practically everyone’s pick to win this … Continue reading
Virtue finishes second in Alberta on Sunday, joins a new team on Monday
After five days of covering the roller-coaster ride that was the journey of Brock Virtue, J.D. Lind, Dominic Daemen and Matt Ng at the Boston Pizza Cup Alberta men’s curling championship, I thought the ride had come to an end … Continue reading
Eighteen years later, Calgary can finally claim an Alberta men’s curling champion after Koe win
CAMROSE — It had to happen SOME time, right?
But since taking on the curling beat at the Calgary Herald in late 2000 — just a few months after the last Alberta men’s final that featured a Calgary team — … Continue reading
Calgary teams finally rising to the occasion at men’s provincials; Virtue win sets up Page playoff showdown with Koe
CAMROSE — I’ve ranted enough about the futility of Calgary teams at the Alberta men’s curling championship over the years that it had become an annual head-scratcher on how to put a fresh take on it.
As a rule, it … Continue reading
What it means to “dump” in curling, and why it really isn’t an issue in wake of Alberta accusations
CAMROSE — Jamie King provided the line of the morning here at the Edgeworth Centre.
As he walked off the ice following a 7-4 loss to Kevin Koe in the A-event semifinal, King looked over and said with a smile, … Continue reading
Dumping controversy heats up opening day of Boston Pizza Cup; Shane Park accuses King front end
CAMROSE — First of all, curling fans should send some good vibes to Rob Schlender and his family. Schlender’s mom Carol suffered a heart attack a couple weeks ago, and the good news is that she’s in stable condition and … Continue reading
Youth being served; my picks for the Boston Pizza Cup Alberta men’s championship
My main advance for the 2012 Boston Pizza Cup will appear in tomorrow’s print edition of the Calgary Herald, and it involves a couple of themes heading into tomorrow’s opening draw of the Alberta men’s curling championship.
First — and … Continue reading
Nedohin puts years of disappointment behind her with Alberta Scotties triumph
LEDUC — If you could say someone was “due” to win an Alberta women’s curling championship, few would fit the description better than Heather Nedohin.
The Edmonton skip has been knocking on the door repeatedly since making her last trip … Continue reading
Grand Slam TV news; picks for the Alberta Scotties
It’s been one of the busiest couple of weeks on the curling front that I can remember in a long time, with playdowns at the local, regional and provincial level all converging at once, along with the evolving story that … Continue reading
