Curling
Scott closes in on Hearts playoff berth despite team upheaval
B.C. skip Kelly Scott is pre-occupied with juggling her team's daily lineup changes and just trying to win games. So far, she's been successful at both. B.C. was one of the teams poised to grab a playoff berth at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts when the preliminary round concludes Thursday.
Curling
Holland squanders chance for lead at Hearts
The defending Canadian women's curling champions squandered an opportunity to take sole possession of first place in the standings Tuesday at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Amber Holland's team gave up a steal of one in the 10th and another steal of three in an extra end to hand Quebec's Marie-France Larouche an 8-5 win.
Curling
Scott, Holland lead Hearts despite injury & illness
B.C.'s Kelly Scott and defending champion Amber Holland continued to lead the field at the Canadian women's curling championships despite misfortune Monday.
Curling
Gallery: Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Scenes from the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Red Deer, Alta.
After six years apart, one of the most successful teams in Canadian women's curling history is getting back together. Colleen Jones and Kim Kelly will join forces with skip Mary Anne Arsenault to form a powerful Nova Scotia team looking to qualify for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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Ontario's Glenn Howard is heading back to the Canadian men's curling championship. The 12-team field for the March 3-11 men's tournament in Saskatoon filled up as the remaining provinces and the territories determined their champions.
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Rob Fowler and his team from Brandon, Man., will represent Manitoba at this year's Brier after they captured the provincial men's curling title on Sunday.
Alberta's Brendan Bottcher beat Northern Ontario's Brennan Wark 9-6 in the men's final of the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships on Sunday.
Alberta's Jocelyn Peterman scored four in the fourth and five in the fifth to claim a 12-6 victory over Manitoba's Shannon Birchard and win the M&M Meat Shops Canadian junior curling championship final on Saturday.
Given her struggles since capturing her first Scotties Tournament of Hearts title a year ago, Amber Holland can not be considered the favourite to defend her Canadian curling crown in Red Deer, writes Mike Harris.