Mike McEwen lost in the final of Sunday's Players' Championship, but he was among a half-dozen skips this season to be added to the entry list directly into the Olympic trials for the 2014 Sochi Games.
Canadian curling legend Glenn Howard has won just about everything over his storied career but has yet to step onto the Olympic podium, something he'll try to change beginning in December.
Niklas Edin came up with the double take-out in the 10th end to run Canada out of rocks and give Sweden the world curling championships on Sunday evening.
Scotland's David Murdoch claimed the bronze medal at the world men's curling championships. Murdoch's Aberdeen rink beat Rasmus Stjerne of Denmark 7-6 at the Memorial Centre in Victoria.
Two-time Olympic curling champion Anette Norberg of Sweden is retiring and won't compete in the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The 46-year-old says it's time to retire and she wants to give Sweden a chance to find a replacement for next year's Olympics.
Canada's Rachel Homan defeated Erika Brown of the United States 8-6 on Sunday to win the bronze medal at the world women's curling championship in Riga, Latvia.
Wayne Tallon and his New Brunswick teammates rolled to an 11-3 win over Ontario's Howard Rajala in the men's gold-medal game at the Canadian senior curling championships on Sunday in Summerside, P.E.I., while Nova Scotia's Colleen Pinkney claimed her second Canadian championship, scoring a four in the ninth end to beat Alberta's Deb Santos 7-6.
Brad Jacobs and his Northern Ontario team from Sault Ste. Marie conquered a tough field at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier and defeated Manitoba's Jeff Stoughton 11-4 in Sunday's final in Edmonton to win the Canadian title.
