As Brier shakes up format, curling's next wave prepares to enter national spotlight

Greg Smith claims he packed approximately 400 pieces of gum as he prepared to travel to Regina for this year’s Tim Hortons Brier. It’s a habit he picked up from former world and Tournament of Hearts champion Colleen Jones, one that the 21-year-old skip representing Newfoundland and Labrador at the Canadian men’s curling championship believes […]

Curling's stats pioneer headed to Hall of Fame

ST JOHN’S — When Brian Cassidy first started analyzing and documenting how curlers were executing on the ice, there was a high level of skepticism. “Typically you’d hear the players say the only numbers they cared about was the final score,” Cassidy said. “And they didn’t think there was useful information we were collecting.” It wasn’t until media started catching onto the […]