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NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. — Rachel Homan made curling history Sunday afternoon by winning the 10th Grand Slam title of her career, surpassing Jennifer Jones's previous record of nine. The victory at the Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Sask., also marks the Ottawa team's third-straight Slam win, the only team ever to have done so. And it's the second time […]
Perhaps only in Canada would there be concern and confusion over why Rachel Homan’s team dropped their original alternate, Cheryl Kreviazuk, for retired curler Cheryl Bernard to go to the Olympics — but this is where we’re at in this curling-crazed country. Since the announcement Monday, fans, players and alike have been questioning the move. […]
It’s been a little more than a week since the epic celebrations, tears and heart-stopping shots that propelled Rachel Homan, Kevin Koe and their respective teammates to the Olympics. Four years of sacrifice and work paid off. So what’s the first thing many of them did after it was over? They left the icy rink […]
Given Canada’s love for all things hockey, Cincinnati Reds star Joey Votto was as surprised to win the Lou Marsh Trophy a second time as he was the first. The 34-year-old first baseman from Toronto was chosen by a panel of sports journalists from across Canada as the country’s athlete of the year in 2017. […]
It was a jam-packed weekend of high-performance sport around the world, including Rachel Homan and Kevin Koe booking their tickets to Pyeongchang as Canada’s representatives in the Olympic curling tournament. Here’s a look at what you may have missed. Homan and Koe ‘Roar’ their way to the Games Ottawa’s Rachel Homan and Kevin Koe will represent Canada at […]
OTTAWA — It was an embrace that seemingly lasted a lifetime. Chelsea Carey just missed a double in the final end to force an extra end allowing Rachel Homan and her team to clinch an Olympic berth for Canada after a 6-5 win. Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney and Lisa Weagle raced to one another and […]
OTTAWA — There will be a new Olympic champion at the 2018 PyeongChang Games. The defending Olympic gold medallist Jennifer Jones was eliminated by Rachel Homan Saturday afternoon in the semifinal 6-3. “It’s an unbelievable feeling to finally be in the final,” she said after the win. Homan now meets Chelsea Carey in Sunday’s Olympic trials final. She curled 94 […]
Opponents continue to make Rachel Homan’s pursuit of her first Olympic curling berth difficult. But for the second straight game, the reigning women’s world champion gutted out a victory with a 4-2 decision against Krista McCarville on Monday morning at the 2018 Winter Games trials in Ottawa. Calgary’s Chelsea Carey handed Homan (2-1) an opening-draw loss on Saturday […]
Cathy Overton-Clapham has played in almost every major competition over her Hall of Fame curling career. An 8-4 win over Rachel Homan in the opening game of a qualifier for the Olympics — the one event missing from her glowing resume — brought on the butterflies like never before. “It was probably the most nervous […]
In sports, you usually have to pay your dues before reaching the top. Sure, winning can come easy for some. But great athletes and great teams usually point to a devastating loss (or losses) that, in hindsight, paved the way to a championship moment down the road. In a lot of ways, the curling career […]
