I recently sat down to create a list of my favourite curling moments of the decade that just ended. What I quickly realized is that developing such lists on your own makes it a completely subjective exercise. Some of the
From the Hack Curling Podcast – Holiday Episode
So, About the Canada Cup
For those of us that cover the sport of curling, the 2019 Canada Cup was expected to be the first true “litmus test” for Canada’s elite men’s and women’s curling teams as they competed against each other in a format
From the Hack Curling Podcast – November 26th, 2019
On this week’s podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury – former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53) and 1998 Olympic silver medalist Mike Harris shares his thoughts on this
The Tier 2 Needs More Love
I spent the better part of last week watching Sportsnet’s excellent coverage of the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling as the top teams in the world were in Pictou County, Nova Scotia for the Tour Challenge. The Tour Challenge is
From the Hack Curling Podcast – November 13th, 2019
On this week’s podcast – Jean-Sebastien Roy, Canadian Mixed champion skip (03:19)… EJ Harnden of Team Jacobs (10:50)… Korey Dropkin of Team Dropkin (25:50)… Sara McManus of Team Hasselborg (33:09)… and short clips of interviews with Anna Hasselborg, David
How Curling Canada’s “High-Performance Consulting Program” could impact teams across Canada
In the days, weeks and months following the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, there were many curling fans across Canada wondering “…what is wrong with Canadian curling” simply because Canada had failed to win a medal in men’s and women’s
From the Hack Curling Podcast – October 30th
On our first podcast of the 2019-20 season we interview Tracy Fleury and Matt Dunstone fresh of their first career Grand Slam victories at the Masters in North Bay, ON. We also interview Colin Kurz who recently skipped his team
A few thoughts from an emotional week in North Bay
I spent the better part of last week at Memorial Gardens in North Bay, Ontario covering the Grand Slam of Curling’s 2019 Masters. I must admit that I made my way to North Bay with a little trepidation as I
From the Hack Curling Podcast – April 16th 2019
This week we are joined by the winning skips from the 2019 Players Championship, Kerri Einarson (03:12) and Brendan Bottcher (08:24). We are joined by World Champion skip Niklas Edin (15:31) and BJ Neufeld of Team Koe who reached the