Martin shows off Olympic silver
By STEVE ERWIN -- The Canadian Press
Kevin Martin refuses to be haunted by a half-inch.
Just a few days after Martin settled for silver in Salt Lake after his last shot slid a fraction too far in a 6-5 loss to Norway's Paal Trulsen, the Edmonton skip and his team were back on ice at the Players' Championship in Strathroy, Ont., Wednesday night.
Feb. 27: Full story
Law ponders second shot
By ANDREW SMITH -- Calgary Sun
The medal that hung around curler Kelley Law's neck was bronze but the Canadian skip is not ruling out taking another shot at Olympic gold.
Law, along with teammates Diane Nelson, Cheryl Noble, Julie Skinner and Georgina Wheatcroft, lost a tough semifinal to eventual gold- medal champion Great Britain and were forced to play for bronze.
Feb. 26: Full story
British gold-medal winning curlers get big reception
GLASGOW (AP) -- The five Scottish women who won Britain's first Winter Olympics gold medal in 18 years received a rapturous reception from more than a hundred friends and family as they returned to Scotland on Tuesday.
A lone piper played the sportswomen into the red carpet-laid crowded foyer of the Holiday Inn, near the airport terminal.
Feb. 26: Full story
Canada prepared for everything except losing
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Canada's curlers came into the Olympics with a bunch of world championships, agents, nutritionists, fitness trainers and sports psychologists.
They left with just a silver and bronze medal, as the golds went unexpectedly to Norway's men and four Scottish women representing Britain.
Feb. 23: Full story
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Feb. 23: Weight too heavy for Martin
Feb. 22: Kevin Martin loses gold medal curling game
Feb. 22: Swiss win men's bronze
Feb. 22: Britain swoons after winning Olympic gold
Feb. 22: Burtnyk: Martin good as gold
Feb. 22: Accepting the bronze
Feb. 22: Britain wins first winter gold since '84
Feb. 22: They're catching us
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