On this week’s episode TESN hosts The Godfather Joe Calabrese and Price Atkinson begin by mourning the loss of longtime U.S. junior coach, beloved friend & skip, and former USCA staff member Bev Schroeder. We dedicated this episode to Bev. Price caught up with NBC Sports/Sportsnet analyst and gold medalist Kevin Martin as well as Sarah & Taylor Anderson from Team Sinclair at the Boost National in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland. They pack a lot into this episode. Enjoy and thanks to all our listeners for downloading, subscribing and listening every week! (click here to view entire post on author's website)

TEAM MOUAT QUALIFIES FOR QUARTERS AT BOOST NATIONALReigning Boost National Champions Team Mouat beat Team Schwaller 8-5 to secure their place in the quarter finals, as they continue their defence of the Grand Slam title in Newfoundland. Earlier in the day they beat fellow British Curling rink Team Paterson 7-1 and also won their opening match against Team De Cruz 6-3, which contributed to their qualification for the play-off stages. ;'It was a tough game against Schwaller, we started off really strong and then we gave up a steal of two in the third end which was a bit disappointing to go one down at that stage and we really had to fight back,;rdquo; said skip Bruce Mouat. ;'Eventually we got control and got two up playing the last and really forced them into playing some tricky shots... (click here to view entire post on author's website)

CIP-99. These are the winners of the annual Ladies Invitation Curling Tournament at the Pitlochry rink in 1991, sponsored jointly by Watson and Philip PLC, ICCS (Northern) Ltd, and the Atholl Arms Hotel. Ena Smith is receiving the trophy from Neil McLennan, purchasing manager for ICCS. Looking on are, L-R: Ena Stevenson, Alex Tarvit (general manager ICCS, Dundee), Cate Brewster, Ian Robb (Atholl Curling Rink director), Ray Knox, and Eileen Watson (Atholl Arms Hotel). (8x6in print, by Richard Allan, Perth.)CIP-100. I've chosen this special photograph as the 100th upload of the Curling Image Project because it is a rare thing, amongst the most unusual in my photograph collection. It's a wirephoto, although more correctly this example is a 'laserphoto'. In the days before digital... (click here to view entire post on author's website)

The deadline to submit applications for the Gordon Hooey Memorial Scholarship is coming up on January 31, 2019. The purpose of the Gordon Hooey Memorial Scholarship Fund is to support junior curlers who are interested in becoming coaches and/or who have demonstrated a commitment to becoming top-level curlers and who show leadership in their communities with their post-secondary education. The scholarship is not given as cash grants, but goes directly to the Canadian institution or organization to which the applicants are applying. Dawson Ballard was the recipient of the 2018 Gordon Hooey Memorial Scholarship. A 2018 BC U18 champion and 2018 BC Junior silver medalist, Ballard volunteers with the Royal City Curling Club Junior Program and has been accepted into Trinity Western University's Pre-Medicine... (click here to view entire post on author's website)

Full pool by pool breakdown of the men's and women's draw. Who are the favs? The Team Upset contenders? Plus a little history lesson behind the 2nd major of the season (click here to view entire post on author's website)

Some random venting… Welcome to the World Canada Grand Slam Tim Hortons’ Home Hardware Tankard Cup Scotties Championship Classic Okay – let me preface this by saying that I love curling. I love playing in big tournaments, and I love watching the game on TV. My question is – have we gone around the bend in terms of the number of “big” event tournaments? Have we gotten to the point where we are losing the impact by burning out both the fans and the players? This weekend, there was the Canada Cup. At the same time, there is World Cup of Curling. Next week – there is a Slam in Conception Bay Newfoundland. As a curling fan, what am I supposed to care about? What does it all mean? At what point do fans start to say: really? Another event? Why should I care about... (click here to view entire post on author's website)

In the 11th Episode (Season 4) Lori and Mary tackle all the drama and controversy from the Canada Cup.  This is the first Season of Champions event and it did not disappoint.  Curling Canada introduced the 5 rock rule to the Canada Cup in addition to a new end by end timing system.  The girls chat with Darren Moulding, 3rd for Team Bottcher, to discuss his experience with the time clocks and how it impacted their team.  There was also some discussion on social media regarding ponytails and the girls weigh in with their thoughts.  Congratulations to Team Jones and Team Jacobs who emerged as the Canada Cup Champions.  Thank you to the sponsors: JetIce, Asham, CurlingZone and HardLine.  Thank you for listening and please enjoy the episode! (click here to view entire post on author's website)

Lloyd Yerama would sooner curl than eat.  The second of 13 children, Lloyd grew up in Gilbert Plains, Manitoba, learning to curl on a unique two sheeter that had the hockey rink sandwiched in between.  It was in 1968 that Lloyd and teammates Roy Berry and Jack Yuill picked up Burke Parker as their fourth for the local zone playdowns and found themselves representing Manitoba at the Brier in Kelowna.  Lloyd shares their Cinderella story and what happened next, along with his early tutelage under 1938 and '53 Brier winner Ab Gowanlock. Before getting to Lloyd, Brain Chick joins for a quick chat about his new book "Written in Stone: A Modern History of Curling".  It's an oral history of curling's past three decades as told by forty-eight of the biggest... (click here to view entire post on author's website)

Lloyd Yerema would sooner curl than eat.;nbsp; The second of 13 children, Lloyd grew up in Gilbert Plains, Manitoba, learning to curl on a unique two sheeter that had the hockey rink sandwiched in between.;nbsp; It was in 1968 that Lloyd and teammates Roy Berry and Jack Yuill picked up Burke Parker as their fourth for the local zone playdowns and found themselves representing Manitoba at the Brier in Kelowna.;nbsp; Lloyd shares their Cinderella story and what happened next, along with his early tutelage under 1938 and '53 Brier winner Ab Gowanlock. Before getting to Lloyd, Brain Chick joins for a quick chat about his new book "Written in Stone: A Modern History of Curling".;nbsp; It's an oral history of curling's past three decades as told by forty-eight of the biggest... (click here to view entire post on author's website)

The Canadian Olympic Trials took place a year ago this week. As I was packing my stuff at the media bench following the men's final in Ottawa I decided I would not write my final thoughts on the Trials for a year to see which moments would stick with me from a week of watching the action, being in the media zone and interacting with the players and the people that surround them. One year removed, here are the moments that I remember from the 2017 Canadian Olympic Trials (click here to view entire post on author's website)