On our very first episode of Waking up With the Scotties, we highlight Sandra Schmirler Day, we recap Saturday's action at the Scotties with clips from several players and we interview Krysta Burns and Amanda Gates of Team Northern Ontario.
In Part 2 of our look at the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the sport of curling, we focus on stakeholders operating in different sub-sectors of the sport. Our guests include the owner of the Curlers Corner supply store in Calgary, Bernice Merrick, photojournalist Anil Mungal, Kim Tuck of the Canada Curling Stone company and Stephen Meunier, President of the McIntyre Curling Club in my hometown of Timmins, ON.
This week, we conclude our two-part series on the Calgary bubble by focusing on how it will impact players. Our guests include Marc Kennedy of Team Jacobs who could be in the bubble for as much 5 or 6 weeks. Laura Walker who is a new Mom and could be in the bubble for two events or more. Mike Fournier who has yet to play a game this season yet might be selected to represent Quebec at the Brier as the province’s highest ranked men’s team. Jill Brothers of Nova Scotia who might have to miss as man...
This week, From The Hack kicks off with a look into the “business” side of the Calgary bubble announcement. Three interviews are featured – former national team athlete and current Curling Canada staffer Nolan Thiessen, Carson Ackroyd of Tourism Calgary, and Winnipeg Free Press scribe Mike McIntyre, who attended the NHL's west bubble in Edmonton. The episode then concludes with a key stateside chat with USA Curling’s Phill Drobnick.
Up first on this week's episode is Olympic figure skater Meagan Duhamel who joins us to discuss the recent Battle of the Blades competition and why she decided to donate her winnings to the Sandra Schmirler Foundation. Next are Nathan Young and Lauren Rajala, two of the young athletes who repped Canada at the last Youth Olympic Winter Games. Finally, Scotland/GBR legend, and Olympic silver medalist David Murdoch shares the latest from the U.K.’s pandemic-wracked curling season.
In the first part of this special two-part episode, ten high-performance competitors describe how their season has been shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the difficulties they’ve faced this season.
On the Season 6 season premiere - Following some exciting news, we hear from U.S. skip and defending Olympic champion John Shuster; we chat with the newest tour event champ Mike McEwen; and Quebec curler/PhD candidate Sarah Benkirane joins us to discuss diversity in curling.
On this special episode of the from the Hack podcast our guest is Olympic, World and three-time Brier champion Brad Gushue. We discuss his most recent Brier win in Kingtson and tackle other subjects such as a player's association for curlers, the growing disparity between Tier 1/slam teams and the remainder of Canadian teams on tour and we also discuss reaching the provincial mixed doubles final in Newfoundland and Labrador along with his 12-year-old daughter Hayley.
Olympic silver medalist and world champion Richard Hart joins me for his first-ever From the Hack podcast appearance. We touch on many different topics including the 2020 Brier, team chemistry and whether enough is done to help curlers deal with the emotional toll of competing in, and losing, in major curling events.
It's another special episode of the From the Hack podcast and my guest is Bryan Mudryk of TSN. Bryan not only covers curling for TSN but he also does the play-by-play for the network's Montreal Canadiens coverage.
My guest on this special edition of the From the Hack podcast is Bob Weeks of TSN. Bob is one of the pre-eminent curling and golf journalists in the country. Bob and I touch on several different curling and golf topics including recent lineup changes in curling, the Brier, Brooke Henderson, Tiger Woods and much more.
Price Atkinson is the co-host of curling's Extra Extra End Podcast, he also hosts the Yards and Stripes podcast that focuses on the football programs at the U.S. military academies. Price has also done some work with media outlets such as ESPN Radio and was a student-athlete at the University of Kentucky. Price and I talk about some of the big stories in U.S. curling this season but we also have a discussion on the impact that the current pandemic is having on sports at both the professional and...
By popular demand, here is the first-ever episode of the From the Hack podcast that was posted online. 0:30 – Al Cameron, Curling Canada re: Mixed Doubles at Olympics 8:05 – Jamie Korab, 2006 Olympic Gold Medalist re: 2017 Brier awarded to St. John’s 16:37 – Cheryl Bernard, TSN Curling Analyst
With most people having to stay home these days, From the Hack will be producing a series of interviews with different individuals to help that curling gap in your lives. The second guest in our series is three-time U.S. champion Jamie Sinclair. We discuss her recent free agency status, whether she’d come back to play out of Canada, we discuss the importance that personal branding has played in her curling career and we talk about what she is working on while the curling, and sporting world for ...
My guest this week is Sportsnet curling analyst Mike Harris who is not only an Olympic silver medalist but a CPGA professional who covered golf at the 2016 Olympics in Rio and is scheduled to cover golf again at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Mike joined me to discuss some of the recent lineup changes in curling, we discuss Curling Canada’s birthright rule and we also talk a little golf.
On this episode of the From the Hack podcast... Wayne Middaugh (02:10) discusses coaching Team Hasselborg of Sweden and the women's game. Kerri Einarson discusses her win at the Scotties and looks ahead to representing Canada at the Women's Worlds (10:35). From the Hack's recap of the final day of action at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier (23:08).
A recap from Championship Day at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, ON. Includes clips of interviews with Brad Gushue (NL), Mark Nichols (NL), Brendan Bottcher (AB), Darren Moulding (AB), Matt Dunstone (SK) and Jeff Stoughton (Curling Canada).
From the Hack's recap of the Saturday tiebreakers and the 1 vs 2 game at the Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, ON. Includes clips of Mike McEwen (WC), Kevin Koe (CA) and John Epping (ON).
From the Hack's recap of Draw 18 of the 2018 Tim Horotns Brier in Kingston, On. Includes clips of interviews with Brendan Bottcher (AB) and Brad Gushue (NL)
A recap of Draw 17 at the Tim Hortons Brier in in Kingston, ON. Includes clips with Wayne Middaugh (HOF Inductee), Brent Laing (ON) and Mike McEwen (WC)
From the Hack's recap of Draw 16 from the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, ON. Incudes clips of interviews with Marc Kennedy (NO) and Mark Nichols (NL)
From the Hack's recap from Draw 14 at the Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario with clips from BJ Neufeld (CA) and John Epping (ON)
From the Hack's recap of Draw 13 from the Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, ON. Includes clips of interviews with Marc Kennedy (NO) and Alek Bedard (QC)
From the Hack's recap from Draw 12 of the Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, ON. Includes clips of interviews with Adam Casey (MB) and Brad Gushue (NL)
From the Hack's recap of Draw 11 from the Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, ON. Includes clips from Mike McEwen (WC) and Brendan Bottcher (AB)
From the Hack's recap of Draw 10 at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario. Includes interview clips of EJ Harden (NO) and Matt Dunstone (SK)
A recap of Draw 9 at the Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, ON. Includes clips of Adam Casey (MB) and Brad Gushue (NL)
A recap of Draw 8 at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario...includes clips with Brad Gushue (NL) and James Grattan (NB)
A recap from Draw 7 from the Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario. With comments from Mike McEwen (WC) and Braeden Moskowy (SK)
Draw 6 recap from the Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston. Includes clips of Matt Dunstone (SK) and Alek Bedard (QC).
