Curling

TORONTO — Mike McEwen outscored Matt Dunstone 9-8 in a battle of Canadian teams on Friday at the AMJ Players' Championship. Dunstone stole a point in the eighth end but McEwen scored a single in the extra end for the victory.

TORONTO — Reigning world and Canadian champion Rachel Homan defeated Manitoba's Kerri Einarson 5-3 on Thursday evening at the AMJ Players' Championship.

TORONTO — Top-ranked Bruce Mouat of Scotland remains undefeated at the AMJ Players' Championship after winning a pair of matchups on Wednesday. Mouat, who won a world championship last weekend in Moose Jaw, Sask.

MOOSE JAW — Determined to go out on a high after falling in the semifinals, Canada lead Ben Hebert said his team had a simple plan for Sunday's bronze-medal game against China's Xiaoming Xu at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship.

MOOSE JAW — There will be a new champion at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship this year. And it won't be Canada. Brad Jacobs dropped a 7-4 decision to Scotland's Bruce Mouat in semifinal play Saturday at the Temple Gardens Centre.

MOOSE JAW — The Canadian team's swear jar remains empty at the Temple Gardens Centre.

MOOSE JAW — The Canadian team skipped by Brad Jacobs ticked a few boxes with its victory Friday afternoon at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship.

MOOSE JAW — Four-time world champion Glenn Howard is as busy as ever since moving to the coach's bench after his retirement as a curler. "To say it's been a roller-coaster ride would be an understatement," Howard said with a laugh.

MOOSE JAW — Three fights in nine seconds? Now that would be a story. Elbows up? Only if you count the arm motion from heavy sweeping.

MOOSE JAW — The host team is standing tall at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship. It's the 12 teams below Canada in the round-robin standings that have been somewhat unpredictable.