Olympic Preview #4: JPN/SWE W, NOR/SWE M
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We are back to our regularly-scheduled 4-person team previews and this time around, we are covering two of the teams we think are the most intriguing in the field, and they’re both from the same country: Sweden. Niklas Edin has had a very bumpy quad but he’s the defending Olympic Gold Medallist and he won the Europeans in the fall, so does he still have the juice in what might be his last kick at the can? And on the women’s side, it’s a similar story. Anna Hasselborg won her first major international tournament in 6 years when she won the Euros, but this year has been tough. She’s...
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Olympic Preview #3: Mixed Doubles
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John and Robbie attempt to do the most brave thing in the curling world: predict what will happen in the Olympic Mixed Doubles tournament. With an absolutely stacked field of Olympic medallists, World champions, and some of the best curlers in the world, it really feels like anything could happen. We try to break it all down and figure out what might happen as curling kicks off the entire Olympics in just under a week. This episode is brought to you by Goldline Curling, the Choice of Champions. Check out for all your curling equipment and apparel needs. Special thank you to for the...
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Olympic Preview #2: CHN/ITA W & M
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We are back with our second of six Olympic preview episodes, and this time, we are chatting about 4 teams that are all coming into the Olympics with some question marks. Can the Chinese teams find consistency and repeat their Worlds performances from last year where they both made bronze medal games? Can Joel Retornaz find the form that allowed him to win 3 Slams in a single season just a couple of years ago? And what exactly is going on with the Italian women both on and off the ice? Teams with some wildly different ranges as to where they could finish and lots of intrigue on both sides of...
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Olympic Preview #1: DEN/USA W, CZE/USA M
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The 2026 Olympics are just around the corner and John and Robbie have you covered with the most EXTENSIVE previews you’ll find anywhere in the curling media landscape. Over the next 3 weeks, we are going to go over every single team in these Games: how they’ve looked this season, what the experts are saying, and ultimately, how we think they’ll fare at the biggest tournament of the last 4 seasons. We’re going to start with the Americans on both sides of the sheet, as Tabitha Peterson is getting towards the back 9 of her career and Danny Casper and his young charges are just teeing off....
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Sending Off the Slams w/ Ross Whyte
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It’s an old-school episode of Broom Brothers, as John and Robbie convene for the first half of the show to discuss a phenomenal week at the Crown Royal Players Championship in Steinbach, MB, where we saw an all-Scottish final on the men’s side and a magical run for home team Kerri Einarson on the women’s. We also discuss Silvana Tirinzoni’s potential retirement, the Swedish and Japanese national team battles, and whether or not we’re worried about our Canadian teams at the Olympics. Then, the focus turns to Ross Whyte, who joins us on his one day off between tournaments to discuss...
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Prepping for the Players
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Happy New Year! Robbie and John sit down to run you through all the news of the last few weeks, including the Rock League date and venue announcements, all the happenings at the HearingLife Canadian Open in Saskatoon, and they get you ready for next week's Crown Royal Players Championship, which has a few interesting storylines the BBs are eager to follow. It's the last tournament before the Olympics so all the teams will want to end their tour season as strong as possible, Rachel Homan is still searching for that elusive career Grand Slam with a Players title, and the Swedish Women's World...
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From Lohja to Saskatoon
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John and Robbie are back and lost in all the Canadian Olympic Trials hubbub was the fact that the European Championships also took place the same week! The BBs go through all the results there as it's a Swedish Sweep for Teams Edin and Hasselborg, before turning their attention to the upcoming HearingLife Canadian Open in Saskatoon as the GSOC brings 2025 to a close. We take a look at some of the most intriguing storylines coming into the week, we take a quick peek at the very strong Tier 2 field, and we close with Robbie's famous predictions. This episode is brought to you by Goldline...
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The Fourth and the First w/ Marc Kennedy and Paul Webster
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John is joined by Marc Kennedy and Paul Webster as Marc heads to his Canadian curling record 4th Olympics and Paul heads to his first as a coach of a curling team and not as a Curling Canada employee. Marc is up first to discuss how it felt a bit different this time, why Brad Jacobs and Brett Gallant are performing better now than they ever have been, how exactly he's managed to get to 4 Olympic Games, and how this might shift his plans for next year and beyond. Then we bring Paul back on the podcast after his wonderful appearance last year to give us some insight on why he thinks Team Jacobs...
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The BBs On Trial(s)
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Thankfully there's no judge and jury here but Robbie and John go long on the recently-completed Canadian Olympic Trials, with something to say about every team in the field. We discuss how Rachel Homan dealt with the immense pressure of being the top dog to find her way to Cortina, Christina Black's charmed run to the women's final, Team Jacobs' two-year ascent to the top of Canadian curling, and everyone and everything else in between. And of course, we also pay tribute to the curling world's dear departed friend, Colleen Jones. This episode is brought to you by our brand-new title sponsor,...
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The Trials and Tribulations of Trials
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John and Robbie are back and there's a ton in the curling world to discuss so we go long as we dive into Danny Casper's "upset" win at the US Olympic Trials, what it will take for him to win at the OQE, and what this might mean for John Shuster and Korey Dropkin's future. We also chat about the week that was in Lake Tahoe for the first-ever Grand Slam on American soil, and we preview the Canadian Olympic Trials as our nation's best prepare to enter the gauntlet they've spent the last 4 years preparing for.
info_outlineThankfully there's no judge and jury here but Robbie and John go long on the recently-completed Canadian Olympic Trials, with something to say about every team in the field. We discuss how Rachel Homan dealt with the immense pressure of being the top dog to find her way to Cortina, Christina Black's charmed run to the women's final, Team Jacobs' two-year ascent to the top of Canadian curling, and everyone and everything else in between. And of course, we also pay tribute to the curling world's dear departed friend, Colleen Jones.
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