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What? More curling on tv? Good grief, January sure is busy! Back to regular curling - this time it's The National  (or here ), another Grand Slam event, this time from Port Hawkesbury, N.S. from Jan. 23-27. Teams: Balsdon, Cotter, de Cruz, Edin, Epping, Fowler, Gushue, Howard, Jacobs, Kean, Koe, Laycock, Martin, McEwen, Michel, Rumfeldt, Stoughton, Ulsrud It'll be on Sportsnet again - check out the full schedule .

If you're suffering from Continental Cup hangover, don't fret - there's more curling on tv this weekend! It's time for " The Dominion All-Star Curling Skins Game ". Quite a mouthful. It will run Saturday Jan. 19 to Sunday Jan. 20 at Casino Rama in Ontario. What's different this year is the way the teams were selected - the public voted on individual players for each position. Here's who you voted for: Skips: Kevin Martin, Kevin Koe, Jeff Stoughton, Glenn Howard Thirds: John Morris, Pat Simmons, Jon Mead, B.J. Neufeld Seconds: March Kennedy, Carter Ryroft, Reid Carruthers, Brent Laing Leads: Ben Hebert, Nolan Thiessen, Steve Gould, Craig Savill Besides B.J. Neufeld at third (Wayne Middaugh had to withdraw) and Steve Gould at lead (yeah that wont be awkward) it's the usual suspects. So really, what was the point of the vote? What will make it exciting is that the skips will draw names to form a team - which could make for some awesome good fun. Hopef

The 2013 Continental Cup of Curling starts this week! It's taking place in Penticton, BC, from January 10-13. It's a super fun event - North America vs The World - and they'll play the men's, women's, skins, mixed doubles and singles (hot shots). I was fortunate to attend in 2011 so can vouch that it's fun to watch. Since the competition is a bit different and the teams are part of bigger teams it's a good time all around. There's more rules and info on wikipedia . Teams : North America: Nedohin, Jones, Pottinger, Howard, Martin, McCormick Captain: Kelley Law Coach: Rick Lang World: Ott, Muirhead, Sigfridsson, Brewster, Ulsrud, Edin Captain: David Hay Coach: Peja Lindholm It'll all be on TSN (or TSN mobile if you're on Bell or Virgin Mobile). All times below are Eastern. Thursday Jan. 10 11:30am - Women's Team 4:00pm - Mixed Doubles 9:30pm - Men's Teams Friday Jan. 11 11:30am - Women's Team 4:00pm - Singles 9:30pm - Men's Teams