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CALGARY - What succeeds in Vegas returns to Vegas. The Continental Cup of Curling heads back to Sin City next year in hopes of replicating the buzz it created in 2014.The 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling will again be held at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, which marks just the second time in the events 12-year history it will be staged outside of Canada.We go there as tourists and now were actually one of the shows, Olympic champion skip Jennifer Jones said Friday at a news conference.Last years event attracted a record 51,215 fans over four days at the 6,000-seat Orleans Arena. It drew a daily average of 300,000 television viewers, according to TSN.I think the simple reason was it was a home run, so why would we not go back? Canadian Curling Association chief executive officer Greg Stremlaw said.The television numbers were good, obviously record attendance crowds and 92 per cent of them were from Canada, It gave our fans something different. Obviously we cant do that with national championships. They have to be held within Canada.But a Continental Cup, weve hosted it so often in Canada, its nice to kind of have a little bit of variety. Las Vegas wanted us back pretty badly because its a great economic impact for them.A return to the U.S. means American curlers will be re-incorporated into the format.They joined with Canadians under the Team North America banner for the first 10 years of the Continental Cup and helped post a 6-4 record. The U.S. was not invited to participate at this weeks competition here.An all-Canadian team is up 15-6 on Team Europe at Canada Olympic Park after Fridays draws wrapped up.The four-day competition includes team, mixed doubles, singles and skins games. A total of 60 points are available, so the side that earns more than 30 points by Sunday is the champion.The host team earned 3.5 out of a possible six points in the afternoon singles round and followed up with three out of a possible three points in team play in the evening.Brad Jacobs, from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., defeated David Murdoch of the United Kingdom 6-5 in Round 4 of team competition.Winnipegs John Morris cruised to an 8-3 win over Niklas Edin of Sweden.And in the other team game, Ottawas Rachel Homan drew the button with last rock to nip Anna Sidorova of Russia 4-3.Clean sweep, that was good, said Homan.Canada led by 4.5 points after the morning team competition when Edmontons Val Sweeting and Scotlands Eve Muirhead tied 4-4 and split a point.Winnipegs Mike McEwen downed Norways Thomas Ulsrud 7-2. Jones gave up five points in the first end to Swedens Margaretha Sigfridsson en route to a 9-4 loss.This years average attendance at the 3,000-seat Markin MacPhail Centre was 1,533 after five draws.The World Curling Federation has dropped its involvement in the Continental Cup. As the events sole backer, the CCA chooses which countries are invited to next years event Jan. 14-17.Team North America will face a Team World in 2016, with the possibility that Asian curlers will be included.It will be more than Europe for sure, Stremlaw said. Final decisions havent been made in terms of who will constitute Team World, but it will be Team North America versus Team World.Fridays announcement was made at Canadas Sports Hall of Fame at COP. Stremlaw was flanked by two women wearing sequined bikinis.Showgirls and dancers from the male revue Thunder From Down Under accompanied the curlers into Orleans Arena last year. Las Vegas is a popular and easy getaway for Western Canadians.With temperatures in Calgary around minus-20 C on Friday, Jon Killoran of the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition pointed out it was 19 C in Las Vegas and said the pool will once again be open if that weather is the same next year.The 2014 Continental Cup benefited from the buildup to the Winter Olympics less than a month later in Sochi, Russia.NBC was there every day covering curling, Jones recalled. They were there when we won the gold-medal game, they talked about us on David Letterman.Curling is making a statement in the States and we have to keep that momentum going. Its great news in my opinion that were bringing it back to Vegas. Ian Thomas Jersey . Raonic, the mens No. 8 seed from Thornhill, Ont., needed more than three hours to overcome Frenchman Gilles Simon 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 and become the first Canadian man into the fourth round at Roland Garros. Torrey Smith Panthers Jersey . 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Despite 11-1 records, theyre out and Big Ten winner Ohio State is into the national semifinals.KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Madison Bumgarner was limbering up at Kauffman Stadium this week, getting loose with his San Francisco teammates near the dugout, when Tim Hudson and Michael Morse sneaked up from behind and ruffled the pitchers long, scraggly locks.That was way too hairy for Bumgarner. He quickly spun and playfully sparred with the mischief makers.They were about the only ones who could touch Bumgarner in this World Series.Yeah, it was hopeless, Kansas City manager Ned Yost acknowledged.The 25-year-old Bumgarner capped off a most splendid October and earned MVP honours Wednesday night, pitching five scoreless innings of relief in Game 7 as the Giants held off the Kansas City Royals 3-2.Moments after he retired Salvador Perez on a foul pop with a runner on third base for the final out, Bumgarner insisted he wasnt worn down. About a half-hour later, he felt a bit differently.You know what? I cant lie to you anymore, he said. Im a little tired now.Bumgarner earned a sensational save to go along with two sparkling wins as a starter in the Series. That on top of being MVP of the NL Championship Series and pitching a record 52 2-3 innings in this post-season.Put it this way: Bumgarner threw two shutouts in October, starting with a win at Pittsburgh in the NL wild-card game. Washingtons Jordan Zimmermann was the only other starter to reach the ninth inning this post-season, and he got pulled.All tremendous accomplishments, but hard to tell from observing or listening to the 6-foot-5 Bumgarner. He shows virtually no emotion on the mound, blowing his nose as if no one is watching, and seems to be the only person unimpressed by what hes done.Funny thing, the slow-moving lefty was carrying an energy bar with him when he kidded around with Hudson and Morse before Game 6.Hes such a humble guy, and we rode him pretty good, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.Its historic what this kid has done, he said. Really, truly amazing.After winning the opener with seven impressive innings, Bumgarner threw a shutout in Game 5. And when the Royals forced a Game 7, there was little doubt that the guy called MadBum would be called on to pitch again on two days rest.But five innings? Who wouldve believed that?Innings, I wasnt thinking aabout innings or pitch count.ddddddddddddI was just thinking about getting outs, getting outs until I couldnt get them anymore and we needed someone else, Bumgarner said. Fortunately, was able to get some quick innings and I was able to stay in there.He gave up two hits, retired 14 in a row, and got 15 outs — that matched how many outs opposing starters Tim Hudson and Jeremy Guthrie combined to get.Bumgarner boosted his World Series stats to numbers never seen before: 4-0 with a save and an 0.25 ERA, along with three championship rings. In 36 innings, hes allowed just one run and 14 hits, striking out 31 and walking five.Bumgarner wound up slinging 68 pitches, and finished with 270 innings this season. He went 4-1 with a 1.03 ERA in the post-season — .Last weekend, former broadcaster and St. Louis Cardinals catcher Tim McCarver paid tribute to the Giants ace.Its Gibson-esque, if you will. I know Bob could do that and I saw that from a 60-feet, 6-inch view of him every outing he threw in the World Series. I see the same thing in Bumgarner. I really admire that, McCarver said.Before Game 7, Jack Morris also praised Bumgarner. Morris knows well about Game 7 — always intense on the mound, he threw a 10-inning shutout in 1991 to lift Minnesota over Atlanta.I want to hug him, Morris said near the backstop, a couple hours before game time. Hes my kind of guy.Hes got the same emotions, he just doesnt show them. Hes got a big furnace burning right now, he said.A lot of stamina, too.But in this era when pitch counts are so precious, Bumgarner wasnt worried about his arm in Game 7. And if he was OK, so was Bochy.In fact, I was staying away from him every inning, Bochy said, because I was hoping he wouldnt go, Im starting to get a little tired, because theres no way I would have taken him out unless he would have told me that.Giants catcher Buster Posey said there wasnt much conversation on the bench with Bochy, Bumgarner and pitching coach Dave Righetti, either.Not much of anything. I think everybody could see how good he was, Posey said. 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