Canada, Sweden exchange words as Team Jacobs improves to 3-0 at Olympics

There appears to be some bad blood between Canada and Sweden in men’s curling. Canada’s Team Brad Jacobs boosted its record to 3-0 with an 8-6 win over Sweden’s Team Niklas Edin on Friday at the Winter Olympics. But the most interesting part of the game had nothing to do with the score. Television microphones picked up both teams grumbling to officials about the opposing team’s releases. Sweden, in particular, seemed to think Canada’s Marc Kennedy was touching the rock after his release. While putting the rocks away after the ninth end, Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson went at Kennedy, accusing him...