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Brad Jacobs knows the history, and he knows the odds. But Jacobs’ Northern Ontario outfit clearly isn’t satisfied with outsider status at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier, presented by Monsanto.

Going in, the experts were calling them the Brier’s Big Four. Three days and eight draws later, they still are the Big Four —Ontario at 5-and-0, Manitoba, Alberta and Newfoundland/Labrador at 4-and-1.

Ontario’s heavy favourite just got heavier at the Tim Hortons Brier.

The worst is over for Jeff Richard and Co., and on Monday morning, they managed to beat one of the best at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier, presented by Monsanto.

Another Brier, another fast Ontario start. Playing in his fifth straight Tim Hortons Brier, Glenn Howard and his team of Richard Hart, Brent Laing and Craig Savill of Coldwater stretched their record to 3-and-0 on Sunday at the Metro Centre.

Ontario’s Glenn Howard moved to the front of the Tim Hortons Brier pack at the Metro Centre on Sunday afternoon, concluding a sweep of its day’s assignments with a tight 7-6 victory over Jeff Richard of British Columbia.

Theft was the name of the game Sunday morning at the Tim Hortons Brier, presented by Monsanto.

Olympic fever was in abundance at the Sunshine Home Expo in March. Belinda Lecuyer and Dixie Lorentz had a good time talking curling with everyone

The guy they used to call Jimmy The Kid, resulting from an exciting third-place finish at a Calgary Brier in 1997, emerged the only double winner from Saturday’s opening draws at the 2010 rock concert in the Metro Centre.

Upsets appeared to be in the making during the opening draw of the Tim Hortons Brier, 81st edition, on Saturday but experience paid off in the long run.

Glenn Howard set the trend early Saturday in the Ford Hot Shots skills showdown at the Metro Centre.

The guy who won the last two Briers, his last 26 Brier matches, with unbeaten records unheard of at the legendary event since, well, the last time they played it at the Halifax Metro Centre?

The Tim Hortons Brier, presented by Monsanto, gets underway Saturday, March 6 at the Metro Centre in Halifax.

Haligonians are invited to the Halifax Metro Centre to meet Team Canada’s men’s curling Olympic gold medallists; Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert.

I can’t believe it’s over. The Insider, along with millions of curling fans around the world, has felt every emotion possible over the past 12 days of the Winter Olympics curling competition at the Vancouver Olympic Centre, and being a part of it all was an amazing experience.